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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 04:34 PM
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'04 Touring I believe it was. Damn, I want this car now.

Sitting in it, its VERY small, but I like that compact feeling. Makes you feel like the car is part of you.

The salesman was GREAT. He drove it down to the gas station (she was on E!!! ) and then let me take it over from there. We took some backroads and twisties (NICE) and then I punched it good and hard once or twice.

I'm sold. Now I just gotta save up the $$ and then I'm going back in March to see if they can find a PPW Track or order one if I have to.

Btw, there was no haggling. He told me I could get anything on the car I wanted and it would only cost $500 over Invoice, which is exactly what I wanted to get.
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 04:38 PM
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'04 Touring I believe it was. Damn, I want this car now.

Sitting in it, its VERY small, but I like that compact feeling. Makes you feel like the car is part of you.

The salesman was GREAT. He drove it down to the gas station (she was on E!!! ) and then let me take it over from there. We took some backroads and twisties (NICE) and then I punched it good and hard once or twice.

I'm sold. Now I just gotta save up the $$ and then I'm going back in March to see if they can find a PPW Track or order one if I have to.

Btw, there was no haggling. He told me I could get anything on the car I wanted and it would only cost $500 over Invoice, which is exactly what I wanted to get.
That salesman must of fell and bumped his head..cause that doesn't sound like a salesman Goodluck
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 06:25 PM
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That salesman must of fell and bumped his head..cause that doesn't sound like a salesman Goodluck
Nah man, I think its me. When I bought the Prelude, they were the same way. $500 over invoice.
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 06:27 PM
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damn dude, i figured with all the posts you already had on the forum, that you already had a Z!!

good luck getting one
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 07:03 PM
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Nah man, I think its me. When I bought the Prelude, they were the same way. $500 over invoice.
damn..that's pretty good. Hope i get this kind of deal when i get mine. BTW...i notice you own a prelude, are you trading it?
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Old Feb 5, 2005 | 07:45 PM
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Did you test drive the auto or the stick?

Hahah i thought u had a z as well.!
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 04:45 AM
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Superior Nissan in Fayetteville, AR did the same for me. Great purchace experiance. No haggle, no fuss. "Want the car? Great! We want to sell it. Let's both be happy!"
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 05:17 AM
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they would do anything to get rid of those 04s at this time.
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 05:23 AM
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Default Re: Test Drove a Z today...

Originally posted by Armitage
Sitting in it, its VERY small, but I like that compact feeling. Makes you feel like the car is part of you.
Couldn't have put it better.
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 10:52 AM
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All it took was one test drive for me as well. I walked away with the car.
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Old Feb 6, 2005 | 12:23 PM
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Looking for a second car so we test drove a Mini Cooper S. It was fun. Nice transmission....not notchy like the Z.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 02:05 PM
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Sorry to foncuse you all. No, I don't have a Z yet (see sig) but I've been looking at them for a couple of months now and this recent offer and test-drive kinda cemented it for me!

Originally posted by sokudo9l6
damn..that's pretty good. Hope i get this kind of deal when i get mine. BTW...i notice you own a prelude, are you trading it?
No, I'm currently parting out what aftermarket parts I have on it, returning it to mostly stock and selling it privately. It still has 1yr/25k mile warranty on it (I bought it for 5yr/100k). Its going to be a major portion of my down payment.
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Old Feb 7, 2005 | 03:15 PM
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Hahaha, I can totally relate. My wife and I drove a G35, with the salesman practically sitting in my ***..he was **** about everything. Totally blew us off really. I think it is because my wife and I are in our mid 20's..

We stopped at the Nissan dealership and they were actually closing. We saw a Roadster and started looking at it. The guy walked up to us and asked if we wanted to drive it. I of course said yes, and he threw me the keys. Told me he had to stay for another 30 minutes or so, because of another customer.

That was it. We drove it to a nearby school and gave it a hard looking over.

1 week later after haggling on the price, we bought it.

--Josh
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Old Feb 8, 2005 | 07:01 PM
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Sorry to foncuse you all. No, I don't have a Z yet (see sig) but I've been looking at them for a couple of months now and this recent offer and test-drive kinda cemented it for me!



No, I'm currently parting out what aftermarket parts I have on it, returning it to mostly stock and selling it privately. It still has 1yr/25k mile warranty on it (I bought it for 5yr/100k). Its going to be a major portion of my down payment.
yeah..i'm doing the same right now. But my accord is alot harder to sell privately than a prelude so i'm going to just trade it in.

I figure with the money i saved up...a decent trade in and if i can get back about $3000+ from my aftermarket parts on my accord, i should have enough money to pay the Z off. Anyways, good luck your getting Z.
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Old Feb 8, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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yeah..i'm doing the same right now. But my accord is alot harder to sell privately than a prelude so i'm going to just trade it in.

I figure with the money i saved up...a decent trade in and if i can get back about $3000+ from my aftermarket parts on my accord, i should have enough money to pay the Z off. Anyways, good luck your getting Z.
WOW with that much money in aftermarket parts, does that mean you are a former ricer whos graduated to the Big boy/ real car club?? heheh
J/K
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Old Feb 11, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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Anyways, good luck your getting Z.
Thanks man. Same to you.
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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 05:29 AM
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Try a test drive on the touring roadster....The ride is much more smoother and comfortable. I drove both and IMHO the roadster is also a blast to drive. Good Luck
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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 08:36 AM
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Originally posted by sluggoZ
Try a test drive on the touring roadster....The ride is much more smoother and comfortable. I drove both and IMHO the roadster is also a blast to drive. Good Luck
I thought about it, but I don't like the way it looks with the top up and the coupe IMO is more practical as a daily driver. Plus, I'm more performance oriented than luxury-appointed, so thats why I'm going w/ the Track.

Thanks for the suggestion though.
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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 11:18 AM
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<-------- No Z either!

Originally posted by mdacko
damn dude, i figured with all the posts you already had on the forum, that you already had a Z!!

good luck getting one
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Old Feb 12, 2005 | 05:35 PM
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Yeah boy, I test drove an 05 Touring this week, maybe i shouldn't have. I have wanted to get a new Z since I first heard they were coming out back in 2001-02. I am almost to the point where I can now and that test drive really almost made me do something incredibly stupid. Good luck with you new car. Hopefully it will be your PPW Track
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