Why dont you see many 370z's on the road on your commute?
 

So I was shocked to actually see a PW 370z the other day and brought me over to the forums to wonder, why? In the entire 2 years I have only ever seen 2 on the road in my town of around 120k ppl. However, the new Camaro is starting to become a dime a dozen on the streets, esp near the Navy base with all the new guys rollin in that cash from training/deployments! Dont get me wrong, I like their looks but its typical American trash plastic parts on the inside and im sure wont last or be worth a thing after 5 years. So do I just not live in a big enough city or an affluent enough city where people cant afford them? Soon, I will be buying one but had to put it on the back burner for a engagement ring for the gf which costs a few grand alone! Anyhow always wondered if anyone else had the same ideas on the topic. :stirthepot:

cubic zirconia looks like diamonds...

You live south of the Mason Dixon line, thus the large numbers of Camaros.

Lol good point, however you must not have a Doctor for a woman, lol she wants to be bling blow like her partners or even bigger! haha I promised her Minimum of 1ct and I pay cash for stuff like that so hence no car while I pay for the ring! And it cant be a terrible quality just to get by either!

Yah thats probably eactly what it is too, they are EVERYWHERE, I was by the base the other day and saw 5 SS Camaros rolling by me in about 5 blocks time! Guess if this was a Camaro forum, id have 50 guys to talk to just in this town alone! haha but good thing I like foreign cars *and Canada doesnt count*

I see 370s all over on my way to work. I usually count on seeing at least 5 on the way in to the office in the morning. There have been days when I've seen more than 10.

yea ZDAYZ more than 40 370z!

That was indeed one day where I saw more than 10. :icon18:

My little city is only about 500K people and there are 7 370's that have been sold from the only nissan dealership (i call the sales guy about once a month for updates LoL) but 2 of the 7 are here at my house. That's one of the many reasons i didn't get the new camaro i knew it would be like the mustang everyone and there gmaw would have one. Not that i don't like them both i just love the Z more.

Same around here, but Mustangs, Challengers and Camaros are all over the place.

I might see two or three 350Z, but no 370Zs.

That's crazy.

In NOVA the 350Z is the most popular car behind the Porsche 911. I see more 350s than I see Mustangs, and I have been at stop lights where there were 4+ Mustangs.

One of the reasons I was attracted to the 370Z was that I didn't want to drive something that everyone else seems to have, like a Camaro, Mustang, or Challenger. I can drive anywhere here in the Saint Louis area and see those cars numerous times, while on the other hand I very rarely see another 370Z on the road. I was up in Iowa at Camp Dodge for 10 days last month and didn't see one single 370Z or 350Z on the road in that entire state the whole time.

I was also wanting to stay away from those cars due to them (in my eyes) being so popular with the backwards ball cap wearing type of guys.

To me, the 370Z seems a more classy car, more appropriate for someone my age (40's), and it is an absolute blast drive!

Ive only seen 4 in the last 5 months here in the Indianapolis area.

Still pretty rare out here. Heck, I haven't seen my own for almost a week.

I was surprised at how few I see on the road in Socal. I know they are out there, but I rarely ever see them in OC which I found strange considering the massive number of them for sale at local dealers.

The fact that this car has a much more mature and refined character has translated to the type of enthusiast that would buy this car; one thing I loved about my Saab is that I would never see one even remotely close to being as clean done up as mine which is something I took into consideration before deciding on a 370Z.

There are a billion freaking Mustangs, Camaros, Porsches, 335i, and 350Zs around though.

I dont know what city you are in Florida as well, but heres how bad it is. Two of the docs my gf works with,*both around 30 as well* go and buy brand new cars one week apart from eachother. Ones buy an SS Camaro, the other the SRT8 Challenger! Of course I had to go for a ride in the Challenger and I was shocked at the raw power but it was just freaking huge and not really me, thats not my type of sports car. But anything in the South is gonna be full of muscle cars vs real import cars less your in the big cities like Jville, Orlando, Tampa, Miami. The smaller FLorida towns is gonna have muscle car fever!

After driving an NSX for 10 years, I really don't like to see myself coming. And before that I had an MR-2 SC, which is pretty rare around here as well.

I'm glad the 370Z is still a fairly unusual sight - I think I've seen two roadsters since I started thinking about getting one in the last month, both black (maybe the same?) and a black/persimmon coupe, which I think is the one I bought later.

Louisville=Mustangs and Hondas

I live in a town of about 60,000 and there are three people that I know of that have 370Zs (one of them is my cousin), I'm the only one with a Monterey Blue Z.

I see waaaay more Camaros and Mustangs. It's odd that I've only seen a few of the new Challengers, new Vettes are more common.

The 370z is one of those cars that you'll notice if one rolls up next to you and I can count on one hand the times that I've seen one in the Golden Triangle area of Texas, and one is a forum member here. I prefer that it stays that way, I didn't want to drive something that you'll see all over the road.

I hope it will keep this way. Make my car looks special :tup:

I've only seen two 370's in the past month here in OKC. I see a lot of 350's on the way to work, but never any 370's. I'm ok with that. :)

How does that bode for Nissan continuing to make a sports car though? Yah its rare and cool but thats why Honda killed basically all of its sports car and now is said to be killing the Si Civic as of next year. Sales are low and Honda ran at the first signs of trouble and look how boring they are now! lol Slippery slope to be on when it comes to being cool but not just another Stang rolling down the road. Hope sales are strong enough across the board to keep up sports cars in general and they all dont run like little Honda girls when they see sales are slumping!

Albuquerque has over half a million and I hardy ever see 370s. I'm sure a huge reason you see camaros and mustangs everywhere is that a lot of people want a sporty car but you really have to be in the right situation to be able to own a car with no backseat. The camaros and mustangs are the family car for a lot of people, and they just don't have the option to get a Z. I bought my Z for fun and I have an SUV and an old nissan frontier to drive when I need something else.

In the past week of commuting to and from work I'd say there have been at least 5 instances where I was NOT the only 370Z at a stop light (heading in the same direction, no less!).

I guess a lot of this can be attributed to the wealth of this area and the fact that our unemployment rate is far below the national average, so everyone's making money and is spending it accordingly. The only thing that's going to save the 370 from being as popular as the 350 around here is the fact that Nissan has scaled back production compared to the 350s, so they won't end up quite as popular, but I know I'll count on seeing a handful whenever I drive somewhere.

I have seen about 3 Zs on the road in my entire life.

A black 350Z,black 370Z and a platinum graphite 370.

at the track there was one pearl white Z.

so in total I have seen about 5 Zs other than my own one.

We see an occasional 350Z but 370 Z's here in Western PA are few to none.

I have seen 0 while driving my 370z.

I'd probably say the price is a huge reason.

How many of the mustangs or camaros that you see actually break the 25k price? Most of them are probably base models. Most of the mustangs that I personally see are base. THey are both affordable cars for under 25k.

How many 30k+ sports cars do I see on a daily basis? Much less.

4-seaters are much more conventional as well. They are obvious choices when looking at space for sports cars.

I've only seen a handful in my area too.

There all down getting TT kits installed... well thats my excuse:tup:

Sweet. Definitely want to check that out when it's done. :eekdance:

Other than Z meets, I hardly see any down here in south FL. Maybe one every few weeks?

Driving over to a friend's for dinner tonight I saw two 370s. Monterrey Blue and a PW, both coupes.

I see about 2 every day on post where I work and about once a week in the city. They are getting to abe a common scene but not real common like the 350z or stang or even camero now.

It's unlikely they will ever be as popular as the 350 simply because the production numbers are so low, but they sure are starting to make their way out of the woodwork around here. I keep seeing more and more every day, often with temporary tags.

Ive seen a few camero SS s and they can get close to 40K. I was looking at vettes today and looked at the camero ss and one was stickered at 39500. I see 30K, 40K and 50K cars all the time every day.

And alot of them are on post, soldiers are getting paid well today. But El Paso also has 13 GTRs running around too so there are some well to do people here by the border. I wonder why?

I live in a well to do area of the SF bay area with a population of 25 K. Here BMW's are as common as a Ford Focus. Ferrarri has a dealership in town, as does Porsche so seeing them is a daily sight. I do see a 370 here and there most every day, even a GTR, but still relatively few.

It is the Mustang that is everywhere usually holding up traffic on the windy roads. Charger/Challengers and Cameros are all over the place too. I attribute this additional abundance of these cars to rentals. I made up this answer but they drive and dress as tourists.

Thats sad.

They are just popular. If you see a 350 heading the other way down the highway you only have to wait about 30 seconds before you see another one. :tup:

lol thats sad too but I was referring to the 4+ mustangs. they are popular here too. i think I've seen more newer mustangs than 370s.

you guys do know why you dont see that many 370z's right....






























Its cause we are all MBP's (Most Ballin'ist Playa's)!!!! All the 350z, ford Mustang, Camaro owners wish they could touch our status!!!! Shhhhhhiiiiiiiiitttttt They aint got nuttin on us brothas!

I just drove 2 miles to grab lunch and saw a PW coupe.