Anyone else love it so much that they did not test drive the 350z before buying it?

My friend bought his G35 the same way.

 

 

im crazy dawg! woof woof!

for real tho.
and i dont know how to drive stick very well, drove my friends truck a little. so im going to be basically "learning" on the Z.

thats why i wonder how much a clutch could cost if i burn it.

 

I kind of did, i knew i wanted the Z so badly and when I saw one forsale at a dealership, I bought it, I at first did not want the color, but the price was awsome, so i test drove just that one and bought it,

 

I've test driven two, but I have no problem buying sight unseen if it is the right car and with a contract agreement.

 

nice nice!

 

thats not a very good way to go about it in my opinion. i would rather borrow a friends beater for a while or something and learn on that till you get pretty good...which hopefully shouldnt take too long. no point in buying a new clutch for a brand new car just weeks after buying it

 

also, i was talking like, any 350z.
because i had to order mine from another dealership and had to put down a 500 dollar deposit first.

 

I havent been through a clutch yet because mine does not have that many miles on it but i would think maybe it would cost like 500 bucks or less installed? This is my first manual car that I own, before I bought it I did know how to drive stick, ( I work on cars all day and drive them) also I had some time in my buddy's new corvette, But just dont ride the clutch and you will be ok, At first I thought the Z clutch was a little tricky because it is a high engagment clutch but I got used to it, plus when I bought my car It did not have alot of miles on it so the clutch was still pretty new.

 

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh welllllllllll......................

 

yea mine will be brand new also.
high engagment on the Z? that is going to be good to know lol. i need to drive the car before i put the check down tho.

can i ask:

After the initial engagement "area" on the clutch, that is when you start to let off clutch and ease on gas?
and you can tell its the engagement area because its louder right?

i only drove a truck with no tachometer for like 15 minutes before and we used sound to drive.

 

I'd test-driven a 2003, but never a 2005. I ordered my 2005 Ultra Yellow Track Model without ever seeing the yellow up-close, and since there were no Track Models (or even 35AE) since they were a mid-year introduction. I did wait 5 1/2 months for mine to arrive, though.

 

Kids.

 

haha yea..., we gotta start somewhere

 

again, your threads suck, stop making them

 

I drove 4 different cars from different years and decided I liked the 07 the best. The car I wanted was on the showroom floor and I did not drive it before I bought it. I wasn't disappointed and would do it again for a new one but never on a used car. One of the Z's was a 03 which had been modded, POORLY, and it was a complete pile. Remember, not everybody can do these mods you read about here correctly and it F's the car up in a hurry. This 03 was proof of that.

 

Yep. $500 for an installed clutch sounds about right.
For 1967!!

 

My first car was a Z as well and i learned how to drive stick on it along with 2 of my friends. After four years i still have my stock clutch with 40k miles on it without a problem. So, i think you should be ok to learn on the Z.

 

buying new & it's your first car...there's not much to test.

I graduated, ran to the dealership, grabbed a key and have held onto it ever since.

Try and stop me...

 

I find this one quite interesting. Perhaps a little bit of personal insight into a great experience instead of "does this colour match."

To each their own...