I wash (rinseless) and wax or QD mine daily. I have my own little parking spot at work where no one parks within 5 feet of it on either side, if at all. Anywhere else I drive it to, I park far away from other cars. At home, I have a garage.

I'll bet anything that mine looks BETTER than it did upon leaving the assembly line.

 

Something just came to mind (LoL!!)
We've heard about the owner's babying the Z; now, does anyone's Z baby the owner? haha
I think mine baby's me LoL..she's so sweet

 

 

yah pretty much i just get owned no matter where i park, and the more cautious i drive away from a curb well wth theres the curb.....haha i dont go as far as taking pictures of other cars beside me i just remember their plate and the type of car, then when i come back i walk awround my z hah. and since this is my first sports car its been a few months but i still have issues getting in and out of the car so my sills have scuffs from my shoes....makes no sense since im smal to begin wiht, 5'6....

as for wot my z....yah i do that here and there....i really want to get out to an autox or something.....but im not so sure how safe that is since i also learned stick in my z....off topic but should i keep practicing off the track? or would tracking help me out?

 

I clean mine religiously, but I drive it like it was meant to be driven.

 

You should try out an autocross when you get a chance. It will make you a much better driver, especially if you just learned how to drive a manual transmission vehicle. Autocrossing is pretty safe since about the worst you're gonna do is hit some cones which leave scuff marks that wash off. So go for it!

 

Auto-x is completely and entirely safe. Enclosed courses, one car at a time on course, etc.

 

+1

 

Im weird I guess, my wife drives the Z daily, she barely gets it over 3k...I drive it on the weekends I usually shift around 4k, prob once a week I blast it to 7k just to remind myself why I bought it and how awesome it is. When I park the car in a parking lot I ALWAYS park in the back or take up 2 spots so no one can park near, I was it twice a week and wax it once with cleaner wax and once with gold class EVERY saturday! Man I love my Z!

 

yea its good to take care of the car but on the other hand it is a sports car...you cant make a thoroughbred walk its whole life

 

awesome, then i must try an event one day....thansk for the comments guys

 

I try to baby her during the commute to work, but I always seem to end up driving fast. Its the car, not me

 

Nope. I spit on it. Curse at it. Sometimes when noone's looking, I even drag mud into it.

 

what do you mean when you say "and yet the more i baby it the more she gets hurt"? Are you banging her up in the garage?

 

yeah i baby ours too. i always park in the back 40 and get an end spot, but i always us our door defenders.
http://www.doordefender.com/home.html

 

thats sounds like its worth it! has it saved you before from dings , how reliable is this?

 

Baby it? Interesting question. Put 100 miles on it from new, more or less to work the tranny in a little, then redlined it every chance I got. Switched to synthetic oil at 1000 miles and drive the car hard. She rips!!

After driving the car hard I bring her home and throw a fresh Meguire's sudsy wash to her and condition the supple leather. Detail every square inch. Z looks gorgeous and fresh afterwards, baby it, 'spose so, but she baby's me as well...ha ha!!

 

If you double park people will key your car. I've seen it happen so many times. I think only exotics can get away with double parking.

I heard Turtle Was T-6 Wax Cleaner and Black Magic Wet Shine is the best in terms of gloss/durability/ease of use. Not Zaino/NXT.

 

ahahah no no no, the more careful i try to be with doing anything to keep it clean, that much bad luck comes around, sooner or later at least :/

 

Yeah, I baby mine too. Of course I just got mine last Friday. I just finished washing it for the second time and am just takin a quick break before I it again.