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Old Jan 28, 2021 | 01:15 PM
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Default Owners: How LITTLE do you drive your 350Z ?

If you still own your 350Z . . .

When is the last time you drove it ?

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How many miles did you drive it last 12 months ?


4/2020
30 miles

(I am curious about how many garage queens we have here)
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Old Jan 28, 2021 | 01:51 PM
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Some time in November? IDK, I only drive it on perfect days and I live in IL. so I don't drive it a lot. If it was stock I wouldn't care, but with all the money I've put into it I want it looking pristine as it does.
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Old Jan 28, 2021 | 02:53 PM
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Just got home from driving my '03 preorder track model. It doesn't get used as much here in our Colorado winters, but I still get out quite a bit.

So... 1/28/21 and 1,500 miles
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Old Jan 28, 2021 | 03:30 PM
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Summer only - garage queen in the winter due to nasty dirty, salty roads in the winter. 3,000 --4,000 miles a year.
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Old Jan 28, 2021 | 04:18 PM
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Drove her to Tn for move, hasnt be driven since.
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Old Jan 28, 2021 | 05:43 PM
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I drive her to and from the track.. that's about it. Last driven 10/17/2020 before (early) winter storage. Put 1720 miles on her in 2020.
Rarely driven, but driven HARD.

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Old Jan 28, 2021 | 11:29 PM
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I daily drive mine, and weekends I try to let her rest. Been working on my pickup the last while so this weekend going to park my Z and take the pickup for a road trip. When I bought the Z I thought it was going to be the other way round, but my Z is so reliable and almost never has huge problems if you do preventative maintenance. My pickup I will drive this weekend then probably park her in the garage and fix other issues I could not get to.
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Old Jan 29, 2021 | 03:16 AM
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Last time I drove mine was the first week of December.

I really only drive it when it's nice enough to drop the top. I somehow managed to put 1,200 miles on it last year.
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Old Jan 29, 2021 | 03:21 AM
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Mid November when I drove it to the storage warehouse. Being it has summer tires and I live in Pittsburgh, it gets stored from Nov-April. Put on 4,000 miles last year (first full year I've owned it). Next set of tires will be all season so I can get more use out of it.
Original owner only put 38,000 miles on it in 16 years.

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Old Jan 29, 2021 | 07:16 AM
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3000 miles since 2016
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Old Jan 29, 2021 | 09:21 AM
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Hasn’t been driven in years, need a new ECU
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Old Jan 29, 2021 | 09:34 AM
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Same. I'm in PA and I don't drive it in the winter. I'll get it out in the Spring as soon as they quit treating the roads.
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Old Jan 29, 2021 | 09:37 AM
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Default Garage queen

Originally Posted by jmrsyrs
Summer only - garage queen in the winter due to nasty dirty, salty roads in the winter. 3,000 --4,000 miles a year.
Same. I will get it out in the spring as soon as they stop treating the roads.
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Old Jan 29, 2021 | 01:18 PM
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Last driven 23-Jan-2021, and I put about 3k miles on it last year. My 2005 has around 136k miles on it (I bought it from the original owner early in 2018 with 124k miles).
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Old Jan 29, 2021 | 05:49 PM
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i drive mine at least once a week so my battery won't get discharged.
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Old Jan 29, 2021 | 07:32 PM
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I really only put 1000 to 1500 miles per year ... usually can only drive it 10 to 12 times between the months of October through April. My driving is usually a few times per month to work, a handful of trips to the track, a few trips to the grocery store and maybe a few cars & coffee / meets.

I'm up to about 67k miles on my 03 PPW touring
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Old Jan 30, 2021 | 03:50 AM
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Two days ago. I am currently teaching our son how to drive in our Z.
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Old Jan 30, 2021 | 05:41 AM
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I drive it every chance I get March-November (but not to work), still only manage around 2-3000 miles. Sitting in pieces currently as I rebuild the headlights for the second time.
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Old Jan 30, 2021 | 06:12 PM
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I washed and drove it last week. Spiffy clean. And of course it rained that night. Doubled the chance of rain by washing my daily same day.

In last year, maybe 250-300 miles. But then, bought it in early 2012 with 73k and as of this week, just under 78k.
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Old Jan 31, 2021 | 04:56 AM
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Wow, I’m surprised how many people there are like me that don’t drive the car much. I avg about 2100 miles a year. Although that number is skewed because the first 5 years of ownership I really drove it a lot and the last 11 barely any. Guess how old my first kid is? Lol.

I’d drive it more but w winter it basically shaves 4-5 months off the year and w/ 2 kids and a wife it basically shaves off the other 6-7 months. Thats why I keep thinking how practical a GT-R would be. It can uncomfortably seat 4.

w the pandemic and all I think I put on maybe 400 miles last year. This year its getting some new upgrades so I’m sure I’ll find reasons to drive it.

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