I had a 6MT G37S in high school.. No crazy tickets and no accidents. So if my Z was not TTd I would of been just fine. I went to a private school and there were plenty of other nice cars in the parking lot so no one would of treated me any differently.

The Z would of definitely got me laid just as much as the G ;)

Different times now, then back in the day. But if every one got it in high school, I'd never been able to marry a virgin.

probably not because everyone at school was into older muscle cars (back when they were affordable) i drove a 1969 road runner with a 383 my parents bought me for $700, had it rattle can primer gray and interior was not the best but that car was a beast, still wish i had it now.

I drove a 1965 Chevy Corvair and a 1953 Chevy Bel Air. Who needed more. :rofl2:

I worked weekends during school, and all summer long. The September after graduation I bought my 1978 280Z. I don't think the car helped too much, ever.

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... so you dated the prom queen then? :ugh: make us feel bad? :ugh2: upping one are you? :ugh2:

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I can see this thread is turning into an old days story thread....




"back then in 1967 when I still need gel for my hair......."

I had my 370z in high school.

A. I don't think I would have thought different of myself, but I may have had more fun getting to and from school.

B. I don't think it would have changed much.

Looking back, I don't know how I had the kind of luck I had with girls. My best guess is that nature did most of the heavy lifting, and I just avoided screwing it up most of the time. While a fancy car might have expanded my options to include more stuck up, status-symbol girls, I don't feel that I missed out on anything, since there were plenty of girls that didn't require me to have such a vehicle.

I'm also happy with the male friends I had in HS. They would have loved the car, but I don't think it would have changed the way they thought of me.

:ugh2: did you date your prom queen? if no, you seriously ugly or something lacking going on. :ugh2:

I find it very hard to think of myself driving a Z back in high school. I was a dork and kept my head down for the most part; did my school thing and the typical introvert with only my inner circle of few friends. And still that sort of thing kept me a very happy person.

And it's not because of whatever car I drove. Driving a sweet car would not have bought me cool. It likely would have bought me hazing, dings, scratches, worry, etc. Even having gone to a school on the nicer side of the tracks (for Iowa), really no one drove nice cars or even all that much for fast ones. And no one that would have reacted positively to my driving a Z likely wouldn't have been someone I'd want to hang around with or have hang around with me. High school is pretty cliquish.

There is nothing about my personality or habits or circles back in high school that would have supported a sporty car. Just wouldn't have fit me at all, nor could I have afforded it nor even wanted to afford it. It probably still doesn't fit me, but I'm old enough that it doesn't matter.

I had an '86 Oldsmobile Calais for about 1-2 years and an '85 Chevy S10 Blazer for the rest of high school and through college. Pretty much anonymous in a school parking lot. There were not really many imports in my parking lot; pretty much all used cars and hand-me-downs; as it should be in high school.

(And having the Z in a college freshman parking lot? hah)


Update: Being in Iowa with our winters, there's no way it would survive the hills in town where I lived. I drive careful, and still the winter would have done something disastrous. I couldn't call out of school like I could for work.

on a serious note, I didn't have a car when I was in high school. :(

Neither did I. Got my first one on my first day of University. A 1975 maroon Chevy Caprice Classic. What a boat. Did not help with the ladies any.

But getting one of these later sure did. My first manual.

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_..._large.jpg?v=1

Audi quattro... besides the maintenance cost.... they are :yum: