Why did you buy your 370?

510z · 08-14-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

You didn't get measured when you bought yours? It was like one of those "you must be this tall" rules.

must be a phoenix only thing

grahfz · 08-13-2009, 08:04 PM

When I was a child, my neighbor took me around in his new z with the t-tops off.
My first car was an 86 z31 turbo.
I've had several since then. At one point I was helping to build two vg30/33's a week.
Currently building an 88SS that I co-own with a friend of mine. 60-1 turbo, jwt S2 cams, ported/polished to the size of the valves throughout. Nistune, for those that know what it is. Currently pulling 14psi, should have fuel for 20, and if that goes bad, we've got my old vg33 on the stand, almost ready to go.

I bought mine the week after somebody cut in front of my g35 coupe. Totaled it out, gap insurance paid off the rest... I was free... so I went and picked up a load of debt

VPP program, loaded it out, only thing I didn't get was the splash guards and the 'upgraded' mats.
Never liked the 350z, the interior was terrible.

Red370 · 08-13-2009, 08:25 PM

so its safe to say the vette handles like a peterbuilt?

frost · 08-13-2009, 08:26 PM

I didn't have an issue with the handling (although it wasn't top notch). I had an issue with the absolute POS interior in a $50K+ car.

Trips · 08-13-2009, 08:28 PM

I walked in and they handed me the keys and after the test Drive I said were do I sign.

Red370 · 08-14-2009, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by waaaasabi

Well my last car was a 91 300ZX NA 2+2, and it was truly a blast to drive. Although it had a ton of problems, in retrospect that was just part of the ownership experience of a used car with high mileage.

Then I went to the other "shytstorm", aka Afghanistan, and I spent a ton of time looking at cars in my down time - hey gotta figure out how to use that deployment money when I come home, right? I was actually really intent on getting a 97-00 NSX, but when I got home in mid-April, I couldn't find one that was close to me and in the color I wanted, so I opted for the brand I knew I could trust to provide the best possible driving experience - the Z. I had read all the web sites and latest magazine articles on the 370Z while I was overseas, and while I wasn't initially sold on the looks, it really hooked me when I saw it in person.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to trade up for a GTR in a couple of years, or I might trade in for that NSX if one ever comes up near me, and in the right color.

Deployment moneys great, sucks *** while your there gettin blown up all the time, but that money is sure as hell fun to blow when you get home! Bought my G35 cash after OIF 1, upgraded to the Z now!

StLRedrider · 08-13-2009, 10:37 PM

I actually was going to pull the trigger on a 08 red grand touring last fall, early winter when the salesmen told about the 370 coming out so i waited and so dam% glad that i did. Before i ordered mine i test drove the 08 and then the 09, thats all it took.

cave vulture · 08-13-2009, 10:49 PM

As I have mentioned, it came down to a choice of five cars. Corvette, Viper, Lotus, S2000, and the 370Z. I just thought there were too many Corvettes and not enough exclusivity. The Viper, while fun to look at, made little sense from a practicality standpoint, and in all probability would have turned into nothing more than a garage queen. The Lotus was eliminated because there was no dealer within a reasonable distance. Drove the S2000, , but the low end accelleration seemed no better than my old CRXsi., plus the removable hardtop, with no soft top was a bit crazy. Drove the 370Z and bought it. End of story.

Red370 · 08-13-2009, 10:47 PM

great stories gentlemen, keep em comin! BTW, I watched fast and furious tonight, inspired me to go for a drive.

GingaBreadMan · 08-14-2009, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Red370

great stories gentlemen, keep em comin! BTW, I watched fast and furious tonight, inspired me to go for a drive.

I purchased the Fast & Furious trilogy and it's on steady rotation in my Bluray player. I don't get tired of watching tuned sports cars.

frost · 08-13-2009, 10:49 PM

Mostly, I bought mine because robert nash on this board was giving a VPP discount which got me like, $4K off.

Red370 · 08-13-2009, 10:51 PM

wish I woulda known about this VPP stuff!

havasuwiley · 08-13-2009, 11:22 PM

i like the look and color combo of my z,plus fit and finish is very good,i traded a e55 amg in 459hp and 516tq stock! yes a 4 door benz can spank my 370 z but only until the roads get curvy

.quit bashin the vettes my z06 still out perorms the 370z every performace catagory including hauling groceries,

i'm a car guy luv my z's

havasuwiley · 08-13-2009, 11:41 PM

did'nt mean that my other cars are better than the 370z just different,back to why i bought my 370z ,looks first then a test drive and they got me the car with the colors and options i wanted,plus my benz was running out of warrantee and closest benz dealer is 130 miles away ,nissan dealer is local

and were willing to deal,plus my wife has a 09 maxima and she loves it,we have lots of vehicles so another 2 seat car is fine for us.

Lone Wolf 75 · 08-13-2009, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Red370

So I went from wanting the Z, to lusting after the Camaro.

So I get back in june, and get to the Chevy stealership expecting to pay MSRP at the most, which was 30k give or take. I had managed to accumulate about 35k in my savings for the 15 mos I was there. Well lo and behold, they decided to tack on a $12,000 "Rarity" fee, taking the car to 44k, f-ing insanity I know.

So I then directed my business elsewhere, only to find this problem city wide. As I was leaving the dealership, a SR 370 zipped by, and I swear i damn near got a fully. So on over to Casa Nissan I went, got the price I wanted and drove off with my new SR 370, paid in full, gotta love deployments!

I also think that this new minimum mpg government restriction they plan to impose will severely limit the number of high hp car production, better get your speedster while they last!

My story is close to yours. I came from a 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX, it was my first new car. I had always loved the Z, my uncle had a yellow 1969 or 1970 240Z, and I loved that car.

When I was ready to buy my first new car, it was the end of 1998 and I had just graduated college, and "The SUV killed the Japanese Sports Car." One of my college friends had just bought a brand new Camaro, and it had started to develop serious quality problems. This included the car getting stuck in gear, all of the gear oil draining from the gearbox and then all of the teeth shearing off of the transmission gears, which happened twice in three months! I was driving a 1988 Ford Thunderturd, which was also having its fair share of problems, and plenty of items that I thought I could have designed better, including the stupid digital dashboard that was simply not readible in the daylight. Well, that car finally gave up the ghost and I needed something reliable, there wasn't anything exciting that was on the road, I had heard rumors of the Celica and maybe the Z returning. However, I needed something now, so I ended up buying a '92 Subaru Legacy with the hopes of being able to modify it into a quicker car. Shortly thereafter, there was much speculation that Subaru would bring the WRX over here, I waited and ended up getting a 2002 WRX.

After driving that car for 6 years, I was ready for something new, and I absolutely hated the new models - I feel like Subaru alienated their original enthusiast base with the hatchback design and took away just about everything that made the car cool in the first place, it was too Plain Jane looking now. So I decided to go look at the 350Z's. I was getting ready to purchase one, and I was asked if I could spend about a year in California for work to manage a construction project at UCSF. I said yes because it was great experience and a good career move, and put off buying a new car. I returned home around Halloween last year, decided to make buying a house my first priority, so I forgot about the car for awhile.

The 370z was released, I sat in it at the Baltimore Autoshow, got out, and announced to all that were there, "This is my next car." I decided I was ready in July, so I started test driving/cross shopping. Chevy wanted $3000 to $6000 over MSRP for the new Camaros, weren't even allowing test drives until the car was purchased, and there was a considerable wait. I drove the 370z and it was still the car to beat. I found one in the color and options that I liked and bought her around 3 weeks ago.

The timing was right in my life to justify a fun sports car. I also do agree that very soon we are going to see a change in all automobiles to meet the Green/Carbon Friendly movement. With the new fuel economy mandates and higher fuel prices that are just around the corner, it is going to get increasingly difficult to find an affordable sports car. I hope that I am not right, but I think we are going to see a killing off of the affordable performance car very similar to the death of the musclecar in the mid-70's.

08-13-2009, 08:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
Trips Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Disneyland Posts: 8,736 Drives: 🔰 Rep Power: 10	I walked in and they handed me the keys and after the test Drive I said were do I sign. __________________

08-13-2009, 10:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
StLRedrider A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St.louis,Mo Posts: 17,755 Drives: O9Sprt/Touring,p-51 Rep Power: 62	I actually was going to pull the trigger on a 08 red grand touring last fall, early winter when the salesmen told about the 370 coming out so i waited and so dam% glad that i did. Before i ordered mine i test drove the 08 and then the 09, thats all it took. __________________ Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today J.Dean

08-13-2009, 11:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
havasuwiley Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: lake havasu city az Posts: 131 Drives: 09 370z, 03 z06 etc Rep Power: 18	i like the look and color combo of my z,plus fit and finish is very good,i traded a e55 amg in 459hp and 516tq stock! yes a 4 door benz can spank my 370 z but only until the roads get curvy.quit bashin the vettes my z06 still out perorms the 370z every performace catagory including hauling groceries, i'm a car guy luv my z's

08-13-2009, 11:41 PM	#14 (permalink)
havasuwiley Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: lake havasu city az Posts: 131 Drives: 09 370z, 03 z06 etc Rep Power: 18	did'nt mean that my other cars are better than the 370z just different,back to why i bought my 370z ,looks first then a test drive and they got me the car with the colors and options i wanted,plus my benz was running out of warrantee and closest benz dealer is 130 miles away ,nissan dealer is localand were willing to deal,plus my wife has a 09 maxima and she loves it,we have lots of vehicles so another 2 seat car is fine for us.

08-13-2009, 08:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
grahfz Base Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: atlanta Posts: 93 Drives: Touring/6/nav/sport Rep Power: 18	When I was a child, my neighbor took me around in his new z with the t-tops off. My first car was an 86 z31 turbo. I've had several since then. At one point I was helping to build two vg30/33's a week. Currently building an 88SS that I co-own with a friend of mine. 60-1 turbo, jwt S2 cams, ported/polished to the size of the valves throughout. Nistune, for those that know what it is. Currently pulling 14psi, should have fuel for 20, and if that goes bad, we've got my old vg33 on the stand, almost ready to go. I bought mine the week after somebody cut in front of my g35 coupe. Totaled it out, gap insurance paid off the rest... I was free... so I went and picked up a load of debt VPP program, loaded it out, only thing I didn't get was the splash guards and the 'upgraded' mats. Never liked the 350z, the interior was terrible.

08-13-2009, 08:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 298	so its safe to say the vette handles like a peterbuilt?

08-13-2009, 08:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
frost Retired admin Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Winterfell Posts: 106,613 Drives: Your Wife Crazy Rep Power: 0	I didn't have an issue with the handling (although it wasn't top notch). I had an issue with the absolute POS interior in a $50K+ car.

08-13-2009, 10:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
cave vulture Enthusiast Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: pennsylvania Posts: 427 Drives: 370z tour,sport,auto Rep Power: 18	As I have mentioned, it came down to a choice of five cars. Corvette, Viper, Lotus, S2000, and the 370Z. I just thought there were too many Corvettes and not enough exclusivity. The Viper, while fun to look at, made little sense from a practicality standpoint, and in all probability would have turned into nothing more than a garage queen. The Lotus was eliminated because there was no dealer within a reasonable distance. Drove the S2000, , but the low end accelleration seemed no better than my old CRXsi., plus the removable hardtop, with no soft top was a bit crazy. Drove the 370Z and bought it. End of story.

08-13-2009, 10:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 298	great stories gentlemen, keep em comin! BTW, I watched fast and furious tonight, inspired me to go for a drive.

08-13-2009, 10:49 PM	#11 (permalink)
frost Retired admin Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Winterfell Posts: 106,613 Drives: Your Wife Crazy Rep Power: 0	Mostly, I bought mine because robert nash on this board was giving a VPP discount which got me like, $4K off.

08-13-2009, 10:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 298	wish I woulda known about this VPP stuff!