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Originally Posted by Chupacabra your telling me, last night going home, some truck in front of me picked up a rock straight the the hood, took a chunk of paint

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Old 02-20-2009, 12:55 PM   #16 (permalink)
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your telling me, last night going home, some truck in front of me picked up a rock straight the the hood, took a chunk of paint and proceeded to the windshield, where i now have a crack in the center of it. It has ruined my weekend.
Sorry to hear that. Have you thought about a clear bra? I actually had them install some on the rear rocker panels as well as rocks seem to hit this area very often too.
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Old 02-20-2009, 01:23 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I will daily drive mine. Luckily my girlfriend has a beater than runs like new so I can use it whenever I need to.
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Old 02-20-2009, 02:06 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Nope, I put work miles on my Mazda 3 and groceries. Weekend miles on the Z. My daily commute is 38 miles and i am in a car pool with 3 other people. I only drive once every 3rd week and we barely put any miles on our cars.
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Old 02-22-2009, 11:52 AM   #19 (permalink)
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I have a 3 car garage, so its place is already reserved, and it will be a mega garage queen.
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The Z will be my daily drive, will treat it the best I can everyday.
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I have a 3 car garage, so its place is already reserved, and it will be a mega garage queen.
Absolutely, my will only be coming out for fun rides on sunny days! The rough NY winter killed my '07Z and I can't stand seeing that happen again!
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Old 02-22-2009, 12:06 PM   #22 (permalink)
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You forgot option 3, the Z will be your beater car.
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You forgot option 3, the Z will be your beater car.
That almost makes me feel nauseous. what worries me is the practicality. I'd probably trade the pony for the Z, which means loosing two seats. Dinky seats which only work for kids and people with no knees, but seats none the less. Probably have to buy my first beater first.
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I'm 5'7" and usually fit in the back seats of even a Porsche! But when I saw the back seats in the 05+ Mustang I laughed my @ss off. You'd need to be paraplegic to sit in the back of the stangs now. The back seats are a joke.
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Absolutely, my will only be coming out for fun rides on sunny days! The rough NY winter killed my '07Z and I can't stand seeing that happen again!
Yep my 335 is a great looking car, but it's getting beat to hell out there. I've gotten to where I don't even take great care of it anymore. It's a lease they can have it in 14 months.
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I'm 5'7" and usually fit in the back seats of even a Porsche! But when I saw the back seats in the 05+ Mustang I laughed my @ss off. You'd need to be paraplegic to sit in the back of the stangs now. The back seats are a joke.
Yah, that's very true. It doesn't help that I sit F-16 style (front lip of the seat as high as it goes, back of the seat as low as it goes, and pretty heavily reclined) so if there ever was a rear-right passenger they'd be SOL. But, the seats are still there.

Anyone using/considering a 370Z as their only car?
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It will be my only, going to get rid of my crap car.
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I don't plan to make it my only car, but I still won't have any cars with more than 2 seats, unless I'm driving a couple of hot chicks around. Then the passenger seat turns into a two girl seat.
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The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking I'll get the 370Z then some sort of beater/hauler/people carrier, be it wagon/hatchback/minivan, used. I was originally thinking the other way around. The pony is in a pretty good resale spot right now, though I did take the hit since she's out of 3yr warranty, but still around 23k miles. Once she gets up to 40-50k, start really hurting in resale. One thing is for sure, not going to finance anything. Too many examples (good and bad) in the family, I've learned the lesson without every having had to do it myself.
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I don't baby the G i have so when the wife gets the Z it will be driven year round. but on really snowy days I would use the maxima i guess.
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