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Old 08-13-2006, 01:32 PM
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I try to be conservative to keep from raging to much...but i punch it quiet a bit
Old 08-13-2006, 01:35 PM
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i drive my z to work 4 times a week, and try to drive it between 80-100mph when it opens up, and just started to downshift from 6th to 3rd when having fun, which i didnt know u could, but thanks to this forum I do now.
Old 08-13-2006, 01:43 PM
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I drift every corner and peel out at every stop sign.
Old 08-13-2006, 01:44 PM
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Had my car 1.8 years and chirped the tires ONE time!

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I have had my Z for almost 2 years now. I drive it 50% like a grandma and 50% like I stole it. lol depends on the mood. Awesome car and 0 problems. (Its a 2004 Touring)
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i drive carefully... if i end up speeding...o-well... i try not to do that too much thanks to the po-po...

i leave bits of my tire all over the place right now because i haven't bought my new set yet and i'm running on used crap...lol

i like driving around town and seeing my marks and remembering... hey this is where i did THAT...
Old 08-13-2006, 01:51 PM
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23,000 miles and I have not been gentle to the Z yet. I run through the powerband almost everytime, unless some handicap driver gets in the way.
Old 08-13-2006, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RealDeal24
I try to be conservative to keep from raging to much...but i punch it quiet a bit
Old 08-13-2006, 01:54 PM
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I try to break my car everytime i drive it. No sense in perserving the car, not like its a collectors item. Car gets tracked every month and hasnt let me down.. I say beat em up..
Old 08-13-2006, 01:56 PM
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+1,000,000,000
Old 08-13-2006, 02:25 PM
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i usually drive like a normal human being on the road, but ill kill it once or twice a day just for some entertainment
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I try to take it easy on the car most of the time, But like everyone here I have my times when I drift, burnouts, ect.
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I bought the car for a reason...to haul ***. I didn’t buy it to putt around town like a old fart. I love the highway, my average speed is at least 100, when I say at least I really mean it. I do realize you have to pay to play and I don’t go cutting off everyone in my way. I hate *******s so I choose not to be one, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to pass your ***. Oh and a few doughnuts and reverse 180s never either.
Old 08-13-2006, 02:34 PM
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I've been redlinin' since I got her 30,000 miles ago Gettin ready for the HR
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I drive from the pole position to a first place finish, every day.
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Originally Posted by techcontrol
23,000 miles and I have not been gentle to the Z yet. I run through the powerband almost everytime, unless some handicap driver gets in the way.
+1
Old 08-13-2006, 06:58 PM
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All reasons I'd never buy a used car.. especially a used sports car. Some of you guys almost sound as bad as civic owners :P
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ill drive fast when im away from the public... but if im in town i try to keep her under control...
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Originally Posted by zand02max
Had my car 1.8 years and chirped the tires ONE time!

Why not? The Z is meant to be driven hard!
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Originally Posted by curnaco
I drive it 50% like a grandma and 50% like I stole it. lol depends on the mood.
Yup same here.


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