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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 10:34 AM
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Well I traded my 350ZR back in Nov 08 for a 2008 Avalanche. I kept the Avalanche for almost 2 yrs and traded it on an 11 Mustang GT.

Anyway back to the ZR. I had a mint fully loaded 2005 ZR with a Nismo exhaust, 06 LED rear tailights, JWT intake, 8400 miles. Anyway, I am on patrol (Im a police officer in my city) and drive by two males getting out of a convertible Red Z that was already parked by a house. I pull up beside the driver and ask where he bought the ZR. Turns out he bought it 2 days after I traded it in. The owner of the Z is an older guy probably in his late 40's early 50's. He's also real nervous in speaking to me.

I get out of my car and decide to chat with him. After he realizes I am not pulling him over he explains what he has done to the car. Sorry but I don't have pictures to describe my poor old ZR. The guy goes onto to say how he has had to replace the transmission, the top is ripped and the Nav is broken. The car is a mess, looks like he has never washed it, there are scrapes everywhere and he goes onto to say he hit a fence last week cause he had TCS off. He opened the hood and the JWT filter or the engine hasn't been cleaned for the last 2 yrs. The shiny Nismo exhaust I put in was black from all the dirt. The interior looked like an episode form Hoarders! I told him about the full clear bra and he had no clue what it was only for him to say that his dog scratched the hood by jumping on the car.

I spoke to my salesman shortly after I bought my Avalanche the Z sold. The salesman said an older gentlemen bought 2 cars with a recent settlement and the ZR was one of the cars he bought!

Needless to say, I left my old ZR disgusted.

It was a sad day especially since I thought my old ZR would have been taken care of. And the guy wanted to sell it for $13K, I had to laugh.

I'll try and take pics of the Z with my iphone if I ever see it in town again.

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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 11:49 AM
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That's unfortunate. I'm about to trade my 350Z in and every time I look at a pic of it, I can't help but pray it goes to a good home.
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 11:56 AM
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that really sucks. I saw one of my old cars a while after I sold it and the kid had posted about it on some forums and he upgraded even more stuff and lost 27whp on my old setup =/.
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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What part of Texas?
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 12:53 PM
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What part of Texas?

What they said.
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 01:10 PM
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lol now everyone worried you going ot pull them over and ask them about there Z lol
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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What part of Texas?
San Angelo.
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by hellsoldiers08
lol now everyone worried you going ot pull them over and ask them about there Z lol
I don't have any probems with Z's here, its mainly the civic crowd!
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 05:00 PM
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 05:29 PM
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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Hey Zand-Max, my friend and I are planning a future cross-country trip in my Z roadster (All back roads and all top down). On the way, I want to look over some opportunities in San Antonio and it would sure be nice to enjoy police immunity while in the area.

I don’t know if you’re a single gentleman or not, but my friend loves to party and is gorgeous and wonderful in every way. I can assure you that she’d be horrified to know that I was pimping her over the Internet, but to a sports car driver, police immunity is… well, priceless!
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Jennifer 2
Hey Zand-Max, my friend and I are planning a future cross-country trip in my Z roadster (All back roads and all top down). On the way, I want to look over some opportunities in San Antonio and it would sure be nice to enjoy police immunity while in the area.

I don’t know if you’re a single gentleman or not, but my friend loves to party and is gorgeous and wonderful in every way. I can assure you that she’d be horrified to know that I was pimping her over the Internet, but to a sports car driver, police immunity is… well, priceless!
Doubt you'll drive to San Angelo, thats about a 4 hr drive from San Antonio.
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 08:43 AM
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I acquired my 2005 base model in may this year and the previous owners took care of it as best as one can over 5 years of everyday driving (except winter) use. She has 94,000 miles (previous owner drove the interstate to work all the time), runs like a brand new Z and the day I found it on the lot I knew I had some work ahead of me to clean it up. Now all my friends tell me that I've brought a Z back from the unclean dead lol. This Z has a permanent home with me and will be taken care of...

I hate to hear about your ZR being beaten up like this... to some people a car is just a car to get them to point a and b. I will say that the previous owner of my Z had all the service done at the dealership and besides a scuff on the front bumper she was well cared for. Maybe you can get another ZR to make up for it!

My 94K mile stock base model.



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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by STL 350Z
Maybe you can get another ZR to make up for it!
Nah, I bought an 11 Mustang GT with the 19" P-Zero Pirelli's and the Brembo brake package. Still love the handling of the Z though.
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by zand02max
Doubt you'll drive to San Angelo, thats about a 4 hr drive from San Antonio.

My bad, I’m a Canuck so Spanish names are Greek to me and I inevitably mixed the two up.
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Jennifer 2
My bad, I’m a Canuck so Spanish names are Greek to me and I inevitably mixed the two up.
lol! My uncle is a M/C cop in San Antonio though,
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 05:34 PM
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What a sad state of affairs... I feel your pain that's why I will keep my Z forever.
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 06:44 AM
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traded the Z... now you have a Mustang GT?
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Old Nov 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by vtecsux
traded the Z... now you have a Mustang GT?
Yep, had to get the new 5.0! Actually I traded the Z for an 08 Avalanche, just got the GT last month!
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Old Nov 22, 2010 | 05:41 AM
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who cares its not ur car u sold it what do u expect
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