That's my point. The car was designed to be driven hard. Why would anyone buy a high performance car and baby it?



bill

 

Please no one take offence to this, and im not some street racer kid, i dont race on the street. well not other cars. I'm not the fast and furious wana be. but most guys i see with Z's are either serious or old guys who dont know anything about fast

 

What a silly thing to say.

I'm 64. I started building hot rods in my teens back in the 50's. I have owned Lotus', Porsches, Jags, a Maserati, an MR2 turbo, and now the 350. I've done lots of drag racing, and used to be very competative autocrosser.

I "know more about fast" than you ever dreamed about.

BTW, I have a an "old" buddy up the road with a blown 5.0 Mustang, and another "old" buddy with a '40 Ford pickup powered by a 350 small block.

bill

 

 

I think I would change that to a "stupid" thing to say. Paul Newman is probably in his 80's and he can still run circles around 99% of the people on this board. The funny thing is that what he is considering as old is probably a guy 35 or so. there is a guy who drag races at Infineon who walks with a cane, is 85, drives in comp rod and crashed 6 months ago. (not his fault, the engine blew up). Well now he is back without his cane turning 10's.

 

I learned everything i know learning from old hot rodders, i worked on farnbacher loles porsche team, we won 24 hours of le manns, and then i went to work for a ferrari challenge team. I know fast, and i know racing. I did not say that all older people dont drive fast. But so far i have yet to see anyone older than 30 in a Z thats not stock, or doing 10 under the speed limit, or have an automatic, or any of the above. Older = more expirence im not as ignorant as you made me seem.....Im sure the guys im talking about dont even know what a car forum is.......

 

I'll bet your gas bill is outragous.

 

At least the "old" guys bought the car themselves.

 

My question to the original poster is if he pays for the car himself? I am 18 myself and although the car originally belonged to my mom, I assumed the payments on it and pay for everything on my own.

I can tell you, I very rarely beat on the car, it's got to last. I mean I have fun with it, but theres a line between abuse and fun.

 

I Am not going to lie i only put down 9 grand on the car. the rest is i have to pay back a year or so after i graduate, without intrest. My parents know i am serious about racing and its the only thing they give me money for..... where i went to highschool the kids were rich little Sh**S and wernt gratefull, i am greatfull. Both my parents work hard(pilot, and a school teacher) and they natrauly want to give there kids what they didnt have. In fact i feel guilty. I dont even drive through town. I feel like an ***. but if you were me would you say no i dont want the car mom and dad. Im not going to appoigize for a birthday, christmass, and graduation gift. Just cuz you cant think of anything better to say dont attack me for that.....i wasnt trying to bring down the older guys, it came across that way......i just wanted to know about longevity of the car.....i have alot to learn from older drivers if i want to make it pro one day, but i do know my stuff, more than alot of people, i mean i put together a cobra from the ground up........anything i break is on me..... anything someone does with there car is there buisness, if some older or younger guy just wants to drive around slow and enjoy the Z for diffrent reasons than me.....thats fantastic.......But in the sence of being a true performance driver trying to become as fast as they can... i might make the argument that they are not a hard core driver........ ill try to post pics of that one day its a monster.....by far the most meaningfull father son project ever. Best two years of my life.....

 

and yes my gas bill is rediculous.....I own my own buisness, well several buisnesses but one of them is detailing for high end cars.... (porsche, ferrari,ect...) i spend most of what i make on gas....about 50 bucks every two days....when gas was 3.30$......

 

wow hraesvelg, i just noticed you have posted 13,000 + times, good god....thats hard core.......not to bring it more off topic......

 

find out and let us know! buy an extended warrenty so if it does break..u get a new engine or whatnot.

 

He has no life.

 

may i ask what model your 06 is and how much you paid for it before TTL? i'm shopping for a Z now.

 

no its addictive ok i think i can post pics....built every peice how do i size down pics to be able to post them

 

enthusiest.....i think 25,500 or 26000 i cant remember. i traded in a truck they gave me a great deal

 

the power train warrenty i believe is 100k miles, b/c thats what I have from factory. Im pretty sure it will last more than that.. like close to 120-140k if u drive that hard all the time. remember nissan makes their cars to last 200k miles with proper on time maintinance.

 

http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._corners/?sc=3 second page

 

I dont want to hear anything bad about the wreck pics. i couldnt post anyother way....it was the most tragic event of my life, i learned a lesson....and im still screwed up a bit from it.....it was being cut off, but ultimatly i have no one to blame butmyself.....