High Miles Z a bad idea?

AK370Z

One thing I always tell people "never buy a used sports car. Whoever bought it in the first place, had need for speed." But that not always true. Sometimes people buy it just to look cool or don't ever track it or anything.

As for buying 70K sport car, you should def. check it out. See how it is and drive it. My Z just rolled over 66k and seriously, it drives like brand new. It had redline synthetic oil every 5500 miles (religiously changed despite the weather conditions outside), transmission, brake and differential fluids changed regularly, outside detailed and waxed with Adams polishes, inside is immaculate as I have every single detailing stuff you can think of etc. My Z as a used probably drives better than many 20-30K Z out there. So it's all in the "how it was taken care of" really.

I personally think nissan makes very reliable engines. My brother Infinity I35 (vq egnine) holding up very well even after 130K of abuse, my old 350Z vq held up very well. HOWEVER unfortunately, Nissan's biggest weakness is the transmission. We all know how many tranny we went though with our 350zs. Luckily, still no issue with my first gen SRM equipped transmission in my 370Z. but it's def. weakest point.

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I worked for Ford for a year, and agree 100%. It's ownership/usage more than miles. Give me a 100K mile car that was driven by a guy like you vs. some highschool "pimp's" "Airforce One" with 20K miles on it, any day!

That said, my first sporty car was a 1995 Trans Am. I bought it with 14X,XXX miles on it, and kept it until 177K miles. It ran like a top. The only flaw it had was the heater core went out. When I bought it, the oil looked like pudding, it was terrible. Horrible maintenance. But you know what? That Trans Am was very fast for what it was, killing 350Z's and the like (for a 2.73 Auto LT1, not bad!). It was a great car, and literally the most problem-free that I have ever owned, other than my C6 Z06 that I sold at 4K miles, lol. Great car. Can't say enough good about it.

Then the 2001 WS.6 that I had, bought with 72K miles, former owner I called, he was older, lived in TX and drove 30mi to work each day, maintained it FLAWLESSLY (I had bought from a dealership and tracked him down, so no reason to lie to me). Was probably the worst car I ever owned. Horrible. Everything, EVERYTHING but the engine had issues to one degree or another.

Luck of the draw, some cars are ****, some aren't, and it could be as minor a difference as "this was car # 18 made today, and this was car #19". No way to know.

dawudih

• I work off Lemmon at the ER across the street from the Audi dealership. Fancy area.
• Check Trophy Nissan on 635; they'll beat that deal.
• Nothing wrong with a high mileage car; when did 70K become high mileage anyway. My 4Runner has 185K with almost no issues.