poetik

Hey guys!

I'm looking to get into 350z and I found one on CL that I liked. It's a 2003 enthusiast model with 122k miles on it. I had it inspected / checked out at a local bucky's and they said everything looked good. They don't do compression / leak down test, just a basic look around. However after reading threads on here about the 2003 tranny, it makes me very paranoid..

The owner has stated that it's the original tranny and it hasn't given him any problems. I test drove it and it didn't seem to have any tranny issues either. However, I didn't really get on it super hard or try to shift extra quick on it to try to make it grind. Maybe I should do another test run?

I'm just really curious if I'm walking into a ticking time bomb. Are there actually any 2003 / 2004 z's out there that have exceeded 100k miles and never needed their tranny / syncros changed?

Here is a picture of said car:



Also here are the specifics he had listed on the car in CL:

-Clean title
-122k miles
-2nd owner, purchased in 2006 with 35k miles.
-Changed oil every 2-3k
-Mechanically well maintained
-Tranny and differential fluid flushed and changed with redline synthetic very recently

Mods include:

-Nismo cold air intake
-Nismo Catback exhaust
-PPE equal length long tube headers ceramic jet hot coated (just bought these and ran me $1200 and yes they are installed)
-Nismo shocks / springs
-Nismo front and rear sway bars
-Nismo Shift ****
-Nismo floor mats
-ACT prolite flywheel and exedy stage 1 clutch installed at 117k miles
-MB battle wheels 18x9.5 +15 front and rear
-Brand new EBC red stuff brake pads
-Rotora brake rotors
-Stainless steel brake lines
-Recently replaced driver door window motor and has an extra motor for the passenger side

The body is pretty straight and everything is relatively clean. He was asking 8.5k but we negotiated on 8k. Do you guys feel that it's worth it? He seems like a pretty honest guy and actually works at a family owned restaurant in my small city. I highly doubt he would want to sell a car on the verge of a breakdown when I know exactly where he and his whole family works.

I would love a second opinion so any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated!

I posted this in general chat but then saw this section which had similar threads. Mods please PM me if you want me to close one of them down.

350FantaZ

Seems like a fair price. 2003 was the first year they made them but they had the most problems with the 2003. If you want my opinion I would just save up a could thousand more and get a 2004 with under 100,000 miles.

KornerCarver

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There is nothing wrong with the '03 models. Any problems would have been corrected long ago.