So what is the Status update today for everybody? Mine was i, again for the 120th day or so, go to the garage and look at the Z sitting all pretty under a cover. She asks me will you take me out today and I say not yet. :mad:







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I'm with ya Zman roads are a little wet and cannot tell if there is still salt on them. No driving till the salt is gone.:shakes head:

I've had a collection of projects. 76 Corvette t-tops damaged that I was going to make into a road racer, 74 280Z with Chevy sbc fuel injection nitrous, a 69 Vette 350 4 speed vert with supercharger and my Titan. Only the vette and titan where avail to drive. Now down to my 370Z and Titan. Much easier and have time to myself now.

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Ya I'm in the same boat as you guys, while I will plate her and jope to join a VQ meet on March 18th...I really don't want to drive much till all the salt and little stone pebbles are cleared....

Supposed to rain a lot in the next few days to wash snow and salt away :)

Salt is for margarita's and pasta water....

Not beautiful Sports Cars...

You guys are soo true. Looking forward to being able to drive again. :driving:

^ This.

I always wait until the first heavy rain to wash the roads.

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yah, i too was hoping it would just rain and stop... but now turning into snow later tonight i heard. :ugh2: so will need to wait another week.

next week looks pretty promising so far with the lows above freezing. :excited: and im tired of seeing my G with factory 18's....:ugh2: i think im going to get her some cheepo 19's (getyourwheels have some cool ones) and wrap LM60's for next winter. :icon17:

Morning Kenman good to see you are concerned with your cars feeling. Bling her up :bowrofl:

hey fire! :tup: yah, she speaks to me everyday. :icon17: she's a grandma now but still a beauty in my eyes. :p

i guess solar's beauty is past grandma and now fossile fuel. lol :icon17: hahaha, j/k solar. :icon17:

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Must suck to not own a car 4-5 months out of the year. :driving:

Some guy from work thought he would try to pass me on the highway with his miata. I laughed, pushed it to the floor, and smiled as I flew by his little red go cart.

Gauge it isn't a matter of owning it as driving it. Could probably get away with buying snow tires and running it but why ruin it with salt and sand?

It's not bad actually. The Z is a not a dd car for me. Even in the summer I don't drive it daily to work, just here and there. I average about 2000 miles per year. I baby it like no other as far as leaving it in the sun too long, driving in rain, driving in snow, parking close to others, etc.

:iagree: I want to preserve it not have it be a rust bucket by year 5. And for those that say what if you decide to sell it after a few years of ownership. Winter garaged cars will fetch a nice premium.

hey slow down... :ugh2:

+1. my thoughts exactly. :iagree:

you're like me, zman! :tup: but i put in about 4000miles + per season. :D

Zman I'm like you about 2000 miles and watch for rain.

Well guys I'm off to my Chevy dealer to confront them on my ZL1 order. They will not give me my order # and the official GM site for following orders says there is no reason not to have my order # and my car may not actually be on order as they say it is. :shakes head: See you guys in a little bit.

hey good luck with that, fire!

Good luck fire:tup:

Z is my DD....so I miss it badly, I love driving it.

Put it this way, I had to go to Home Depot for a chair rail for the babies room...obviously would be more space in my wifes 3 series but I made the chair rail fit in the Z cause damn it was a sunny day! :)

This winter has been surprisingly mild though, I could have probably bought winter tires and drive it once a week but didn't want to put my baby through that.

i luv shopping at homedepot, but taking my dressed up G there... she is so out of place! :eekdance: next to pickups and vans and wagons and suddenly a modded coupe. it's like wearing sneakers with a 3pc suit. :icon17:

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I guess my thoughts are that in the end you're driving it the same amount of time. I imagine most of you will get a new sports car in 5-6 year time frame anyways. I love the beauty of my car but in the end, so long as I don't drive it in wet conditions in the winter, I think it will last almost as long as a car that doesn't get driven at all :P It's mostly high ways and avenues where I live, so the salt gets pushed off fairly fast after a salting the the roads dry overnight just from all the traffic. GUess it depends on your unique situation.

Also I was just teasing, wasn't be serious >< I can respect you guys wanting to maintain beauty.

Had errands to run so I of course I took the Z.
1. Went to bank to
a. deposit the $10 in pennies my jackass friend gave me to settle a bet
b. find out why my $500 check for winning my fantasy football league hadn't cleared yet
2. Went to set up appointment to get the windows tinted on the Z (35 sides 20 on back sounds good yes?)
3. drop off perscription

None of these errands got accomplish :( Forgot the sack of pennies and perscriptions at the house, the bank had no record of the deposit and the window tinter went to lunch early and shop was closed.

But I did get to drive the Z around all morning so it was still a good day.

Just got in from my meeting, horrible experience today (traffic, getting lost, being late). Glad to be back in the office lol

I keep trying to baby my Z and drive my beater truck, but I EFFING LOVE DRIVING :driving: THIS CAR TOOOOOOOOO MUCH!

maintain beauty at minimal work is wat im getting at. can't really wash the car throughly if it's sub-freezing... and while we had a mild winter this season, usually it's sub-freezing most throughout winter. also my detail takes more than 16hrs so i dont want to be spending that kind of time on my car often. i dont have much free time to begin with.

also in the winter the pre-melted salt stones can penetrate the paint from kickup or even just driving past a salt-truck. ive had paint damage on past cars just driving around over fresh salt. no way around that and no way am i going to put my toy car through that. lol.


i think you need to calculate your life better to make each day count. :icon17: ;)

morning, nick! :tup: hope your pm goes smooth. (almost typed pms :icon17: )

Morning kenchan!

Luckily the meeting was inconsequential to my business, just sort of like a "new products" meeting between company and producers.

Should be fine, just dealing with crap throughout the business day. Same old **** different day, haha at least it's Friday.

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Even if roads are dry there is salt dust flying around. And that dust gets everywhere! I open the hood of my scion the other day and its all salt in there.... That's my main reason for keeping her off the roads in the winter.

Hey Nick, yeah have a good afternoon then!

very true. i wiped off the engine bay every time i washed my G this winter. :tup: that salt is like a magnet to the panels... feels like sand paper after driving. it sticks to the rear bumper the worst cause vapor from exhaust the first 10-15min of driving.... :ugh2:

G's looking good for a 8yr old car. i checked the frame, pinch rails (i washed that with my wheel brush each time) exhaust piping... couldn't find accelerated corrosion. i will put her on ramps and do any rustoleum touchup on the undercarriage when it gets warmer though. :) i think her wear is equivalent to a one year old car used daily.

You too, hopefully it will fly by since I've been out of the office all morning lol

:shakes head:Back guys still no more info. This crap is really irritating me.

Good Afternoon Z fellows!!! Have a Great Friday, No Matter you have to Work or Not Tomorrow!! :tup: :tup:

Sunny and +7c in Toronto, drive my Z to work today!! Yeah!!! :happydance:

Was driving happily on my way crusing 130km/h and all the sudden I felt the shift-knob became loose..... :eekdance:

The 3 set-screws that hold the shift-knob in place got loosen..... :ugh2:

Anyway, just went to the car and get it tighten and found out something really nice!!! :icon17:

If you guys had read my post about installing the shift knob you might remember I did a trick to the plastic-ring that attach to the shift-boot, and I just found out that plastic ring can snap onto the tread of the MOMO shift-knob!!

So, the shift-boot is now directly attached to the shift-knob! :tup: :tup:

Here is a pic, looks much better now!! :happydance:

That's pretty cool! Looks like a perfect fit!

Nice knob Alcheng :tup: