Aight well i finally found a buyer for my turbo kit and now i can trade in my car and pay the rest for a z. i found one near my house from a dealership and i like it. what you guys think?
http://www.bargainnews.com/viewad.cf...TheDealer=2069

and if someone is so kind as to look up the vin for me, i would really appreciate it.



Ed

 

seems like a good deal. DId you test drive it yet?

 

Unlike the other thread, this one has a point. if someone has the ability to check the vin number, that would be great and im trying to see if you guys think its a good deal. Im not makin a thread about whether the color is nice or not.

 

Clean looking car.....not bad IMO

 

not yet. i will tho. But before i do, what should i check for to make sure everything is good. ofcourse all the fluids and im also new to manual trannies so what should i look for in that.

 

Check it over good or better yet get a mechanic to check it out. Look wise it looks good!

 

im just wondering how can it have only 23k miles over 4 years.

 

It's an '03 with a MT. It was in a Nissan service bay most of the time.

 

I'm guessing it's a 2003 model since you said 4 years. It's possible to have 23k miles IF the person only drove it on weekends for a little cruise in the sun or just tracked it every now and then.

I'm not very sure on what you should check on, but i would guess you should check for any tranny wear since it's an 03 and 03's had a pretty bad tranny problem. Make sure someone checks out the VIN for any recent problems that the owner just happened to not mention... that's all i can think of since im not a car mechanic...

For sure though, take it to a mechanic and check if the guy did track it with some type of FI and if theres any internal problems. Also check his odometer incase he rolled back his numbers.

get extended warranty too

 

Drive the car. How does it shift?
Does it have new front tires and used rear tires? Not a good sign.
Do both windows go up and down?

If you like it then go for it.

 

about the shifting thing. i woudnt know if something is wrong b/c i never drove stick in my life.

and i dont understand the point of the tire check.

 

Anyone have carfax to help me out. I dont really wanna pay 20 bucks if someone here has unlimited looks.

 

^^ for shifting.. well you'll probably stall it a billion times for about a year, but for the tires. If the front is fresh and the rear is almost gone and worn out, it means the owner is cheap and only bought 2 tires and he probably did burnouts/tracked it cuz he's gonna downgrade to a civic.

 

LOL. Maybe a local 350Z driver will go with you to check it out. New front tires hide any potential feathering problems.

If you are going to spend $18,000 then buy a CarFax subscription.

 

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The VIN number was removed from your first post to reduce the temptation for someone.

 

The '03 model with a MT has the most common 350Z problems. If you do a search, you can read all about them. A lot of '03, '04 and some '05 models, had front end problems which causes premature tire wear.

 

My 04 will be 3 years old in January and will have just about 25,000 miles on it. Daily driven, several road trips of over 1,000 miles each. If it's somebody's weekend toy or fair weather ride, then it's real easy to have only 6K/year on it.

 

ya but wasnt there a recall to fix that problem. I mean, this should still be under warranty right so if anything goes wrong, i can just get it fixed for free. Right?

and davesz#3, sorry about that, i didnt know.

 

You don't know how to drive a manual, yet you are going to buy a manual car?

 

haha. man, how else am i gonna learn, rent one?