Originally Posted by pangoman

When I was shopping for mine I drove a base and the TCS and VLSD made a big difference.

Originally Posted by Category5

Where you doing dougnuts?

Originally Posted by pangoman

No, i was leaving a left turn signal and just gunned it a little (not much at all either) and it broke loose. I used to race dirt bikes in high school and street bikes back in the 90's. I came up learning how to slide my tail end around through a turn to shorten the apex. I don't mind the sliding...I just stated that there IS a difference between having and not having VLSD and TCS. To me, the feel is enough for me to state that it's a big enough difference to be very noticeable. For someone coming from a fwd, lower hp vehicle this could be a pretty good learning curve...especially in the rain or snow.

Originally Posted by pangoman

I live in a town named Seabrook. A lot of folks here lost everything. Many homes were literally washed away. During Rita a few years back we were mandatoried to evacuate. One of our friends brought their little Miata and what should have been a 2.5 - 3 hour ride ended up to be 22 hours with lots of stress over finding fuel for our vehicles. We could've cut that time to at the very most 12 hours if all of us were in our 4 wheel drive vehicles or at the very least trucks with higher ground clearance where we could have just driven where the heck we wanted. During this mandatory evac for Ike I was at work on the thursday before the storm and at 8:30 that morning they announced the mandatory evac of our area in Seabrook. We were all supposed to be out of our homes by 12 noon that same day. My first priority was my wife and kids. Once I got home from the office we loaded up all the important papers and all of our pictures, most of my firearms, our dog and 6 - 5 gallon fuel cans into my Tundra. Remembering the limitations that a low ground clearance vehicle had I left my Z in the garage knowing full well that it was a great possibility that it would be lost. We were lucky that all we had was wind damage and my Z was OK. the bottom line is the Z can be replaced...my family can't. I hope that I explained it where I didn't come across as a dick...I just wanted you to understand what many of us were up against.

Originally Posted by wangsta

I live in Clearlake and had to mandatory evac too. I realized I didn't have enough space in the Z to fit everything I wanted to take with me + my gf. So I drove the Z to a parking garage inside 610 and parked it a few floors up.

Maybe you can try something like that before the next big hurricane hits if you have more time to spare.

Good luck finding your new car!

Originally Posted by j.arnaldo

IF it helps, stats show that ATs in our beaZts are f-l-a-w-l-e-s-s, versus the MTs, which
are clunky, to say the least (they're downright riddled with all kindsa malfunctions!) So,
think about it, dude. Next time you're in city traffic, a highway super jam, etc., consider
a p-e-r-f-e-c-t AT in your next Zeddo!!! Just 1-2 less MPG, too (vs. the MT)!

Originally Posted by RRMikey

Wow, sorry for the loss. I have a 2007 Enth 6-speed. I'm in Southern Cali and it was really hard for me to find one. The only had one left at the dealership I went to and that's then only one left within several hundred miles from the L.A. area. I bought it in Aug of 07 and I guess the stock was running low. Luckily it was a Mag Black which is what I wanted. Love the 6-spd, but it is a bit tricky to drive smoothly coming from a much lower powered car, being in LA, it definitly sucks sitting in traffic with a stick shift. Good luck on your search, auto or 6-spd both have their goods and bads.