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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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So I took my Z to get an oil change today, and after it had been pulled out of the bay and I'm paying for the oil change, I turn around to see the technicians taking turns posing next to it for their cell phone cameras. That gave me the biggest ****-eating grin for the rest of the day.

It's nice to see that a car in its 4th year of production still has a lot of appeal.
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:13 PM
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Nice
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:14 PM
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Yup, I'd get a kick out of seeing my greece monkeys do that too!
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:50 PM
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That is too cool.
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 08:55 PM
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Nice. First time I took the 350Z into Midas for an oil change, they were all standing around looking at it. They kept on making a big deal about the 18' stock rims. I was puzzled becase with their line of work, you'd think they would have seen bigger and better rims on cars.

BTW: you have any pics of your ride? Do you have any exterior mods?
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 09:04 PM
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It's bone stock, except for the tint which the dealer installed (I didn't even ask for it, but I wasn't complaining).
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 09:05 PM
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Hmm, Imageshack doesn't seem to be 100% right now, not sure if that picture will turn out...
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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did the mechanics look like this? if so , maybe you got the answer to your compliment...


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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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The other day, I took my Z to the car wash. I would say about 5-6 of the detailers gathered around when I got in the car and drove off. Kinda made me feel good when I drove off and they pointed at the exhaust/wheels. Of course, it rained a couple of hours later
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 04:45 AM
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Same thing happened to me after I got my car out of the shop. A bunch of the workers were taking pictures around it. They were polite, they asked me if they could haha.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 08:08 AM
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I feel the same way when the valets at nice restaurants race to be the one to park my Z.

And then they always park it in one of the "premium" spots. The other day when I came out of the restaurant, the Z was sitting next to a $160K Bentley.

No doubt about it, the Z gets noticed!
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 10:08 AM
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No one gives a crap abput my Z where I live.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by nickintempe
So I took my Z to get an oil change today, and after it had been pulled out of the bay and I'm paying for the oil change, I turn around to see the technicians taking turns posing next to it for their cell phone cameras. That gave me the biggest ****-eating grin for the rest of the day.

It's nice to see that a car in its 4th year of production still has a lot of appeal.
Did you go to third world country to get an oil change?
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by nickintempe
So I took my Z to get an oil change today, and after it had been pulled out of the bay and I'm paying for the oil change, I turn around to see the technicians taking turns posing next to it for their cell phone cameras. That gave me the biggest ****-eating grin for the rest of the day.

It's nice to see that a car in its 4th year of production still has a lot of appeal.
Did you go to third world country to get an oil change?
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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Compliments on the Z are always nice. Today I went to Mcdonalds and my food was not ready in the drive thru, so I waited ahead for them to bring me my food. This crack head looking lady comes out and goes " Boy that sure is a nice ride, keep it clean" or something like that. I thought she was going to go into convulsions mid statement lol but I said thanks and was on my way.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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I've had my DB Z for about a week and the other day these chicks ran me down just to tell me how much they loved the car. Those are the times you hate being married
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by twinship
I feel the same way when the valets at nice restaurants race to be the one to park my Z.

And then they always park it in one of the "premium" spots. The other day when I came out of the restaurant, the Z was sitting next to a $160K Bentley.

No doubt about it, the Z gets noticed!

you could have paid twice as much for a bimmer and i can guarantee you wouldn't get half as much attention as your Z.
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by nickintempe
So I took my Z to get an oil change today, and after it had been pulled out of the bay and I'm paying for the oil change, I turn around to see the technicians taking turns posing next to it for their cell phone cameras. That gave me the biggest ****-eating grin for the rest of the day.

It's nice to see that a car in its 4th year of production still has a lot of appeal.
They weren't taking pics of the car, they were taking pics of all the oily hand prints they left down the side of your clean car haha
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by CarlosZ
No one gives a crap abput my Z where I live.
HA HA...its okay its the same for me...
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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 05:52 PM
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When I read the title, I thought you probably got flashed by sexy blondes..but turns out its just grease monkeys...

-Pete (got my hopes up...)
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