I got my base + sport MT for 31.3k +TTL a little over a month ago.

Nothing wrong with the base model... I've gotten several comments on the 18s being nice , radio is not all that bad, vlsd isn't the greatest anyway on the sport and you can get the base for 27-28. Great value IMO. You can upgrade the brakes and a quaife diff will put the sport diff to shame for 1300. I'm extremely satisfied with my 09 base 370z.

Plus your tires are much much cheaper to replace!


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what dealer??? I found one Base/Sport MT (monty blue) for $34k around this area

+1 This car is for daily driving and fun for the weekend that's why it suits me and I don't need the sports package. I'm just gonna use that 3 grand for exhaust and intake= satisfied.

When I first saw the Z I actually liked the 18" wheels better, but the size of the 19" wheels makes the car look more compact. I wish they would make the 18" style wheels in the 19" size. Better looking wheels that would give the same allusion of a more compact car, imho.

The Base car is fine for the vast majority of us.

I'm honestly not a big fan of the Rays wheels plus they only are being sold for like $1k at best

I'd rather upgrade to some Volk's and not spend an extra 3k

My biggest thing is the Syncho Rev but I figure I've lived with out ever since I've driven a stick, I can live w/o it now

So you think $28,000 including a spoiler is a fair price?

Yeah, but do you know how these stock Rays would be had they not been factory equipment? I bet at least $3K. The stock 19's are some of the best looking factory equipped wheels I seen in a long time.

The extra $3K for the sport package is cheap. Imagine buying and installing all those parts separately aftermarket, you'll pay a lot more. There's no aftermarket synchro-rev, but it wouldn't surprise me if they started doing it in the near future.

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I'm surprised to see so many people talk about drive-out on this forum since everyone of us is from a different part of the country. TT&L fees go straight to the state, and someone states have higher/more fees than others, and some states are more OUTRAGEOUS than others...Registration in some states is less than $100, whereas California is in the HUNDREDS (like $500-$600)...tax rate is different per state...in Texas, it's 6.25%, and I know in some states, it's as high as 10%...and then there's leasing and the fees per state, and we won't even going into that...

It's best to consider what your purchasing price is...and always ask whether the dealership has any dealer fee, etc, etc...I remember years ago in Texas, many dealerships did a coupon book that every customer had to purchase...dealerships were charging anywhere from $200-$700 for those booklet, and unless you put a magnifying glass to your contract, you wouldn't have seen it...that practice has been long gone in the state of Texas, but they still have dealer fees...so look out for those, and ask up front...

Like Fusz said, also look out for dealer add-ons...you may see a car that costs $30,000 + $795 (dealer add-ons: tint, pintstripes, window etching...etc...) and that may make you think the total price of the vehicle is $30,795, when in fact it costed the dealership $100-$150 to do all of that, and the rest is profit...so when you get a discount off of the price, you think you're getting a fatter discount than the next guy, when in fact, the price was inflated to start with...

yes that is a great price, and most likely do-able these days, auto is a coupe hundred more than the manual , keep that in mind..

and imo syncro rev match is cool and prob sounds awesome, but its really not essential.. to me the biggest bummer of the base model is no LSD ...

but a nice aftermarket tru lsd for around $1300 would make this car complete for me...

the brakes are a close second on what i miss, but the car still stops just fine and i could certainly live without them. Websites have fromt and back kits for around 800 each. So basically you get the rims for free. But after I put my 15mm spacers on the rear, the stance of the car became way more aggressive and the 18s fit the stlying perfect imo.

your car looks great, now I'm back to wanting white haha, I can't decide btwn black, white and the wild card of monty blue

I have a Monterey Blue 6MT, and I almost traded mine in for a 7AT Pearl White....and after driving and comparing them side-by-side, I decided to keep my 6MT MB...here's my reason:

http://www.the370z.com/203170-post37.html

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Nissan did a pretty good job of offering colors and shades that all work equally as well on the car, which makes it really hard on the consumer to pick one!