Venting: Average car owner doesn't care...

gleonard · 05-18-2011, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by flashburn

So you can have multiple cars with door dings? Or do you bring an envoy of your cars around to protect each other whenever you go out?

I think he just buys a new car once the one he's driving gets a door ding. Money well spent!

11Thumper · 05-18-2011, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeSS

happens to me too. thats why i spend so much money to have more than one car.

I thought it was because they were both American cars...you need a spare for when the other is in the shop.

Kidding aside...

I was torn between the new Camaro and the Z. I'm waiting for the 550hp Camaro and then I'll sell my S2k to pick one up.

mikeSS · 05-18-2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 11Thumper

I thought it was because they were both American cars...you need a spare for when the other is in the shop.

Kidding aside...

I was torn between the new Camaro and the Z. I'm waiting for the 550hp Camaro and then I'll sell my S2k to pick one up.

well lets be honest here. my daily driver is a BMW. hehe

are you talking about a Z06 and Zl1?

11Thumper · 05-18-2011, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeSS

well lets be honest here. my daily driver is a BMW. hehe

are you talking about a Z06 and Zl1?

ZL1

Not sure it will be worth the asking price though. My all time favorite car is the '69 Camaro. This is like a modern version of it. I could resist the SS (Z was a better car for the price...for me anyway) but you get it to 550hp for around $50k and it's quite tempting. I bet dealers will mark it up way too much for me to be interested though. Personally I think $45k is the most I would be willing to pay.

Too bad it can't transform too...

ProfessorDave · 05-18-2011, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by 11Thumper

ZL1

My all time favorite car is the '69 Camaro.

...or the sista 69 Firebird...oh the joys of regular gas and a 4 barrel carb

mikeSS · 05-18-2011, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by 11Thumper

ZL1

Not sure it will be worth the asking price though. My all time favorite car is the '69 Camaro. This is like a modern version of it. I could resist the SS (Z was a better car for the price...for me anyway) but you get it to 550hp for around $50k and it's quite tempting. I bet dealers will mark it up way too much for me to be interested though. Personally I think $45k is the most I would be willing to pay.

Too bad it can't transform too...

the price will come down. ya the 370z is probably better value than the SS i understand that. but like you said the ZL1 will be one BA ride.

OldGuy · 05-20-2011, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeSS

happens to me too. thats why i spend so much money to have more than one car.

I thought having a "second car" would solve the problem, too. So I bought a new Altima Coupe but I wound up being just as a careful with it! Sorry, but money comes too hard to be careless the things it buys---just a character trait that's never going to change.

mikeSS · 05-20-2011, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by OldGuy

I thought having a "second car" would solve the problem, too. So I bought a new Altima Coupe but I wound up being just as a careful with it! Sorry, but money comes too hard to be careless the things it buys---just a character trait that's never going to change.

its not that i am carless with my daily driver . its the idea of having less stress.

onzedge · 05-20-2011, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeSS

its not that i am carless with my daily driver . its the idea of having less stress.

If you are truly carless, it should not matter how others park.

mikeSS · 05-20-2011, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

If you are truly carless, it should not matter how others park.

i honestly do not care if somebody dings my daily driver car once in a while. its just a car in the end. plus its a lease. dings are really not that bad, you could probably fix most of them your self.

kenchan · 05-18-2011, 06:39 PM

I know how u guys feel about dings and scrathes. I got my share of door dings shopping cart dings getting keyed, etc etc in the past. I couldn't stand it anymore and got a beater. I even got PDR training so I can fix my own dings just in case.

I don't have the luxury of worrying about my car so the beater is worth every penny.

ProfessorDave · 05-18-2011, 09:25 PM

1 year with the Z. I park in Canada when I go to Target. No dings.

2 years with the Mazda 3. Park cautiously everywhere. Got my first ding last week.

The moral of the story? I own too many cars. And people are jerks and can't park.

Sorry for the bitter post. But the Mazda 3 does not have Miata doors.

Viera · 05-18-2011, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Hugoneus

I used to park away from everyone at work. But then I started thinking that some may find it rude (as if I am implying that no one is good enough to park next to me).

So I started parking next to everyone else. In one week, I have several really bad damages on my car. Paint completely scratched, several long lines and dents.

I am superbly disappointed, no one gives a damn about anyone else's car. I have always been very careful with other people's belongings, including cars, long before I even owned a vehicle of my own.

Damn it...

Funny, I used to believe I was the only person that thought that way about people. Even if they do think we're douchebags or just weird for parking further away from everyone else, and some people really do, who cares.. It's your car; you decide where it goes. Unless of course it's an assigned parking, then that's a whole different story. Sorry about the dents/scratches

Cmike2780 · 05-18-2011, 09:52 PM

Other Sports Cars Parking Next to You

KillerBee370 · 05-18-2011, 10:17 PM

F that. Noone's good enough to park next to me. I'll continue parking in another time zone in a parking lot.

05-18-2011, 09:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
ProfessorDave A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Scranton, PA Posts: 1,580 Drives: In the fairway Rep Power: 21	1 year with the Z. I park in Canada when I go to Target. No dings. 2 years with the Mazda 3. Park cautiously everywhere. Got my first ding last week. The moral of the story? I own too many cars. And people are jerks and can't park. Sorry for the bitter post. But the Mazda 3 does not have Miata doors. __________________ Rain, snow, sleet, hail: 2009 Mazda 3 sGT HB Everything else: 2009 370z, PW Touring 6MT

05-18-2011, 09:52 PM	#14 (permalink)
Cmike2780 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 5,059 Drives: slowwww Rep Power: 31	Other Sports Cars Parking Next to You __________________ [09][MB][6-Spd MT][Touring][Stillen Gen III][K&N][Borla CBE][Evo-R] [ArchitTEK Photography]

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141522	I know how u guys feel about dings and scrathes. I got my share of door dings shopping cart dings getting keyed, etc etc in the past. I couldn't stand it anymore and got a beater. I even got PDR training so I can fix my own dings just in case. I don't have the luxury of worrying about my car so the beater is worth every penny.

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