Z owners=too cool to look?
Originally Posted by jamnew
Most Z owners probably have become conditioned not to look right or left at a stop light because there is always some F&F wannabe, hemi truck driver, or Crossfire owner revving his engine looking for a street race
. I just laugh and look straight ahead.
. I just laugh and look straight ahead.
Today, it was a Mustang.
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I pretty much always wave to other Z drivers. I also give thumbs up to just about anyone else driving a nice/tastefully modded car. Evo drivers always get this kind of confused look on their faces when I give them a casual thumbs up as I drive by.
If someone has obviously invested a lot of time and effort into their car and it looks good then I like giving them a little encouragement, even if its not a car i would chose to drive.
If someone has obviously invested a lot of time and effort into their car and it looks good then I like giving them a little encouragement, even if its not a car i would chose to drive.
Probably 95% of the Z's here in Chicago are not modded and would have no clue as to why I am waving at them.
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i used to do it in my modded civic, to other modded civics, and once some guy got out of his car at a light and came up to my window and started talking crap to me.
im 22, and if i see another younger guy in a Z... you never know he could be a coke dealer or something so i dun mess with that stuff. i just keep to myself.
but i do give certain cars thumbs up. random ones. like the first new m5 i saw i rolled down my window and gave the guy a thumbs up and he smiled and did the same to me.
im also a very shy guy, maybe thats why i dont do it also. some people in phoenix are real a$$holes. $ sign is there for a reason, but for the cursing.
im 22, and if i see another younger guy in a Z... you never know he could be a coke dealer or something so i dun mess with that stuff. i just keep to myself.
but i do give certain cars thumbs up. random ones. like the first new m5 i saw i rolled down my window and gave the guy a thumbs up and he smiled and did the same to me.
im also a very shy guy, maybe thats why i dont do it also. some people in phoenix are real a$$holes. $ sign is there for a reason, but for the cursing.
I pulled up to redlight next to a middle aged man driving a clean, stock redline Z. I looked over at him and said nice car, and he looked at me kinda funny, then smiled and said "thanks, its a 350z".
I kinda scratched my head at that, considering I was sitting in my silver 350z...
I kinda scratched my head at that, considering I was sitting in my silver 350z...
Originally Posted by tropicalypso
I pulled up to redlight next to a middle aged man driving a clean, stock redline Z. I looked over at him and said nice car, and he looked at me kinda funny, then smiled and said "thanks, its a 350z".
I kinda scratched my head at that, considering I was sitting in my silver 350z...
I kinda scratched my head at that, considering I was sitting in my silver 350z...
thats awesome!I generally try to look or aknowledge people close to my house or that I know but thats about it. For example yesterday I was behind a DB Z roadster (bone stock) as I get to the most enjoyable part of my ride home from work nice uphill corner no traffic two lanes I flew by him at about 50mph, I didn't look or wave because I was concentrating on the hard right hander coming up to go into my neighborhood. Either way if he is an enthusiast he prob thinks I'm an A-hole for doing a ricer fly-by but truth is I tear through that section of road everyday, I dont care if its a Z06 in the next lane or another 350z I'm gonna keep my eyes on the road and drive my car the way it was meant to be driven!
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Originally Posted by Theatrix
It's not the money, it's the metality, dude. Here on the East coast, Z owners are more ethusiasts and older. I speak to many guys who owned Z's when they were in HS in the 70's. They own for the sport of it. We do acknowledge each other. But that's different than some young punk riding around with all sorts of mods on the car in order to look cool. I probably would not wave to that guy either, but would prefer to pull him out of his car and beat the **** out of him. But that's just me. 
And I'm a snob for education and I loose respect for a kid who seems to have his priorities up his ****. (Unless his parents bought his car, because he is in school). That kid is oK in my book.
And I'm a snob for education and I loose respect for a kid who seems to have his priorities up his ****. (Unless his parents bought his car, because he is in school). That kid is oK in my book.
Sadly this is the kind of Z owner that this thread is about. It seems like you just look way to far into it, or that you are really bitter for some reason, rather than keeping it simple: if the car is nice, its nice, if its not, its not.
Most days, I anonymously hate everyone and am just focused on where I am going. Once in a great while, and I'm feeling saucy, I'll look around at traffic. Only problem is, is that there's only 3, maybe 4 Z's in a 20-mile radius... no-one to wave at on said saucy day. 
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Originally Posted by brandonanix
Sadly this is the kind of Z owner that this thread is about. It seems like you just look way to far into it, or that you are really bitter for some reason, rather than keeping it simple: if the car is nice, its nice, if its not, its not.
Originally Posted by Theatrix
It's not the money, it's the metality, dude. Here on the East coast, Z owners are more ethusiasts and older. I speak to many guys who owned Z's when they were in HS in the 70's. They own for the sport of it. We do acknowledge each other. But that's different than some young punk riding around with all sorts of mods on the car in order to look cool. I probably would not wave to that guy either, but would prefer to pull him out of his car and beat the **** out of him. But that's just me
And I'm a snob for education and I loose respect for a kid who seems to have his priorities up his ****. (Unless his parents bought his car, because he is in school). That kid is oK in my book..
And I'm a snob for education and I loose respect for a kid who seems to have his priorities up his ****. (Unless his parents bought his car, because he is in school). That kid is oK in my book..
2-How is mommy & daddys little boy more deserving than someone who works full time and earns whats thiers?? worst mentality on the East coast I have heard yet...
If mommy & daddy had to buy it it's because they suck at life and can't handle a job while attending school!! please this is 2007 there are people that are single parents, raising children, and getting degrees at college. All this while working a full time job!! it's not hard to do, its called dedication, commitment, or self worth which you must know nothing about.3-why does it have to be "some young punk" do mods have an age limit? WTF there are middle age men on here doing wheels, turbos, pop-chargers, you name it they do it too!
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Originally Posted by DROPPEDIT2WCE
+1 whats wrong with mods?
1- If I put a body kit on my car and ride around Bel Air are you really gonna pull me out of my car and beat my a$$?? LOL @ that, good luck!!
2-How is mommy & daddys little boy more deserving than someone who works full time and earns whats thiers?? worst mentality on the East coast I have heard yet... If mommy & daddy had to buy it it's because they suck at life and can't handle a job while attending school!! please this is 2007 there are people that are single parents, raising children, and getting degrees at college. All this while working a full time job!! it's not hard to do, its called dedication, commitment, or self worth which you must know nothing about.
3-why does it have to be "some young punk" do mods have an age limit? WTF there are middle age men on here doing wheels, turbos, pop-chargers, you name it they do it too!
1- If I put a body kit on my car and ride around Bel Air are you really gonna pull me out of my car and beat my a$$?? LOL @ that, good luck!!
2-How is mommy & daddys little boy more deserving than someone who works full time and earns whats thiers?? worst mentality on the East coast I have heard yet...
If mommy & daddy had to buy it it's because they suck at life and can't handle a job while attending school!! please this is 2007 there are people that are single parents, raising children, and getting degrees at college. All this while working a full time job!! it's not hard to do, its called dedication, commitment, or self worth which you must know nothing about.3-why does it have to be "some young punk" do mods have an age limit? WTF there are middle age men on here doing wheels, turbos, pop-chargers, you name it they do it too!
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by Demon Z
Most days, I anonymously hate everyone and am just focused on where I am going. Once in a great while, and I'm feeling saucy, I'll look around at traffic. Only problem is, is that there's only 3, maybe 4 Z's in a 20-mile radius... no-one to wave at on said saucy day.
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Originally Posted by DROPPEDIT2WCE
^ ha haa haaa blowing off some steam I need a cigarette and a coffee after that one
Originally Posted by brandonanix
+10
