Really Pissed!!

bjblackout

I hope I am posting this in the right forum but here goes.

So I am at dinner Saturday night with my wife and two other couples. One of the guys there I consider a great friend but I wanted to share just a little of our conversation over dinner that night.

I won't bore you with all of the conversation but let me start by saying I am a new Z owner for two weeks now. I bought a 2009 and absolutely love it. Let me also say I 38 years old and am 6 foot 1 and about 240lbs. My purchase of the Z came up in the conversation at dinner somehow and my "good friend" proceeds to say that the Z is a girls car.I have to tell you this kind of got under my skin immediately and the reason I am posting this is because I have thought about it ever since. I am the type of guy that is happy for you no matter what. I was brought up to not say anything if you have nothing nice to say. Your purchase could be the most hideous thing ever but I will congratulate you on it if it makes you happy. He also went on to say that the Bose surround sound I bought is over priced and not worth the money but thats for another forum.

When he commented on the Z being a girls car I let it go as to not make a scene at dinner but again I am posting because I am really bothered by the whole thing. Sorry for venting on here guys but I have to ask two questions.

Does a real friend really say these things?

What would your response to this be?

Thanks in advance everyone for letting me vent!!

Ron

What does he drive? I tease my friends all the time, maybe he was joking.. maybe he is jealous and is looking to make himself feel better by finding defects on something he can't have. Don't listen to him, the Z is NOT a girls car

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bjblackout

Drives a Ford Explorer!!

frost

Yeah, I stick to my jealousy comment.

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bjblackout

Thanks for all the replies guys. Guess I should not let it bother me but I am just not that way with friends. If your happy I am happy and it takes some nerve to voice your negativity about my purchases. When I start getting my bills sent to your address then your opinion may count!! Gotta tell ya it will be quite some time before he gets a ride in my girly Z......LOL

UNKNOWN_370

Yup, he's jelly, but the touring package is overpriced imho. N I'm not saying it because I can't afford it. I came from a 09 G37s fully loaded which at the time was 4k more than a loaded Z. But if it makes you happy then don't worry bout what he or I think.
As far as it being a girls car? Lol. Any guy without a sports car call them girl cars until they own one. Usually guys like that tell you a real sports car is a muscle car. In other words he don't know sh1t. Lol.

Cell

What does he drive? He also obviously doesn't have any taste in cars.

Plus those that care and love you are blunt and straight forward. So, don't take it the wrong way if he was honest with you.

anthonyy

I actually see a lot of women driving Zs... usually the 350 and always auto

m4a1mustang

Well it was bound to happen. You know that pesky 19th Ammendment.

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Dwight Frye

If they ever release a 2+2 version of the 370Z and you bought one with an automatic, it would be a girl's car.
For those of you too young to remember the late 70's saw the 260 or 280Z turned into an abomination as described above. We used to call them "secretary specials" because that's who were buying them all. The Miata has also morphed into a chickmobile because it's so "cute".
Tell your friend to STFU and go out an buy a Mustang to prove his manliness.

Alchemy

Or hickness.

My father, a die hard Corvette guy, used to call my MOTHERS '84 300zx a "doctors sports car". Always kinda clowned it a little but admitted it out cornered a Vette. That 84 300zx spawned my love for Z cars. We had previously owned a 280, again my mothers, but I was to young to really remember it. As per my family you would think the Z was a chicks car Ill tell you this though, my mom used to pound gears and rip turns. Super aggressive woman driver, and always in control, as hard as that may be to believe They have both since passed and when considering what to spend a bit of the "family cash" on I didnt hesitate. It HAD to be a 370z. Its not my first Z, after she passed I inherited that 84 300zx, where I really connected with the Datsun/ Nissan as it was badged. After that its been only Z's for this guy. I have owned many, actually its the first car I ever owned and the only sports car moniker Ive ever personally owned. Im getting a bit off topic, I apologize for the rambling on, but thats just a little glimps into the life of a long-life Z owner....

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Red__Zed

just let it go.



if it bothers you, just be glad you don't have an s2k, or worse, a miata. you can always join in on the joking, and it generally kills the fun for most people.

you will always run into people that will make comments like that...the less you let it bother you, the better.

Skeeterbop

Not a girls car, but a hot chick driving a hot car (the Z for example) is 2

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themann1984

The 370Z is pure sex! It is hot, loud, and rough!

frost

Most of the time when people bash what others have, it's out of jealousy.

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