1984 Honda Prelude
2006 Civic Coupe EX
2009 Civic SI sedan
2011 370z Black Coupe

1990 Dodge Ram
2004 Chevy Avalanche
2008 Cobalt LT
2010 Cobalt SS/TC
2011 370z

1989 supra celica
2001 focus svt
2003 Mazda 6s
2009 370Z

Seriously? It took five years of college, a deployment to afghanistan, half of my sanity, and a lot of patience before I got my Z. Grr. Lucky you.
Anyway. Everyone list all old cars... So
1987 f150
1993 ford ranger
1985 toyota cressida
1990 dodge caravan (my pizza delivery ride)
2000 pontiac grand am(still have for the muddy/rainy times of the year.)
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*in response to jpritche*

1990 nissan maxima..thought I'd upgrade to something nicer :bowrofl:

2004 M3 6MT. I miss it but I don't miss the maintenance costs!!:ugh2:

my hooptie early in college:

This:

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:bowrofl::bowrofl:

Not bad consider the gas price nowadays.

LOL

Good thing it's double parked..

Yupp so no one hit my baby :rofl2:

from beginning till now...

Age 15-17
- 1995 Honda Accord DX (manual windows and locks, grandpas car)

Age 18-21
- 2005 VW GTI 1.8T
- 1977 VW Rabbit with 2.0 16v Scirroco Swap

Age 22-23
- 1996 Toyota 4Runner
- 1998 Toyota 4runner Limited

Age 24
- 2011 Toyota Tacoma TRD Prerunner
- 2009 Nissan 370z base sport package

^Good Format

Age 16 (1999):
1991 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Auto- Piece Of ****, dumped it at 65k miles due to realibility issues

Age 16-22 (1999-2005)
1995 Nissan Maxima SE Pearl White/Tan Leather 5spd - Love for Nissan began. Ran the car hard til 160k miles. Great Car!

Age 22-25 (2005-2008)
2003 Nissan 350z Touring Magnetic Black/Burnt Orange Leather 6spd- Best car I ever had, all engine work, suspension, track car! T-Boned, totalled! This is where I lost my car identity.

Age 25 (2008)
2007 Acura TL Type-S Auto - Very Nice, Great car, a little too old manish for me at the time. Was not ready for an automatic yet. Sold after 4 months.

Age 25-28 (2008 - 2011)
2004 Audi S4 Silver 6spd - Awesome car, did great in all weather. AWD with V8 was awesome. Horrible gas mileage, super costly to maintain. I got my German fix, and bailed.

Current (2011 - Beyond)
2009 Pearl White 370z Touring w/ Sport Package - I found my car identity again. This is a great car, good MPG for a sports car, just as fast as my old modded 350z, but better all around. Just getting into modding it now.

2001 Pontiac Grand Prix
2006 Pontiac G6 V6
2008 BMW 335xi Sport
2010 BMW 335i M Sport
2011 370z Touring Sport

You are progressing.

For your comic relief:
1996 - 1983 Toyota Supra - First car decent car. Should have kept it.

1997 - 1984 Dodge Daytona - Should have kept the Supra. It broke often. Wrecking it probably didn't help.

1998 - 1984 Jeep Cherokee - A real rust bucket. I could lift the carpet and see the road.

1999 - ?? Geo Metro - Engine would not stay on engine mounts and dropped out of car... This car lasted about 3 months. Gas mileage was great! Because it didnt run much.

1999 - 1983 Rampage - Replacement for the metro... Wow this was a work of art. Look it up.

1999 - 1972 Datsun 240z - Love at first sight. Couldnt afford to keep it road worthy.

2000 - 1987 Ford Thunderbird "Turbo chicken" - Replaced the Z. Really clean car was a dog! Gave it to my brother.

2001 - 1992 Dodge Daytona - I went back for more punishment from Dodge. The car looked ok... But I replaced many items to make it run. Eventually I got sick of replacing things. I started cutting off things that stopped working like power steering, air conditioning unit.... etc.

2002 - 2002 Yamaha R6 - First brand new pride and joy. Rode this for many years. Until about 2007. Someone stole it. It was found last year (2010) in Florida. Oh well.

2005 - 1990 Toyota Corolla - Winter beater while I rode my bike. I could not kill this car. I drove it damn hard too. I did eventually found a way. I drove through a flooded parking lot trying to avoid a flooded road during a bad storm. WIN! I would not buy a car until it died so it really worked out.

2008 - 2004 Dodge Stratus - I hate Dodge but I got a good deal. I sold it asap for the car below.

2010 - 2009 Nissan 370z - Ummm... best car yet.

I had a 77 Triumph Spitfire, 70 MGB, 95 240SX, 01 Santa Fe.. now 370Z called Cherry with the Fat-Azz.. ;O)

ok i'll bite

2004-2005: 2002 Nissan Altima 2.5S, bought used and was a good car

2005-2008: 2005 Nissan Altima 3.5SE, loved the power that this car had for a sedan but got a little expensive to maintain after about the 160k mark

2008-2011: 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt, bought used, was a previous rental car but still pretty good car apart from creaks and rattles, but got good gas mileage and cheap to maintain

2011-forever: My pride and joy, 2011 Nissan 370Z in just the color i wanted (Monterey Blue) and with the options i wanted and i could not be happier, will be definitely holding on to this car even if i get something else after it :)

Only one car before this one....

A 96' toyota 4runner with 230,000 miles, big change from that to the z but i obviously love the z muchhhhh more

Ok I'm curious so I have to ask. After reading this thread it seems like most people have owned more everyday, pedestrian cars than performance or sports cars. Also, I have noticed that most people who responded have only on average one or two sports/performance cars.

Is the average Z owner young where they have not owned many cars? Were you guys car enthusiasts before getting the Z or only after getting it?

I ask because on the other forums I'm a member (Rennlist, 6Speed, Audi World etc), the average person on there had many, many prior sports cars. No offense to anyone, don't sue me for asking but I'm curious. What do you guys think??

no offense taken here...for me personally and maybe a few others i imagine, it was more a factor of what i could afford at the time. my first car was chosen because it was cheap, cheap to maintain and easy on the wallet when it came to gas which all worked for me cause at the time i was going through school and working at a fast food joint. my second car was a little bit of a mistake as i was young at the time and let the dealer talk me into it thinking that they were going to "pay off" my first car, i didnt know anything about negative equity at the time nor did anyone tell me about it, but i thought i could afford it cause i had moved to another job at that time which paid better than fast food so i thought i could handle it. Needless to say that lasted for about 3 years until after having to drive it so much for work started leading to very expensive repair costs so i ended up having to let it go which lead to my downgrade again to a more affordable and cheaper to maintain car which was my 3rd car. This time i stuck to my guns and paid off the entire car, finished school, got a much better job, saved up for a while and then put a nice down payment on something i really wanted and it was soooo worth it :D

I've always loved performance cars. So far I've been lucky and the worst I've had is a 93 Lightning. Some may knock it, but it was an outstanding street truck. Before that I had a couple second gen MR-2 turbos. I can see the possibility of a non performance car in the future when I have a family and need to carry more than myself and another person. But I also don't see myself ever being at the point where I won't have a sports car of some sort. I hope to pay off the Z before I get married and at that point I won't be giving it up for a family sedan.

nice :tup:

A 370Z for graduating high school? Must be nice!

83 Cadillac Coupe De Ville

94 Ford Escort Hatchback

88 Mustang 5.0 GT (Auto)

89 Mustang 5.0 GT Convertable (5 Speed)

96 S14 240sx Sr20det swapped

02 Frontier 4x4

01 S15 Silvia Spec R

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...lard/s15-1.jpg

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And a lot of Company trucks that I DD but do not own so did not list. Current one is 07 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4

16- 1998 oldsmobile cutlass

17-18 1999 mercury cougar

19- joined the military have nothing btr to spend my money on 2011 370z.

right when i bought it my dad bought a gtr to one up me :owned:

Try not to go all crazy modding it, ha ha. Don't be that guy that gets his pay reduced cause he can't keep up with bills and the partying that comes a long with being in.

yea i hear ya. the only mod i got so far is a fi exhaust which is on the way but the military basically payed for that for me cuz i got a extra money for going on det :happydance: and im deploying in june so that means when im back its almost payed off :stirthepot:

2010 Nissan Murano LE. Had to let it go since it reminded me too much of my fiance, who passed away unexpectedly on 09/11. Been a tough few months since.

Haven't had a sports car since my 1969 Chevy Z-28 (look the letter Z!).
Picked up a 2011 370Z Touring Coupe, Pearl, w/ Nav and aero pkg and I do love it very much! Everyone thinks I'm having a mid-life crisis. Ok, so? It's MY mid-life crisis!

Before 370z I was driving my Honda CRV 2008 , Special edition, automatic, black. This is a well made vehicle, I like the lovely light interior, I have the sunroof model, and its very roomy and comfortable.The sharper front end sports an arrowhead-like hood and profiled headlamps.

Before my z i had a 2004 black on black toyota celica gt tsunami edition. Very rare version of the celica that doesnt look as much like a chicks car. It had an engine swap with a jasper performance engine upgraded intake manifold greddy exhaust and a few oter cosmetic upgrades. Sold the car for 12,500 in july 2011. Definitely worth the trade to my z34 never again will i go back to a 4cylinder unless its a sti or evo

When I got my permit, I drove our 2001 bade Honda accord (I4). I eventually started driving our 2006 Camry V6 since it was in far better condition, had abs.
Last spring, I got a 2009 Monterey blue 370z with touring and sport pkg's. I was going to get a new car for college since our accord was totaled in a hailstorm and my parents needed the camry for daily practical purposes. (parents drive a g37 sedan). At first we looked at the new v6 accords, genesis 3.8 track, the v6 camry (our price range became higher when I got full tuition at my college), but when we found the Z with low miles and for significantly cheaper than our other options, my mom went for it.
Now that I'm in college, the Z basically is garaged other than during breaks and on weekends when I go back home. It's what I miss most about home now :)

2007 Lexus IS350 here...

yea must be very nice lol i work for everything i have lol clothes, cars included! haha My Z is my very first ever sports car. before that i had a 2008 hyundai Accent, that i bought to get my credit started and the ball rolling. wasnt a bad car, loved LOVED the gas mileage on it (35 mpg) but i want a sports car. and came across the 370 on accident.... the rest is history.

as my dad told me "if you can afford to make the payments on something, theres nothing stopping you"

16-1998 lexus es300

22-2007 BMW e60 530i

24-2011 Nissan 370z

Loved my BMW but it was time for something sporty:) Here's some pics of BMW gone but not forgotten.

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Very clean looking BMW bro!

16 - 1992 Toyota Celica GT
20 - 2004 Nissan Titan
24- 2009 370Z Base+Sport
24- 2010 370Z 40th Anniversary

Future:
28- 2012/2013 GT-R

16 - 97 Grand Prix
20 - 01 Integra
5 Years of college and nice accumulation of student loans later....
2012 370Z Base+Touring :)

16 - 97 Nissan Altima
18 - 00 Toyota Celica GT-S
20 - 00 Honda Civic EX Coupe
20 - 96 Honda Civic Hatch LSB18 (Non-Vtec) Swap
21 - 97 Honda Civic EX Coupe
21 - 97 Mazda Miata
(Finished Mechanical Engineering Degree)
22 - 09 Black 370Z Touring Sport