is the Touring package worth it?

MrTwo94

Well, I'm a warm natured person and I feel like cloth breathes better. And the base seats felt good to me, but I guess I owe it to myself to at least test drive a touring to see if the seats sell me. But like I said, I'm seeing about a $4000 premium for the touring models, and although I can pay it, all I really want it for is the XM radio and the frugal angel/devil on my shoulder is making fun of me for thinking about paying that much for that one feature. If the nav system doesn't update itself and include traffic, it is dead weight to me. Would rather use google maps on my phone.

I'll take your advice, though, and take it slow. Wait for the right one to pop up at the right price. I'm just trying to figure out what that price is. Is $4k accurate or have I been mistaken?

FPenvy

it all depends price wise. i do know on my particular Z the sport package still is +1400 in the price and nav is +500 in the price for it being used. i'm guessing touring is about +2000 at most sincei believe the package was only 4000 option new lol i'll check my window sticker later.....its still in the glove box.

also as for the breathability of the seat you must remember the outside edges on the seats are leather. the inside of the seat back/bottom are microfiber suede/alcantara style material. just watch wearing cut-offs/tank tops when its hot weather lol that about the only way that leather will burn you down in texas

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MrTwo94

What were you using to price that up? I was using truecar.com for a 2013 model with about 30k miles on it. But I just ran it again, and it looks like truecar is adding almost $1200 for the nav system. So I guess I just need to find this car one day:
+Sport
+Touring
+6MT
-Nav

FPenvy

nada guides. it's what my father and I use when we flip cars.

http://www.nadaguides.com

or just give me year and milage you forsee yourself gettign and i can run it all. also run it vs prices they are going for at delaer auctions as well.

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MrTwo94

I'm looking for a 2011+ with <30k miles. After talking with you guys, I think I'd like to snag a touring package if I'm paying less than $2000 extra because I have a feeling that an aftermarket head unit will hurt resale value and running the receiver for the XM is probably going to be a pain in the arse.

I just checked that website - it isn't quite as detailed as truecar.com - and it is telling me for a 2012 with 30k + sport + touring - nav, I should expect to pay $27,850 which I'm assuming is before TT&L.

There's a nice 2013 near me around that price. But I kind of like the front bumper on the 2012 model better... am I in the minority on that? I've heard the front bumper described as having "fangs" but I think it looks good.

FPenvy

NADA is what the car is worth as is in the listed conditions. we use it when buying cars to get the best price for profit reasons lol

2009-2012 with the original bumper is the way to go. i personally hate the 2013+ bumper. it's a remake of the 350 bumper which i also hated. no performance changes have been made on the Z since 2009.

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MrTwo94

Yeah, I thought the same thing about the 2013... that it looked just like the 350 bumper. It doesn't look bad to me, but I really liked the facelift on the 370 when it came out in 2009. Not sure why they went backwards.

You should check out truecar. It seems to be very similar to nada, but with more detail for the options.