Lots of wrecked Z's...

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

I understand, but like you said...I'm not using that 505bhp all the time. Where I am moving to, it "has no place" because of all the mountain roads, etc. with sharp corners and whatnot. I would only use 2-300whp of it for the most part during my "spirited" drives, so then it comes to a point that I am paying for things I am not using.

It's flat here where I live now, except for on/off ramps. Power is all that matters for the most part here. Not so much where I am going (Fayettville, AR).

Then I have the other issue...what next? A SRT-10? I mean, I can't keep living in the 6-7#/bhp range on my income and still expect to buy the 30-50 acres and house I want. Compromises must be made. There will be a time to be a dirty old man in a car too fast for him later on in life. The Z06 was a "I want to do it once, and to insure this, I will do it now!" type thing. Love it, but it's time to move on from this, too.

I don't know if that makes sense to you or you agree with it, but it's clear to me?

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

You've definitely got to find a happy medium based on who you are as a driver (and where you are in life)... some people could push a Z06 pretty hard on the street (probably a bit dangerous) while some might not even be able to push a Miata hard on the street... so what's right for one driver isn't always right for another.

It's down to personal preference. And I think I speak for most of the car guys here when I say it's almost impossible to truly be happy with any one car given how demanding we are about performance and also because we tend to be very curious about cars we haven't yet owned. We end up jumping around to a lot of different cars. We have fun with them and then move on to the next adventure. Some of us just do it more frequently than others.

Originally Posted by Jeffblue

definitely. and if you drive the same car every day, you will make that jump faster because you will get sick of it faster. The parts you like about it for fun, (loud, stiff, fast) will start to bother you when you need it as your DD and it quickly turns into (noisy, uncomfortable, poor gas mileage).

that being said, i'd rather DD a fun car than a POS, if i could only have one.

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Well, the Z06 is stiff and loud, but not too loud, and the gas mileage is killer. I get about 26 on the freeway. I don't tool around town in it, so I'm at a loss, there, but my DIC says the average over the life of the car has been 18-19mpg or so, last I cleared it out.

I do not feel I am getting my money out of my Z06 because I don't track it, and I don't feel safe on the street pushing the car like that. The street has hazards that a track doesn't, and it's not wise. I feel I would get my money out of the 370Z much moreso. Hence my trade when "my" car is available in the US.