I found this 2007 350Z in Seattle and it certainly looks reasonably priced and is low mileage. The Carfax shows that it's a Calif. car. Is this to be avoided by non-California owners ?

Any other comments would be appreciated


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the governator has probably cursed it lol... its the same as any other Z

 

Is there an easy way to tell what trim level / model this car is ?

 

Search.

 

California cars have more smog & emissions caca on them than other states.


In LA in the mornings when they can't see the sun they have a word for this phenomenon, seems this pollution is cased by the ocean hence the name OCEaN LAYER. Gotta do somthing about the air quality and so all auto manufacturers selling cars in California are forced to have in place more smog & emissions caca on the cars.

 

humm ive never heard of that ^^^ i thought they were all the same learn somethin everyday. Trim levels are easy if it has leather then its automatically a touring or grand touring. leather with reg wheels its a touring leather with rays wheels GT. enthusiast has cloth but has cruise control lsd etc. base has no steering wheel controls at all and has cloth should help ya out.

 

Not exactly true. California has stiffer emissions requirements than any other state. All cars are manufacturered to meet Calif emissions, no matter where they are destined to be sold and driven.

Only back in the early 70s where special Calif. versions of cars produced.

 

That's a base model. No steering wheel controls/cruise control buttons.

 

Having a California car would be better in my opinion due to having perfect weather all the time and not having to worry about it being weather damaged in any way

 

Except for those recent floods from the heavy rains. That alone would make me double check the car before buying one from CA.

 

What about the salt air from the ocean, & LA acid rain, and just gen California smog??? Salt is not too good for the rust situation on any car, or any of the other California air quality bonuses.

 

Dave that is mostly true but i have been in the auto repair bus for 30 years and there are quite a few differences between cali cars and federal cars.Mostly it is with any emission control part as there are quite a few manufacturers that have different parts for cali equipped cars and non cali cars.Exhaust systems are some what different also.
I run into this a lot with toyota,mazda,and honda products.

 

doesn't cali have a higher tax rate than other states?? a couple percent is a huge cost on a $30,000 car.

 

It's pretty safe to say that in general you can be assured a CA car is cleaner and better taken care of than one from other states. Especially SoCal cars, where, frankly, it never rains, snows, etc. On avg, I'd say this is the case. Enthusiasts in all states will pamper their cars, but the level of detail in general here is far higher than most any other place...that's been my observation