DreamingOfZ

Wow. I just got home from my local Nissan dealership, and after changing my underpants, I sat down to say "I just test drove the Z." WOW. I couldn't believe the guy let me test drive it. I told him I was about to turn 18 and he was like, "Well you're supposed to be 21, but rules are meant to be broken, come with me." He took me out to a brand new off the truck red 2004 Z with the touring package. He drove off from the dealership onto the highway and pushed the car (90 mph in 4th) to the limits. He did some drifts with VCD and without VCD to show me the difference it makes. My neck was snapping with each shift. I was in heaven. I then got to drive on some back roads, but wasn't too ballsy, afterall if I got a speeding ticket I'd be the one paying for it (and we had just seen a cop 2 minutes before I took over, 17 + brand new RED Z with window sticker = ticket). I took it up to 60 at most. I was very very very very impressed. I am 100% sold. I gotta have one.

Enron Exec

Have you been a good boy this year?

DreamingOfZ

Just gotta make sure I get into college is all...then...take dad up to the dealership after a couple too many glasses of wine and I'm golden!

DruDragzOn

Once you get your car, you might get the mod itch. Be very careful. You might even have it now and you just don't know about it!

DreamingOfZ

No mod itch here...The only mod I would do is tinting the windows, and maybe once I tear through those nice fat Bridgestone Potenzas, some new tires (Michelin Pilot Sports maybe?). That's it. I want to keep the car stock and clean.

zand02max

iTrader: (22)

Just make sure you don't buy the one you test drove. Looks like that will be the dealers Romp car!

I would recommend buying one that just got off the truck,

GL, you might want to check on insurance, might be pricey for your age group.

Poison123

iTrader: (2)

He drifted the car? I sure as hell wouldn't be buying from that dealership then.

Ultimateone

Did he go over 4000 rpms whilst drifting

Jetpilot718

Furreall yo...

zland

I am happy you were impressed with its performance but for most readers here, they must be thinking about the poor guy that is going to buy that Z not knowing the abuse it is getting daily with this salesperson. Now some of the people at the dealer hopefully understand why we insist on getting a Z with no miles on it.

DreamingOfZ

Trust me, the Z that I buy will be ordered from Nissan specially for moi. And the ODO will be reading 000000.00 or I'll say you can keep it.

DreamingOfZ

I asked him about a break-in period, and he said that because of the high quality materials used in the Z, as long as regular service and oil changes are done, they are basically bulletproof. But I'm still doing a break-in of at least 1,500 miles when I get mine (I put 300 miles on my current car one weekend because I got an itch to drive.). He took that Z to the red, not just over 4000.

thefrush

Yeah, I drove a DB Performance lat week. I'm 16 and I too was in heaven. Sweetest car I've driven (next to my Uncle's Dinan M5 ) Anyways, I'm looking for a used '03 right now. Gotta Have one!

cwerdna

There's no way you can get one that reads 0. I was at the one of the Oppama plants (unfortunately, not the one where the Z was built, it was the other one next to it) and there is quite a distance between the exit of the plant and the wharf area (big parking lot) where the cars are driven onto ships. I don't remember the #, but I recall it was more than 1 km.

I did ask the guy who gave a tour about my 04 Z having 11 miles on it when I received it and whether he felt it was a lot. He wasn't sure. Mine was one that the dealer ordered already and I put down a deposit on it. It was the first 04 coupe he delivered.

Here's a pic that I took while in the tour bus. BTW, just because there are non-Zs there doesn't mean they're built at Oppama. I saw FX35s/45s, G35s and I35s there which aren't built in Oppama. Nissan does ship cars from other plants to Oppama for international shipping.

cwerdna

Another pic. Too bad there's that darn 640x480 limit.

cwerdna

Yet another.

Enron Exec

Man!!! Those are gonna go to alot of happy ppl.

DreamingOfZ

I'd probably say 5 miles or less is acceptable. Otherwise you know it's been driven elsewhere than just to and from the truck.

alex30327

So much for braking the car in!

PhoenixINX

Forget about it.

The average mileage the owners here are getting is 7 - this is found from loading it in Japan and unloading it. I was there the day mine came off the truck, and it read EXACTLY 7.0