Looking for insight from Z owners who also own a GT-R

b1adesofcha0s

It's just dreams and high hopes right now. I'm sure by the time I'm ready to even thinkabout buying a car like that my priorities and responsibilities in life will have completely shifted from where they are now.

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ImportConvert

Don't discount it. I planned to buy a Viper or a Z06 when I was a Junior in highschool. Then in my last year of college, I narrowed it down to the Z06. Then the last 1/2 year I got on the forums and began researching more and more and was certain I wanted a Z06.

Sure, most people on the forums talked a lot of ****, etc. about how I would never buy anything, on and on, but I'm the one laughing now.

Just because something is 5 years off doesn't mean you can't be serious about it and put things in place to make it happen. I wish I had taken more time to spruce up my credit. As it was, I was low 700's with no car-credit history. That made securing financing a bit tougher for me. However, my WS6 had a T56 transmission, which made the switch to the TR6060 all the easier. When I bought the WS6, the Viper and 'Vette had T56's, so I wanted to learn how to manage THAT transmission, as each manual I have driven has its little quirks. It served me well.

Anyway, my point is, 5 years is nothing, and don't let anything come between you and your dreams.

m4a1mustang

No one is laughing. It's just fun because you made the ImportConvert show fun and entertaining. You were like the Rebecca Black of the forum. Z06 Corvette, 370Z TT, which car should I take? We hate and love you for that.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy to see you finally get your Z06.

<3 u Import Convert. <3 you always.

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b1adesofcha0s

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Most of the crap I got was from the Corvette/Viper forums, actually. There are some seriously snotty 'vette/viper owners who think anyone under 30 just COULDN'T POSSIBLY buy a 'vette/viper on their own. They are forgetting its a dodge and a chevy, albeit nicer than the normal images conjured by those names.

The 370Z TT setup was just something I considered after seeing on on the highway. It looked clean and I liked the interior of the car. After looking into what I would have to do to make it work like I wanted, it seemed like a $55K answer to a question that would better be answered by spending a little more and getting all the resale/warranties that a car in that price-range should have.

Still, I considered it, because I would HATE to spend this kind of $$ and have not considered all options.

Cars I considered:

-'08/'09 Viper
-'11 Z06
-'09-10 GT-R
-'12 GT500
-'12 Cayman R
-'11 370Z TT
-'11/12 E92 M3

Reason I went with the Z06:

The Viper had a poor warranty and costs about 50% more than a Z06 to work on, doesn't offer cruise control or other creature comforts, and has a small tank and poor mileage (sucks for road-trips), no traction control, and only about 5% better performance when driven by world-class drivers.

The 370Z TT setup would have no warranty or resale and was not as well-rounded a package as the Z06. The interior is nice, though!

The E92 M3 is more of a luxury car with performance, not a performance car with a bit of luxury. Mustang GT's are ringers for it, and I wanted "more" after racing a few Camaro SS's in my WS6 and being dead even with them and seeing how the mags got the same #'s out of the SS as the new GT. I viewed the M3 as a step up from my WS6 in luxury/handling only. I wanted a bump in speed, too.

The Cayman R. Tons of pricey options, not much faster than a stock 370Z if you get over the PDK or go from a roll.

GT500. Didn't like the driving position, the SRA, or the shifter and the reports of grinding transmissions left and right.

GT-R. If I were to buy one, it would have to be new after reviewing all the grief the transmission. What did it for me was the long-term test car that one of the magazines had where they said "It does great, there is a little hitch in the transmission, but nothing to worry about" something like that. Yeah, I knew I'd worry. Also, Nissan doesn't discount them enough to put it in my budget of trying to stay under $75K total TTL/Warranty, etc.

The Z06. Interior was comfortable and of good quality but looked a bit dated. The rest of the car was superb, as was price/warranty, etc.

I went with the one I could afford that wouldn't wrap me around a tree for looking at it wrong that would still stomp 99% of the cars out there and look good doing it and have all kinds of warranty backing it up.

Anyway, I put a ton of research into each car on my list and that's what I came up with. Maybe that will help OP in some way.

Divexxtreme

Thanks for the post. Much appreciated. I actually used to own a C6 Z06, though. Ended up building the motor, the tranny, the rear-end, supercharging it...and then sold it. Pretty good car, overall, especially for the price. Wasn't happy with the build quality, but the performance was great.

Would definitely make a good compliment to the GT-R, but I'm not sure if I want another one or not. I did like how mine looked, however.

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ImportConvert

What was your issue with build quality? So far on mine, I have found nothing to complain about except the "look" of the interior, which does not differ a whole ton from the C5 and could be considered dated. What year was your Z06? I think the '09 and newer ones are a LOT better since GM switched to Bosch and a few other things.

Divexxtreme

I was being a bit unfair. I should have clarified that stock, the cars are fine. Sure, the seats and interior plastics as you stated, could be improved. But overall, the quality at stock HP levels were fine.

But just to run 9 psi safely from a Roots blower (722 rwhp/660 rwtq), you need to swap out the cast pistons, and build the stock tranny and rear-end. I was spoiled since I was used to 996 variant Porsche Turbos, which come with forged rods and pistons from the factory, and bulletproof transmissions and axles that are good for over 1000 whp. All the P-cars require are bolt-ons to run 700-800 rwhp for tens of thousands of miles without any issues, whereas the Z06 requires a built motor and driveline...which I found to be frustrating.

All that said, I think a head/cam Z, or one with intake, exhaust and tune, or even one with a Centri blower at low boost should be fairly reliable overall.

b1adesofcha0s

Yeah I'm not, but I will be living with the family and paying for a house too by then. I was kind of the same way with my last car purchase, but just with my family and friends instead of on the forum. The only thing holding me back was getting my parents permission to get the Z. When they finally said yes, I got the Z 2 weeks later

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I'm not a family kind of guy and didn't want to buy a house where I live. I am waiting for this car financing deal to take my credit to the near 800 region before I buy a house--in some other state. Louisiana is crap.