370z Sport Package or Nismo?

frost · 09-29-2012, 04:23 PM

I'll sum up the next 30 posts for you. Nismo owners love their nismos and sport package owners love their sport package. Nismo owners will say the extra money is well spent, while the sport package owners will argue you could get more performance spending that money on aftermarket mods.
Then someone's gonna get butt hurt, and everyone's gonna start pissing all over each other.

jcosta79 · 09-29-2012, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

Someone's gonna get butt hurt, and everyone's gonna start pissing all over each other.

Sounds like my last party.

jcosta79 · 09-29-2012, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

I'll sum up the next 30 posts for you. Nismo owners love their nismos and sport package owners love their sport package. Nismo owners will say the extra money is well spent, while the sport package owners will argue you could get more performance spending that money on aftermarket mods.
Then someone's gonna get butt hurt, and everyone's gonna start pissing all over each other.

You're never going to hear a Nismo owner say "I wish I had gotten the Sport package instead."

You WILL find some Sport package owners that wish they had gotten the Nismo however.

You usually never regret going with the best available option.

frost · 09-29-2012, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jcosta79

You're never going to hear a Nismo owner say "I wish I had gotten the Sport package instead."

You WILL find some Sport package owners that wish they had gotten the Nismo however.

foss · 03-16-2015, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jcosta79

You're never going to hear a Nismo owner say "I wish I had gotten the Sport package instead."

You WILL find some Sport package owners that wish they had gotten the Nismo however.

You usually never regret going with the best available option.

Words of wisdom! I wanted to get Sport and add Amuse body kit but at the last moment I switched to Nismo.

Sometimes I have nightmares at night that I've got Sport...

HEK · 03-18-2015, 01:26 AM

If you are like me and drive the Z a daily driver I would go for the Sports/ Touring since is more civilized and the time spent driving would be more pleasant with the audio as well. The Nismo is more of a weekend vehicle or a second car. I'm not sure you can put snow tires and use the Nismo in the Winter like I do my Z....just my 2 cents but both are awesome machines

Minira · 03-19-2015, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by HEK

If you are like me and drive the Z a daily driver I would go for the Sports/ Touring since is more civilized and the time spent driving would be more pleasant with the audio as well. The Nismo is more of a weekend vehicle or a second car. I'm not sure you can put snow tires and use the Nismo in the Winter like I do my Z....just my 2 cents but both are awesome machines

I daily a Nismo and she drove like a champ in snow and 2 inches of ice/slush. Gotta give it a bath like every other day is the only down side

w0rM · 09-29-2012, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

I'll sum up the next 30 posts for you. Nismo owners love their nismos and sport package owners love their sport package. Nismo owners will say the extra money is well spent, while the sport package owners will argue you could get more performance spending that money on aftermarket mods.
Then someone's gonna get butt hurt, and everyone's gonna start pissing all over each other.

/thread

mwhit02 · 09-29-2012, 08:19 PM

As an owner of a Nismo, I will say it makes sense to buy the car if you like the factory Nismo bodykit and Rays wheels, and dont plan on changing them out. I would have probably just bought a different model if it wasnt for the fact the Nismo bodykit costs a couple thousand, and then paint on top of that...at which point you should have just bought the Nismo to start with.

I will say, daily driving the Nismo is not fun. The rear likes to buck up like a horse over bumps, so then you may feel the need to change out the suspension, which some may argue defeats the point of buying the Nismo. The base stereo sucks (not sure what the Sport model gets), but I think it would be nice to have the nav system.

When I was looking to buy a white one, I couldnt find any near me on autotrader.com Then I called a local dealer who checked the national inventory and told me there were two white ones at the same dealership 400 miles away. I told them I would buy the car for what they were asking if they covered shipping, which they did.

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03-18-2015, 01:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
HEK Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: WESTFIELD, MA Age: 67 Posts: 491 Drives: '13 Z Tour Sports 6m Rep Power: 662	If you are like me and drive the Z a daily driver I would go for the Sports/ Touring since is more civilized and the time spent driving would be more pleasant with the audio as well. The Nismo is more of a weekend vehicle or a second car. I'm not sure you can put snow tires and use the Nismo in the Winter like I do my Z....just my 2 cents but both are awesome machines

09-29-2012, 08:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
mwhit02 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: St. Louis Posts: 358 Drives: '15 Audi Allroad Rep Power: 14	As an owner of a Nismo, I will say it makes sense to buy the car if you like the factory Nismo bodykit and Rays wheels, and dont plan on changing them out. I would have probably just bought a different model if it wasnt for the fact the Nismo bodykit costs a couple thousand, and then paint on top of that...at which point you should have just bought the Nismo to start with. I will say, daily driving the Nismo is not fun. The rear likes to buck up like a horse over bumps, so then you may feel the need to change out the suspension, which some may argue defeats the point of buying the Nismo. The base stereo sucks (not sure what the Sport model gets), but I think it would be nice to have the nav system. When I was looking to buy a white one, I couldnt find any near me on autotrader.com Then I called a local dealer who checked the national inventory and told me there were two white ones at the same dealership 400 miles away. I told them I would buy the car for what they were asking if they covered shipping, which they did.