*sigh*

well, i've only known my car for 6 months, but I am in love with it. Regardless, a baby is on the way and we need the money .... so i've made a deal with a Lincoln dealer for a used LS. Seems really odd that I'm getting a luxury car in exchange for the Z AND getting cash back out of the deal.

I'll always speak fondly of my Z. Absolutely no real complaints and I don't know when, if ever, I'll get to own a car as fun as this one.

I'll probably continue reading the board just to live vicariously through the rest of you. Hope you don't mind.

 

Feel free, lincoln LS is still nice car. My friend got one with the sport package and 5 speed, its kinda sporty. Good luck with the baby

 

Even though i feel for you and the loss of your Z, the addition to your family is way cooler. Good Luck with new baby and Congratulations.

 

Baby > 350Z.

You'll be ok my friend, a car is a car. =)

 

I think you have that backwards...

 

ahh.. You chose to be a breeder rather than own a Z??? I'll never understand this sort of thinking

Oh well, good luck with that

ps: I'm mad that even nonparents must pay a school tax when they arn't using it. I propose a tax called the Breeder's Tax and its obvious who would pay and who wouldn't

 

Sorry to hear about your loss, but a baby is obviously a big deal! Take care of your new baby.

The only thing I have to say is you should've gotten a Maxima!

Keep it Nissan, keep it VQ.

With a front strut tower bar, rear sway bar, and coilovers, the Maxima can handle like a beast for FWD, and the best part is you don't really have to tell the wifey about the semi stealth mods! Not to mention you could have gotten a manual one! (Plenty of room for baby seats too)

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Oh well, I'm sure it's too late for all that now... good luck with everything!

 

You still have a chance if you know what I mean


Just kidding man, GOOD LUCK with the new baby. I am sure you will get a lot of satisfaction from the experience. (not sure if its your first).

 

+1

 

You can put the baby in that big glovebox, no?

 

ROFL prolly

 

wow

 

A baby will be a lot more fun than a car. Besides, when was the last time that the 350Z spit up on your shirt?

 

LOL.

Thanks, guys. Yes, i'm very excited about being a father, so I don't regret what I have to do .... just a bit sad about it, but its all good.

gee... i took that coat hanger one way (meaning to use it to steal a Z) .... but then took it another way .... first interpretation got a chuckle ... 2nd gets crickets chirping.

its not a space thing, guys, its money. The wife has an SUV and there is another sedan in the driveway, so we don't need another baby transporter. Heck, I might keep him/her out of the LS anyway.

As far as the Maxima ... I've been searching for one in my area with no luck. Just seems impossible to find a stick (plus i only want last gen because i don't dig the new gen). I looked for 3.5 Altimas, too (although i think they are not very attractive). And G35 sedans are still a bit too expensive.

 

how much u want buddy?

 

+2...get your priority straight buddy, your car won't nag at you and **** on you....now the baby on the other hand...that's money automatically out of your pocket...

 

[QUOTE=Qbrozen]LOL.

Thanks, guys. Yes, i'm very excited about being a father, so I don't regret what I have to do .... just a bit sad about it, but its all good.

gee... i took that coat hanger one way (meaning to use it to steal a Z) .... but then took it another way .... first interpretation got a chuckle ... 2nd gets crickets chirping.

its not a space thing, guys, its money. The wife has an SUV and there is another sedan in the driveway, so we don't need another baby transporter. Heck, I might keep him/her out of the LS anyway.

Keep pictures of the Z and show them to your baby every day. Make the first words he or she says "350Z". He or she will grow up with Z lust, do well in school, get a good job and buy a new "400Z". Then you can drive it!

 

I remember test driving my Z with a sales lady and she was trying to strike up a conversation. Asking where I work and if I had a girlfriend or thinking of getting married. So I answered: "Yeah, about that... is there any harness in the trunk to hold a baby seat? She gave me this shocked and disgusted look. I told her I was kidding. Then a minute of silence passed and I turned to her and said: "But, seriously, is there one?" The look on her face was priceless.

And about your choice to get rid of the Z and not the other cars... I don't know, man... I just don't know...

 

My grandfather drives a lincoln!!!! haha

 

I hear ya. It was a tough decision. But its the only one that made sense. I can't part with the Alfa due to sentimental reasons. Selling the Volvo would have gotten me the same $$ in my pocket as I got trading the Z for a cheaper car, BUT, without the Volvo, what the heck would I drive when there is snow on the ground?

So I was left with only one practical solution.

So i've had the Lincoln for about 12 hours now. Everyone keeps asking me how I like it and I just say "eh, its ok." Then there are those who know what I gave up and they ask "how you doin, man?" as if I just lost a family member.

All I can say is, at least its RWD, quiet, comfortable, handles damned well for what it is, and I can smoke the tires. I'd probably be really happy with it if I had never experienced the Z.