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Old 01-21-2009 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by gsingh350Z
what a gay thread..

370z vs garbage
That's rather narrow thinking... reminds me of the mustang guys I saw this morning calling the 350/370Z cars rice. Lame on both accounts.
Old 01-21-2009 | 11:48 AM
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That's a brave statement... but in a way I can relate. When I was 18 I stated running 30,000+ miles a year. I think right now I am averaging 20,000+ a year. The average driver they say does like 12~14,000 miles.

Driving experience is a relative thing and doesn't directly coincide with age.
The reason i said in "extreme" situations is because of the type of driving experience I have. I have 10's of hours of track experience at mid-ohio, I drove a mustang for two years in michigan winters driving an hour to work every day ESPECIALLY on snowy days because I taught snowboarding. I've never been ticketed for anything other than turning red on a turn on red. I street raced once or twice in high school and never did it again. Before I was even allowed to get my license my parents had me take a defensive driving course, a racing course and an advanced racing course at mid ohio. I've done a lot of aftermarket installs on different types of cars including mustangs, f-bodys, an evo and a few other minor things and two days ago i just pulled the motor out of a 2000 durango that my partner in my class and i are putting a stroker rebuild and heads/cam on this semester. There are a lot of people that have more experience than me of course, but the average 25 year old is pretty far behind. On top of that, there are people my age that have more experience than me and are maybe even more responsible.
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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro
The reason i said in "extreme" situations is because of the type of driving experience I have. I have 10's of hours of track experience at mid-ohio, I drove a mustang for two years in michigan winters driving an hour to work every day ESPECIALLY on snowy days because I taught snowboarding. I've never been ticketed for anything other than turning red on a turn on red. I street raced once or twice in high school and never did it again. Before I was even allowed to get my license my parents had me take a defensive driving course, a racing course and an advanced racing course at mid ohio. I've done a lot of aftermarket installs on different types of cars including mustangs, f-bodys, an evo and a few other minor things and two days ago i just pulled the motor out of a 2000 durango that my partner in my class and i are putting a stroker rebuild and heads/cam on this semester. There are a lot of people that have more experience than me of course, but the average 25 year old is pretty far behind. On top of that, there are people my age that have more experience than me and are maybe even more responsible.

you think way too highly of yourself, do you want a pat on the back for being such an awesome driver at such an early age?
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Originally Posted by 350z_racer05
you think way too highly of yourself, do you want a pat on the back for being such an awesome driver at such an early age?
nope. I want the older guys that are cry babies because some kids may be more privileged than they were to quit acting like idiots and realize young age doesn't always mean irresponsible and inexperienced. Half of you guys probably have all your aftermarket parts installed by a shop and have never been to a track period. I see more 50 year old women in SUV's doing 50 in a 40 with snow on the road than young kids driving like idiots. Quit resenting kids because they are privileged and assuming they are dumb, irresponsible, inexperienced people. Do you think i think highly of myself because i cited my experience? Stating the facts doesn't make someone cocky.

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Old 01-21-2009 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Hypnoz
lol. Actually from the info we have available now the Z will have better gas mileage, handling and interior. Exterior design is not an arguable plus/minus.
Interior is IMO not better on the 370z. Whats better... the fact it has navigation?





Intelli-key is nice but that is also an option thats in the sentra, so theres nothing special about it.
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370Z's interior is far better. The camaro interior is cheesy.
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Originally Posted by r.evlineD_Z
save yourself the trouble and get an RSX Type S or Civic SI....
the extra money saved u should purchase strut/sway bars, coilovers, sticky tires, driving school and learn how to drive properly with a FWD before even touching a RWD let alone with 300+ HP

ur still young and coming from a scion, you will be power hungry..and that hunger MIGHT get you in a lot of trouble (speeding tickets/accidents)
these dudes...i started out with a 4door accord and went straight into a 04 350 and had no problems with the transition...yeah it did have a **** ton of power over my old honda and it did take a while to get used to it but everything turned out to be ok....oh and i was 19 when i got my Z
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That Camaro interior is ridiculous! Looks like something made by Fisher Price. Hasn't GM gone out of business yet?
Old 02-01-2009 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by gspotter
That Camaro interior is ridiculous! Looks like something made by Fisher Price. Hasn't GM gone out of business yet?
I like the wave of gauges on the center console. Just kidding. But you have to admit, no other car has that sort of thing going on.
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I like the Camaro interior. It's Simple. No BS.
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screw camaro only looks good in movies
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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro
nope. I want the older guys that are cry babies because some kids may be more privileged than they were to quit acting like idiots and realize young age doesn't always mean irresponsible and inexperienced. Half of you guys probably have all your aftermarket parts installed by a shop and have never been to a track period. I see more 50 year old women in SUV's doing 50 in a 40 with snow on the road than young kids driving like idiots. Quit resenting kids because they are privileged and assuming they are dumb, irresponsible, inexperienced people. Do you think i think highly of myself because i cited my experience? Stating the facts doesn't make someone cocky.
+1....love it..im relatively new to the game..barely 20 years old..younger guys may do dumb **** but it dont mean that everyone else doesnt do it...i would say most people have mods done by shops which is funny to me...having a shop do it for me takes out all the fun..
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Originally Posted by redline2009

Chevy Camaro:

Pros:
422 hp LS3 with Tremec-6060 Transmission from Z06 and Viper.
Incredible Design and fairly nice interior
0-60 mph: 3.8 sec.
********. The corvette with the same motor has that time. No way in hell the 600 pound heavier camaro is going to touch that.
Old 02-02-2009 | 04:53 AM
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The Camaro is supposed to be retro, and it is. Look at the 1st Gen gauge cluster from the camaro, and look at the new one...pretty cool re-do if you ask me. All the Z owners, keep drinking your "cool"-ade and get your heads out of the clouds, you drive a Nissan...a F***ing nissan, its no ferrari.
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Originally Posted by AroundMyHorn
********. The corvette with the same motor has that time. No way in hell the 600 pound heavier camaro is going to touch that.
Exactly...according to GMs own numbers its no faster than the previous 4th Gen F-Body... It will likely trap higher and pull off some better overall records (sub 12.8 at 110+mph) but on average (with a good driver) it's running low 13s with 108~109mph traps.
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Originally Posted by GoGuRyeo
screw camaro only looks good in movies
If you are talking about Transformers there is a reason..that wasn't the GM version of the Camaro. It's a Saleen body sitting on a Pontiac GTO chasis. It was sweet because it Saleen did some work on it... the one GM is trying to sell isn't sparking my interest.
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i dunno, the 370z looks great to me. i'm very tempted.
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I still want one of the new Camaros pretty badly. Sometimes I wonder if I should have waited in buying my car to save up for Camaro.

That car is going to have some major presence on the street.
Old 02-02-2009 | 10:30 AM
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i think the interior of the camaro doesn't look too bad.. (from the picture above) its not base though right?

370z still looks better imo
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Originally Posted by Evo to Z
The Camaro is supposed to be retro, and it is. Look at the 1st Gen gauge cluster from the camaro, and look at the new one...pretty cool re-do if you ask me. All the Z owners, keep drinking your "cool"-ade and get your heads out of the clouds, you drive a Nissan...a F***ing nissan, its no ferrari.
Bring back Saturday Night Fever and Rocky Balboa...LOL

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