I'm just wondering. I plan to purchase my z this december and I'm just curious, right now, would it be possible to find 04.5 enthuathist 350zs for $23000-24000 with like 10000-25000 miles on them.

My other question is, in december, do you think it'll be possible to find 05 enthuathist 350zs for the same price range I listed above or maybe a little higher since the 06s will be out by then.

 

Very possible. Plus if you wait til December, you might be able to get a better deal since some people want to get rid of it before the winter. As for the 05s, thats dependant on mileage and condition.

 

Newbies first post - it's Sunday night and I literally just got home from picking up my Z.

Got a good deal on an unregistered 2004 - sticker was $30,098 on an optioned Enthusiast, after a couple of days haggling I got a walk out the door price including TT&T of $26749 including the $2000 Nissan rebate. The actual car cost was $24778. Bingo.

Don't know if the car is a 2004 or a 2004.5 - how do you tell and what are the differences?

I'm a very happy bunny.

 

Congrats, what color is it? Fastest way to tell if its a 04 or 04.5 is by looking on the side of the center console by the shiter. If there are 2 leather knee pads on the sides its an 04.5, if not its an 04.

 

The car is sunset orange, I checked the VIN - it's a 2004.5

 

I paid just under 25k for my 04.5 w/ 7k miles 4 months ago and people on this forum think I got ripped off so yes you should be able to nego down to 23-24k. When you see one at a dealership look up the KBB trade in for good condition and that will give you an idea of what they paid for it. It should be about 19-21k depending on the options and how many miles. 23k is going to be 2k over what they paid for the car so they will still make money. Bottom line is the dealer won't lose money on a car they sell unless they just really need to get rid of it but they sometimes will make a deal just to rotate their inventory and keep their sales numbers up.