i love this about the 370
 

i spent easter weekend in shreveport, which is one of the three biggest cities in louisiana. i decided to take notice of how many 370's i would see while spending time here. back home, i have only seen 3 all year, not including my own. first let me say that i saw over 100 mustangs, literally. almost all the latest generation. gag. almost as many camaros, also new generation. lots of corvettes too. then i had a few smiles when i spotted a blue 350 in the neighborhood we were staying at. also ran across a custom shop, which had a (claimed) 500hp white 370, which looked nice, and spotted a z32 (purple, YUK!) but i love the 300zx! then i saw a 79 datsun with original paint in exellent shape! i snapped a photo but it will be forever before i can post. as for the 370??... ONE!! only one! i love that these cars are a rare sight, at least around here anyway. i bet on an average there are a ton more mustangs, camaros, etc than there are 370's. and as much as i love to salute the fellow 370 owners, i like having something different than everyone else!

She's still a rare car. I'm in lower Delaware for the weekend and as you said Mustangs, Camaros and 911's everywhere . The only 370 that I've seen all weekend is mine!
And everywhere we go people just seem to stop and look at the Z!

i saw a black Z yesterday on the way back from cars and coffee... though thats the first one in about 2-3 months i've seen. haven't seen another CY one in over 2 years in person.

thats awesome. the CY is an eye catcher, wish they offered it for 2012. i see heads turn often, and mine is just plain, base, no mods.

Yes even around my parts the 370 is quite rare :tup:

Yup... even here in the DFW area where Z34's sell pretty well, I see a 370z about once every 2 to 3 weeks. I see a sport pkg Z once every 3-4 months. I can't believe how many people don't opt for the sprt pkg. For me the sprt pkg was the only MUST have.

There's quite a few 370Zs in Shreveport, myself and ImportConvert are up here, a friend of mine drives a Monterrey Blue one, some girl has a silver one across the street from me, I've seen a black one on base a lot, and then I see a red one fairly often. Are you still around?

Same here. Thought I'd see 1 or 2 each day driving around from the mid cities to Dallas, but it is rare to see one. I must admit it makes the car seem a bit exotic.

See 2 or 3 a day in the Uptown area of Dallas when i'm in town and 1 or 2 on my drive to DFW.

This is something that also attracted me to this car is the rarity of seeing one, its nice to drive something that you dont see everywhere you go

jordan,
yea im here for a couple more hours, wish i had more time, could have met up with some of yall. yea i bet there are more around here than back home, if i would spend more time here im sure they would surface. maybe on july 4th weekend if im not in metarie ill post for a get together? anyway, happy easter guys!

im in Cecil County Maryland and the 370 is certainly a rarity. on even the NICEST day out, i may see one 370. two or three 350's

its rarity only adds to its appeal and its shock and awe. there just simply isnt alot of people buying them, as compared to the mustangs (yawn) , comaros (yawn) LOL jk

Thats partly why I chose it. I think i have seen one 370z since i moved to edmonton that wasn't mine

I live in a town of about 16,000. I have the only 370Z or 350Z - I have seen one 300Z around town. It's weird to come out of the grocery or a restaurant & find people standing around your car staring at it. Like it's a Veyron or something. LOL! I can't count the number of times I've been asked what it is.

I have owned my car for 1.5 years. I have seen about 7 370z total since I bought mine. I have seen 1 before I bought mine. 1.5 years later, I have only seen 1 other nismo on the street and that was just recently. This is all living in the city of Chicago.

Barely see them, which was also a selling point besides just being a Z in general.

I did see a black one this morning but outside of that, if its not a Z thats in our club, I might see one once every 3 weeks, and probably the same people lol

Z's are super rare and I love that about them.

I've seen only three in Chicago....I've seen more GTR's then the Zs so far.

Not sure if it's me not going out much or what, but I rarely see any 370z's around my area as well.

Im in Sibley not far from Shreveport, didn't know there were fellow owners in the area!
lol not around Shreveport much tho

Yeah there's a few. Unfortunately I'm moving to Texas on Tuesday though so I'm hoping the car scene is alive in Wichita Falls so I have someone to talk cars with!

agreed they are still rare at least here in northern alberta i have seen 3, and there are 2 gtr's running around town.

There are 3-4 others that park in the same lot as me at work. See them every day.

no car under 100k is really rare here in socal so although not a really rare thing, I still see less of them than most other cars like porsches. BMWs, benzes, and audis ar elike accords here also so def see less Zs than any of those. 350Zs are somewhat common though, so a lot of people who don't know may group us in with them and think they see a lot of us around here.

shadoquad, where do you live?

I work about halfway between Baltimore and DC

I love it too. I routinely go a month without seeing another one.

Since I bought mine last Dec. I have only seen one other in my area. That was this past week. I have seen about 4 350's in the same time period. The 370 is a rare sight in my area for sure.

Even in a city as big as NYC the 370z is rare.

You see tons of more exotic cars before you will spot another "Z" ..and when you think you spotted one it turns out to be a 350..

The 370z is a rare creature.. they can only be found in the "wild" during our meets..... & when they run in herds the "Z" simply turns heads ... :happydance:

I'd probably like it better if the Z were rare due to deliberately low production numbers or something like that. But they're "rare" due to low sales numbers.

But there are a lot around the DC area. Not as common as cat turds Mustangs, but I still see them around quite often.

Couldn't agree more. I always get people asking me at the traffic light "what car is this?" and right after they go "wow amazing looking car" if my blacked out tint windows aren't closed up.

I don't think is a sales issue, I just think not a lot people know the potential of this car. I confess, I myself didn't. People probably end up picking mustangs over the Z only because it's a more "popular" sports car and "well known" for it's power.
It's like apple computers back in the days. It has always been better computers than PCs, but people just didn't know it's potential. :happydance:

If you search the site, you can find threads about the sales numbers of the vehicle. They are low.

I blame that mostly on advertising, or the lack thereof.

Most of the people I know who picked Mustangs over the Z did it because the car is "faster" and "costs the same". They are also more track ready and have greater tuning potential.

But I love my Z. Don't get me wrong. I just don't value the rarity of the thing. I like other Z owners. I wish there were more.

I personally blame the fuel starvation in right handers, the lack of adequate brake cooling, the oil overheating problems (esp on track), the excessively high rear diff temps on track, and the lack of a real lsd option, but that's just me. :)

That is so true! Granted, I live in a city of only 50k just outside of San Antonio, and I've only seen ONE other in town.. once. I've seen several 350s however. The only time I really see other 370s is when I go into SA for club and/or coffee meets.

I believe if Nissan invested 5% of the budget they allocated for advertisement on the Maxima/Altima line they would see a big increase in "Z" sales.. I agreee the sales # are low but that in return would mean fewer cars would be produced. This would also explain why you don't find a "Z" in every dealership. Same holds true for a GT-R. If you walk into a dealership looking for a Z or GT-R .. the salesman knows that you are ordering some thing from the "specialty" menu and you know what you want...

What we are toasting to the fact that the Z is an exceptionally beautiful car that can holds it own against other far more expensive/exotic cars.:happydance:

IMO all American/German cars a dime a dozen in the US. The Japaneses flooded the low end market with "cheaper" cars but despite that the "Z" still holds a certain elite status here & abroad..

All cars have limitations.. We just choose to look at them as problems..... You can go on forever trying to "modify" a car to improve some perceived shortcoming.. Which really on circles back to the dealer coming out with the "next" years model with limitation/short coming improved upon (or so we hope) and when they don't move fast enough (one year) we take matters into our own hands with "3rd party" bolt-on etc... And even if the dealer did improve it, by nature we will always look for a way to squeeze 2 more drops of blood.. i mean HP/torque ;) from the car...

Oh, I concur. The Z is gorgeous. You'll get no argument there. :)
Well, those specific limitations effect the track-ability of the car. In stock form, it is rather dangerous to take to a race track. And while that may not be a concern for many performance car buyers, it certainly is an issue to some. I'm getting ready to track my car. I've addressed the braking issues and oil heating issues as best I can. I'm hoping not to run into fuel starve on my first time out.

Advertising ? Uhmmm I don't know. GT-Rs aren't advertised and I'm starting to see them around more often. Perhaps more often than the Z.
I love to see other Z drivers however I LOVE to be the only one with the car driving around and receiving all the compliments.
Well thats why we have meets right. To gather every Z lover

im all for community growth, no doubt. its just really nice not to see 50 cars per day identical to the one you drive. so tired of seeing new mustangs, and i dont even drive one. i can imagine it is frustrating or bothersome for mustang owners. or maybe its not at all, everyone is different i guess.

Agreed... I get annoyed driving down the road and within a 10 mile stretch, I've already seen several Mustangs, Camaros, Chargers and Challengers... I remember when American muscle cars were really something to behold.. now they're just a dime a dozen.

If you enjoy that about the Z, that's cool. I'm the opposite. I like seeing other Z's, giving Z waves. But I can also understand that seeing them on every corner would make them less special.

And even the GT-R has gotten more face time than the 370z over the years in magazines.