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FuszNissan 04-22-2012 08:38 AM

Seats look great Steve! What a difference in that side by side shot.

b1adesofcha0s 04-22-2012 09:31 AM

Looks good :tup:

Lemers 04-27-2012 11:13 AM

http://m.jalopnik.com/5904460/2013-s...-earnings-drop

Educ8r 04-29-2012 02:57 PM

new toy!
 
http://img.skitch.com/20120414-fwhg3...esccecbdkn.jpg

m4a1mustang 04-29-2012 06:47 PM

Very nice!

b1adesofcha0s 04-29-2012 07:33 PM

Nice :tup:

mhcoss 04-29-2012 11:01 PM

Love the S2k man.

m4a1mustang 04-30-2012 08:58 AM

Thanks bud. It hasn't got much love lately since the 5.0 is really taking shape. Need to spend a few days driving it this week.

Sibze 04-30-2012 09:58 AM

Saw a 2013 GT yesterday for the first time in person. It was parked so I was able to get a good look at it. It was red. I LOVED the pictures MC Posted of the black one. Seeing it in red though, I wasn't a huge fan of the front end. I think I like the 2012/11 better in the front

ZMan8 04-30-2012 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1693842)
Thanks bud. It hasn't got much love lately since the 5.0 is really taking shape. Need to spend a few days driving it this week.

If you don't need it pass it along to me :stirthepot:

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MacLean 04-30-2012 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mhcoss (Post 1693372)
Love the S2k man.

:iagree:

m4a1mustang 04-30-2012 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ZMan8 (Post 1694017)
If you don't need it pass it along to me :stirthepot:

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:rofl2:

Probably will sell the S2000 after summer. It's cool to cruise with the top down and it's nice and light, but the 5.0 just eats it up in every category. We want to get some motorcycles, so if we do the S2000 will fund them. Until then the S2000 is our utility vehicle for going to the beach and going camping. :)

ZMan8 04-30-2012 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1694209)
Probably will sell the S2000 after summer. It's cool to cruise with the top down and it's nice and light, but the 5.0 just eats it up in every category. We want to get some motorcycles, so if we do the S2000 will fund them. Until then the S2000 is our utility vehicle for going to the beach and going camping. :)

That was a short relationship :p

Edit: Let me know when you are selling :tup:

m4a1mustang 04-30-2012 11:33 AM

That's just how it goes.

TerribleONE 04-30-2012 11:44 AM

what kind of bikes steve?

m4a1mustang 04-30-2012 11:45 AM

Haven't gotten that far yet. :icon17:

TerribleONE 04-30-2012 11:46 AM

Let me know when you do.. might be able to give you some insight

Red__Zed 04-30-2012 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1694241)
That's just how it goes.

Just remember....


Ain't no fun if the homies can't have none.

mhcoss 04-30-2012 08:26 PM

S2k is a utility vehicle.. wahh? haha

m4a1mustang 04-30-2012 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by mhcoss (Post 1695493)
S2k is a utility vehicle.. wahh? haha

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-q...415_153423.jpg

:icon17:

It's the top-down fun car. Take it to the beach, take it camping, take it wherever. :tup:

shadoquad 04-30-2012 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1695505)
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-q...415_153423.jpg

:icon17:

It's the top-down fun car. Take it to the beach, take it camping, take it wherever. :tup:

:icon18::icon18::icon18: a bike rack on a sports car. Now I've seen and fapped to
everything.

speedfreek 04-30-2012 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1695505)
It's the top-down fun car. Take it to the beach, take it camping, take it wherever. :tup:

Offroad :driving:

m4a1mustang 04-30-2012 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by speedfreek (Post 1695528)
Offroad :driving:

:iagree:

Had to drive it on a pretty rough gravel road with a really steep grade to get to a vineyard a couple weeks ago. :yum:

FL 4Motion 04-30-2012 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1695549)
:iagree:

Had to drive it on a pretty rough gravel road with a really steep grade to get to a vineyard a couple weeks ago. :yum:

makes sense, you were afterall crosshoping the S with a truck weren't you??

m4a1mustang 04-30-2012 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion (Post 1695557)
makes sense, you were afterall crosshoping the S with a truck weren't you??

Truth.

p.schwarzeneg 05-03-2012 05:31 AM

http://www.webcam-steamate.com/cookies/43/b/happy.gif

370Z & Mustang 5.0 Dragon Run 2011 Mustang GT (with stock Brembo package suspension) chases a 2009 Nissan 370Z with KW V3, Stillen sway bars, and RE11s on TE37s. The run is interrupted by some slow riders/drivers a couple times.

1slow370 05-03-2012 04:58 PM

i just supercharged an s2000 vortec 8lbs. and i would have to say i wouldn't even consider doing it again. it was fast, but after 3 sets of input bearings, and having to remachine the v2 case, i would say if you decide to add power to it go turbo.

vjarnot 05-08-2012 06:17 PM

Just stumbled upon this thread at random...

I sold my '02 S a couple of weeks ago and have had a '12 Z for about 450 miles now. Owned the S for 10 years and 115,000 miles (daily driver + few dozen track days)... I'm trying really hard to not regret the decision already...

Anyway, just wanted to mention: don't sell the S until you've tracked it, assuming you're into that sort of thing.

The S had so much less power, but it was a proper sports car: so far I'm feeling that the Z is a sporty looking car. I really, really hope that I my feelings change as I get familiar with the Z.

m4a1mustang 05-08-2012 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by vjarnot (Post 1710064)
The S had so much less power, but it was a proper sports car: so far I'm feeling that the Z is a sporty looking car. I really, really hope that I my feelings change as I get familiar with the Z.

I understand what you're saying. Relative to the S2000 the 370Z feels like a GT car. There's really no getting around that. If you want to be happy with it I'd try not to compare it to the S2K. You get yourself in financial trouble that way. I always thought of my Z less as a sports car and more as a grand-touring type, because that's really how it felt to me.

I run into trouble sometimes because I will start comparing the feel of the S2000 to my 5.0. How can I get the 5.0 to feel like the S2000? It just won't happen. My suspension guy also tends to serve as my therapist since I talk to him about this a few times a month. :bowrofl:

I definitely love having both, though. No compromise. :tup:

Red__Zed 05-08-2012 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1710160)
I understand what you're saying. Relative to the S2000 the 370Z feels like a GT car. There's really no getting around that. If you want to be happy with it I'd try not to compare it to the S2K. You get yourself in financial trouble that way. I always thought of my Z less as a sports car and more as a grand-touring type, because that's really how it felt to me.

I run into trouble sometimes because I will start comparing the feel of the S2000 to my 5.0. How can I get the 5.0 to feel like the S2000? It just won't happen. My suspension guy also tends to serve as my therapist since I talk to him about this a few times a month. :bowrofl:

I definitely love having both, though. No compromise. :tup:



There is a way to get the steering feel of an S2000 into the mustang, but it is going to literally require installing the s2000 in the mustang:icon17:

b1adesofcha0s 05-08-2012 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1710166)
There is a way to get the steering feel of an S2000 into the mustang, but it is going to literally require installing the s2000 in the mustang:icon17:

The 5.0 will be riding the s2k like a skateboard.

vjarnot 05-08-2012 08:11 PM

By the way, for those shocked at the bike rack: I had welded up a hitch for my S and towed a 4' x 4' trailer (for track wheels and bigass toolbox) to trackdays. Hitch removed from the car by pulling three pins under the *** end no need to haul it around the track)... burning yourself on the exhaust was optional, but considered to be good form. If you're interested in upgrading from the bike rack, I can send pics.

Quote:

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1710160)
I understand what you're saying. Relative to the S2000 the 370Z feels like a GT car. There's really no getting around that. If you want to be happy with it I'd try not to compare it to the S2K. You get yourself in financial trouble that way. I always thought of my Z less as a sports car and more as a grand-touring type, because that's really how it felt to me.

I need to give the Z more time to prove itself to me, but I'm beginning to think that it occupies a weird no-mans-land between sports car and grand tourer.
My concern now is whether to mod the Z to make it track-worthy, or just commute in it and wait for the '15 mustangs (actually, '16 for me - never buy the first year).

_ace_ 05-09-2012 12:28 AM

One thing nice about the Z that the S won't do is slide the tail around controllably on sticky tires. I could drift or go to the drag strip with the Z--neither are my cup of tea, but the car is more versatile. The S was an awesome car but really is only suite for road course and auto-x type events. But I also feel like the Z is between sports and GT car, and I have the nismo--I wonder if I would actually dislike the touring model! I couldn't believe how quiet the car was when I got it lol.

The Z is a brute compared to the S, which is more like a scalpel. I always heard the only true upgrade from an S was a Cayman/Boxster S or R, and that in the intermediate price ranges, other options on the market have enough trade-off that it's a give and take rather than a better car.

Rooster89 05-09-2012 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _ace_ (Post 1710916)
One thing nice about the Z that the S won't do is slide the tail around controllably on sticky tires. I could drift or go to the drag strip with the Z--neither are my cup of tea, but the car is more versatile. The S was an awesome car but really is only suite for road course and auto-x type events. But I also feel like the Z is between sports and GT car, and I have the nismo--I wonder if I would actually dislike the touring model! I couldn't believe how quiet the car was when I got it lol.

The Z is a brute compared to the S, which is more like a scalpel. I always heard the only true upgrade from an S was a Cayman/Boxster S or R, and that in the intermediate price ranges, other options on the market have enough trade-off that it's a give and take rather than a better car.

Well steve is going to buy a porsche 911 soon. And a ford raptor. and a hayabusa. he just doesn't know it yet.

FL 4Motion 05-09-2012 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Rooster89 (Post 1710939)
Well steve is going to buy a porsche 911 soon. And a ford raptor. and a hayabusa. he just doesn't know it yet.

In other words, he's looking to get an atv, and logically, will end up with a hayabusa.

FuszNissan 05-09-2012 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1710160)
I understand what you're saying. Relative to the S2000 the 370Z feels like a GT car. There's really no getting around that. If you want to be happy with it I'd try not to compare it to the S2K. You get yourself in financial trouble that way. I always thought of my Z less as a sports car and more as a grand-touring type, because that's really how it felt to me.

I run into trouble sometimes because I will start comparing the feel of the S2000 to my 5.0. How can I get the 5.0 to feel like the S2000? It just won't happen. My suspension guy also tends to serve as my therapist since I talk to him about this a few times a month. :bowrofl:

I definitely love having both, though. No compromise. :tup:

Yes, I find myself doing this with the GTR. That ( insert super car) is really nice but for the performance and price of a used GTR ....you get my point.

haggomyeggo 05-09-2012 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by FuszNissan (Post 1711112)
Yes, I find myself doing this with the GTR. That ( insert super car) is really nice but for the performance and price of a used GTR ....you get my point.

Maserati Lou....Maserati gran turismo.....

m4a1mustang 05-09-2012 12:41 PM

Where the F have you been, Andrew?

haggomyeggo 05-09-2012 02:56 PM

Working pretty much. And moving...my job was moved over to stl from IL and I moved into a new house with some friends I mine so that's most of it. I troll occasionally....I saw Lou this past weekend and he loves the masers so I had to make a comment...
How you been Steve?

m4a1mustang 05-09-2012 03:14 PM

Pretty good. Working 14 hour days lately. Lots of crazy stuff going on with work.

Are you bringing Wanda out to ZDayZ this year?


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