Enthusiast = Cruise Control

Drive it. I'm in ND right now, and have an 07 base, car does suck in the snow but the roads aren't all bad yet.

TK

 

Good luck man and enjoy that new car. Like you said if you hit some weather just stop at a hotel and get drunk for the night.

 

u got enough time, then i will say DRIVE IT!!!

take a break every 3 hrs...but ur seat willl kill u, gotta remember that

i drove almost 15 hours, everything was okay, but seat...

well good luck~

 

After driving mine in the driving rain storms we've had here in the Pac NW this week, I can say without a doubt, the Z does just fine in the rain as long as you drive with your head. I pushed it a couple of times and discovered a new idiot light next to the rev light that says "SLIP". I now call it my, "Don't be an idiot light.". With the exception of one large puddle, the car did fine. Now, comes the washing!

 

Not if u have the right tires.
Drove mine in 3 inches this week & zip problems!

 

Good luck driving it back home. Hopefully, you'll take those breaks you speak of. You're right:There's no need to rush back to work. This should be considered a good vacation. lol.

 

drive..

 

I drove mine from Phoenix to Vegas.. granted no snow or anything weather conditions to worry about. However, those were probably the most enjoyable hours I've had in my Z.

 

13 hours.....winter time. Dude trailer that car, its a Z for crying out loud

 

I wonder if he made it yet, update OP????????

 

You should pay an expeditor....

This time last year I gleefully volunteered to drive a 6 speed brand new versa from Rob Green Nissan in Twin Falls, ID back to my store near Seattle (1250 mile R/T). Paid stopover in Sun Valley FTW, right?

WRONG! WHAT A DISASTER!

Sand on the roads pitted and ruined the paint on both the Versa and the Pathfinder chase car (1200 each at the body shop for front end repaint), and the larger rocks mixed in with sand dented the side panels + wheel arches. Both windshields broke and the pathfinder literally had to find the path for the Versa (which is not a bad snow car) through the Blue Mountains in Eastern Oregon.

Looking back on it, that was an epic automobile adventure. I even have pictures I can dig up and post. My store lost its shirt on my old demo pathfinder, and the versa owner elected to drive the car as-is so as to avoid paint issues down the road. Had those been my personal cars I would be very sad, as making them right would have cost upwards of 2,000, and then the cost of fuel, etc.

Throw in the 350Z's miserable snow performance... If you must drive, apply Blue painters tape to every surface you can see looking at the front and down the sides of the car from the front and plan on a new window.

 

I guess he crashed it.............................................

 

Leave it there...in couple of month then go pick it up and drive it back..

 

I think it would be fun driving it all the way. Not to many opportunities for that.

 

I MADE IT!!!

Just got home 15 minutes ago - and ALL IS WELL! The 2005 PPW looks brand new (only had 8K miles on it when I picked it up - now it's got 9K.)

Thanks for all the posts and suggestions. I'm glad I drove it - amazingly enough, even though there were ice storms all over the midwest, we managed to miss them all. Actually the worst part of the drive was the last block up the hill to my house - the snow hadn't melted yet, so it took a bit to get up the hill. But now my new baby is tucked away in the warm garage until the snow melts and dries up.

And for never having even test-driven a Z, man what a fun ride it was. On the perfectly dry parts of the drive - I was just having way too much fun. Why the heck didn't I get one of these YEARS ago? I see why all you freaks are so addicted to this toy! I guess I'm one of YOU now!

So - 13 hours in a new (to me) Z... priceless.

 

Nice man, glad you made it ok and had fun along the way. Merry X-mas to yourself.

 

Way to go. I thought you were tempting fate too much. Glad it worked out.

 

I live in Connecticut and drive up north to snowboard. The Z is fine with snow tire however without snow tires you're in for one scary ride if it snows.

 

DRIVE IT drove mine from orlando to toronto canada like a month ago



OH good job u already made it lol

 

Drive it! I drive my Z 19.5 hours from Florida to NJ, and loved it!