Good price on 08, BUT.....
03-27-2009, 05:06 PM
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Good price on 08, BUT.....
I found an 08 350z for a REALLY good price, but something is up with this car. Look at the pics. It must be a base because there are no buttons on the steering wheel, right? But then how could it have leather seats and a bose stereo? The other thing is that this Z has the stock chrome rims.
I am wondering if maybe the Nissan factory had a bunch of parts and pieces and just started putting together z's with whatever parts they had left over. As in, this was one of the last z's put together at whatever factory this came from.
It only has 140 miles on it and is from a HUGE dealership, so I don't think anything shady is going on. What do you guys think?
I am wondering if maybe the Nissan factory had a bunch of parts and pieces and just started putting together z's with whatever parts they had left over. As in, this was one of the last z's put together at whatever factory this came from.
It only has 140 miles on it and is from a HUGE dealership, so I don't think anything shady is going on. What do you guys think?
03-27-2009, 05:41 PM
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It is a base. Those leather seats are aftermarket wrapped. OEM leather doesn't look like that. And there is no traction control button.....Anyone can swap in the stock BOSE radio. People don't even sell them on the forum, they just give them away...And those seats aren't power, and OEM leather seats come with power. Plus your right about the buttons....
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03-27-2009, 06:51 PM
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And why don't you check out the very right of the seats, there are no power controls.....and the leather is wrinkly on the side and OEM is as smooth as a whistle. What might have happened is the dealer wrapped the cloth seats in leather.
03-27-2009, 07:48 PM
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Those are not OEM seats; not sure why people are debating that.
- OEM leather seats are perforated in the middle, these are not.
- OEM seats are not this shoddily wrapped; look at all the creases.
- These aren't powered.
They wrapped base cloth seats in leather so of course, the manual lumbar adjustment wheels would be on the side. Dealerships do it all the time to increase the appeal of their cars.
- OEM leather seats are perforated in the middle, these are not.
- OEM seats are not this shoddily wrapped; look at all the creases.
- These aren't powered.
They wrapped base cloth seats in leather so of course, the manual lumbar adjustment wheels would be on the side. Dealerships do it all the time to increase the appeal of their cars.
03-27-2009, 07:54 PM
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Yeah, why would the dealer go to the trouble of putting aftermarket leather on the car? They wouldn't. And the Bose stereo? As far as I'm concerned, the fact that there are no steeringwheel controls means for sure that this is a base.
What about my theory that this Z is made with left-overs from the factory?
What about my theory that this Z is made with left-overs from the factory?
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Those are not OEM seats; not sure why people are debating that.
- OEM leather seats are perforated in the middle, these are not.
- OEM seats are not this shoddily wrapped; look at all the creases.
- These aren't powered.
They wrapped base cloth seats in leather so of course, the manual lumbar adjustment wheels would be on the side. Dealerships do it all the time to increase the appeal of their cars.
- OEM leather seats are perforated in the middle, these are not.
- OEM seats are not this shoddily wrapped; look at all the creases.
- These aren't powered.
They wrapped base cloth seats in leather so of course, the manual lumbar adjustment wheels would be on the side. Dealerships do it all the time to increase the appeal of their cars.
