Spork

iTrader: (6)

Why'd your parents buy you the car?

350z313

TBH, I asked for a Integra or Civic but my parents wanted a safer car than those tin cans. It's ironic don;t you think lol If you look at my other thread about my totalled Z, I came out alive and I was very thankful I am still here today. Z actually saved my ***. If I was in a Civic or something I'd probably be either dead or in the hospital still. I know its sickening to watch our spoiled generations get Z's and do something stupid and wreck them I will admit that but its mainly due to the driver not the car. I know someone who is 19 and bought a 2011 GTR for 92k paid straight cash or well check. Got t boned and had it for only a couple months. He blamed the brakes for not stopping.

Spork

iTrader: (6)

Shot in the dark... you know anyone with a built WRX that enlisted?

ItsZlife

52 Chevy 2 door sedan (Mom's hand-me-down learn-to-drive car)
57 Plymouth (high school car bought with earnings from farm work & part time jobs)
64 Chevy II Super Sport convertible (graduation gift to self after Army OCS graduation)
67 Honda CB77 305 street scrambler
69 Dodge Charger (new - surviving tour of Vietnam gift to self)
72 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe (wife's car)
69 Honda 750 Four motorcycle
52 MG-TD with 400hp Corvette driveline
72 VW Squareback
74 Honda 600 Coupe
72 Datsun 1600 Pickup Truck
77 Datsun 280Z (new - college graduation gift to self)
72 Norton 750 Commando (combat model pumpkin-orange roadster)
72 Norton 750 Commando (combat model midnight-black roadster)
72 Norton 750 Commando (combat model midnight-black Interstate)
78 Datsun 280Z (barely used - divorce gift)
75 Norton 850 Commando roadster
88 HD 1200 Sportster
03 350Z Coupe - Touring Model (low mileage creampuff - retirement gift to self)

antifungal

save all the money up couldve gotten a 458 italia

jhowald93

Bought my first z at 18..
100% Paid for myself

aboveliquidice

iTrader: (1)

@16 - Isuzu pickup (seriously...that's the model name)
@18 - VW beetle (given to parents before deployment)
@22 - Honda prelude (play toy in Japan)
@24 - Honda accord (college car - stolen)
@25 - BMW 325i (sold to brother for a car with more oomph)
@26 - 350z... Still my daily driving animal
@31 - Q5 for the wife, daddy is keeping the Z until the wheels fall off.

importroller

iTrader: (1)

The oldest Z33 is now 10 almost 11 years old and relatively underpowered by today's standards, and very cheap so a young kid can now afford them without mommy and daddy paying for it. I think it's time to let this discussion go. There are FWD family sedans with more power than the original Z33s.

stuartc323

Big wup. You live in Cali, so im pretty sure you live at home with your parents.

thats a stretch. what cars are you comparing Zs to?

importroller

iTrader: (1)

For example the acura tl has 280 which is the same same as the early z33. I was exaggerating about it being more. as far as rwd cars go, there are a lot that have over 300 off the floor. I'm just saying that at this stage in. time, it's a very moot discussion.

stuartc323

and in your analysis did you include weight to power ratio? ecu tuning? build quality of the car? your example car was a terrible choice. Those acuras are heavy as **** and the engine isnt as powerful as the Z's engine, your off by about 40 hp unless your including the early years, in which case your still off by 20 hp. and what other cars are you comparing the Z to? im just curious as to what gave you this reasoning, not trying to flame.

TurboTom

iTrader: (8)

this is why 17 year olds shouldnt drive 350z's
i knew this guy, he loved my Z so one day his dad bought him one and the first thing he decided to do was to teach himself how to drift...he hit a median within the first month he had the Z (cracked bumper, dented rim) after he fixed it he did continued to "drift" and one day after watching tokyo drift he decided to go out and try drifting with the handbrake and this is what happened

jerseystyle

iTrader: (22)

He'll be back with a 370z? Really?

Resmarted

iTrader: (2)

Lol @ the idea that modern cars are just as powerful, and the car is cheap therefore it's "ok"

That's the exact same idea squids use when they get on a early 2000 r1/r6 at a young age and still eat sh**.

The Z is easy to drive fast, and is rewarding to drive quickly. An acura tl isn't. The line between driving quickly correctly/safely is much more blurred in a sports car than something that isn't designed for spirited driving, to a novice driver. And a young novice driver will exacerbate that issue magnificently.

stuartc323

right ^ thats exactly what i said, I didnt understand his reasoning and I didnt understand it afterwards because it was ********.

Phill361

iTrader: (4)

lol u guys are so dumb arguing bout this. I got my first z when I was 16 from my dad for my bday. I totaled it drifting lol but it wasn't my fault some car was coming around the corner at the same time and I swerved to miss him lol. But then a week later I got a faster one that also looks cooler nd I'm 18 now so I a lot better driver. Prolly better than mostly everyone in this thread lol

Resmarted

iTrader: (2)

NOOB.
I'm THE DK.
I only crash because my car is the DEVIL Z. And the ROAD, demons, attack!!!!!!!!! #JDM HELLAFLUSH COOL DORIFOOOTOOOOO

PerfZ

iTrader: (3)

Well now, that is a pretty bold statement seeing as how you have never seen another soul on this forum drive, and seeing as how you totaled your first car while drifting - but of course it wasn't your fault as another car had the audacity to be on the road with you. smh

zswickliffe

iTrader: (2)

Obvious troll is obvious, smh.

PerfZ

iTrader: (3)

DOH! Should have noted the post count and should have recognized the SN after all these years, lol. smh again........