Weekly Wednesday 350Z/370Z Meets in Queens/Great Neck - Official Thread

[AlphaSnacks]

In the 60s this Wednesday!!

We're definitely having a meet this week. Everyone try to make it.

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by mr_sk

Awesome - sounds like we'll get as many runs as we want.

Goodluck on the meth install dood, hope it all goes smooth for ya. Going to be a sweeet day at the track!

Yeah, weather for the week seems OK so far, I'll def. be at the meet unless we get 12" of snow or rain, heh.

Leaving tomorrow afternoon for the epic 10+ hr drive....

(Also, winter setup is already claimed, getting picked up tomorrow. Gave a nice discount to a local gent).



EDIT: Just saw your update...yeah I could do following Tuesday. PM me if you want and we can take this off list.

10 hour drive? for what?

Chuck, your trap speeds are pretty high... i'm guessing you didn't have much grip on the launches? what was the 60' time on your 12.3?

[Thechidz]

Originally Posted by Jeffblue

10 hour drive? for what?

Chuck, your trap speeds are pretty high... i'm guessing you didn't have much grip on the launches? what was the 60' time on your 12.3?

Hes trading his z in for a gtr in atlanta. Lucky guy

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by Thechidz

Hes trading his z in for a gtr in atlanta. Lucky guy

oh damn. Ben you HAVE to take the GTR on the cherohola skyway. i drove my 300zx home from FL (we went west because of the hurricane irene) and took the skyway in tennessee. it was the most amazing driving road i've ever been on. you have to go on it. It'll make you fall in love with the GTR. Someone told me to take the road and i was like 'eh whatever how good could it be, its just a road?' but damn... its incredible.

[mr_sk]

damn. road looks dope man will try and find it. sitting in my hotel recovering from the 14 hr drive. ughhh. heading over at noon to get it!!

Z was a great drive down going to miss her.

[chuckd05]

Wow that's a rough trip. Lol

60 was 2.01. Spin through all of first every single time lol.

I'll post the slip up somewhere

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by mr_sk

damn. road looks dope man will try and find it. sitting in my hotel recovering from the 14 hr drive. ughhh. heading over at noon to get it!!

Z was a great drive down going to miss her.

Cherohala Skyway, mile high legend from Robbinsville NC to Tellico Plains TN

have a safe/fun trip back. take lots of pictures. its a nice time of year for a road trip anyway.

[mr_sk]

Car throwing cel flashes with wrong ecu 2010 vs 2009. then. throws transmission cell. wont be fixed for days. car has tons, i repeat tons of wear and rock damage. looks like a 80k mileage car.

Bummer - driving back with Z no GTR. will write full review wen i get home. awful awful experiance.

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by mr_sk

Car throwing cel flashes with wrong ecu 2010 vs 2009. then. throws transmission cell. wont be fixed for days. car has tons, i repeat tons of wear and rock damage. looks like a 80k mileage car.

Bummer - driving back with Z no GTR. will write full review wen i get home. awful awful experiance.

they dragged you all the way down to Atlanta to pull this kind of BS on you?

[mr_sk]

yeah - complete BS. couldnt even have taken the car if i wanted it. In VA now crashing will be home tomorrow and provide all details.

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by mr_sk

yeah - complete BS. couldnt even have taken the car if i wanted it. In VA now crashing will be home tomorrow and provide all details.

so are you in quest for a GT-R still or just gonna stick with the Z?

[mjg]

This freaking sucks. I hate Nissan. Don't give up trying to get what you want, if this aint going to work, you will find something. Motivate yourself to keep trying man, I want you to have that car, your going to be our role model bro.

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by mjg

This freaking sucks. I hate Nissan. Don't give up trying to get what you want, if this aint going to work, you will find something. Motivate yourself to keep trying man, I want you to have that car, your going to be our role model bro.

idk if its nissan as much as it is a scumbag dealer. They probably hoped that after he came all that way he'd just settle for the car. If they car was in good shape, he'd have gotten there and they'd jack up the price on him knowing he just traveled a thousand miles. But in this case they had a car with a low price, but then the big surprise that it was in terrible shape. They hoped he'd just settle on taking the car.

[AlphaSnacks]

That is ******* awful to hear. Wow, I'd be heated if I drove all the way there for a shitty car. But how come you didn't look at the CarFax? The CarFax shows this car is a piece of ****. It was literally at the dealership every 3 weeks.

The owner also beat the **** out of it for Nissan to have to service and check the transmission.

CARFAX Vehicle History Report on JN1AR54F79M251497

-Interior trim checked
-Brakes checked

-Automatic transmission checked
-Drivability/performance checked

-Drivability/performance checked

-Four wheel alignment performed at a dealership in Florida 300 miles away from Macon/ATL, GA. He likely hit something.

-Engine/powertrain computer/module checked

-Automatic transmission fluid and filter changed (at 20K miles? That's not right)

-Drivability/performance checked at 22K @ 5/2011

Here's the shady part, at one point after buying the car the owner drove this car 1-2K miles a month. But after that last service, something clearly went very, very wrong. Because between May 2011 and October 2011 (when the car was sold to the dealer) he only drove it 1K miles.

Chances are the car was crashed or something got really f*cked up to the point it couldn't be driven. CarFax is not just for accidents, if you know how to read the patterns of service intervals and how to interpret what the "descriptions" are, you'll know how to avoid a lemon like this.

Glad this happened to you before you signed any paper work.

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by Arnold K.

That is ******* awful to hear. Wow, I'd be heated if I drove all the way there for a shitty car. But how come you didn't look at the CarFax? The CarFax shows this car is a piece of ****. It was literally at the dealership every 3 weeks.

The owner also beat the **** out of it for Nissan to have to service and check the transmission.

CARFAX Vehicle History Report on JN1AR54F79M251497

-Interior trim checked
-Brakes checked

-Automatic transmission checked
-Drivability/performance checked

-Drivability/performance checked

-Four wheel alignment performed at a dealership in Florida 300 miles away from Macon/ATL, GA. He likely hit something.

-Engine/powertrain computer/module checked

-Automatic transmission fluid and filter changed (at 20K miles? That's not right)

-Drivability/performance checked at 22K @ 5/2011

Here's the shady part, at one point after buying the car the owner drove this car 1-2K miles a month. But after that last service, something clearly went very, very wrong. Because between May 2011 and October 2011 (when the car was sold to the dealer) he only drove it 1K miles.

Chances are the car was crashed or something got really f*cked up to the point it couldn't be driven. CarFax is not just for accidents, if you know how to read the patterns of service intervals and how to interpret what the "descriptions" are, you'll know how to avoid a lemon like this.

Glad this happened to you before you signed any paper work.

....the car had a free carfax and you didn't look at it? oh well. like arnold said at least you didn't sign any paperwork. If you want to feel better about it just read my 300zx journal. its chock full of pretty much every bad thing that can happen during a vehicle purchase/build aside from actually crashing the car into a wall and dying.