I used to drive a 2004 Hyundai Tiburon GT, but I've upgraded to a 2003 PPW 350Z

I work at a Dodge dealership as a tech, and we had just recieved the Z from a wholesaler a couple days ago. Luckily, I got the job of doing the inspection on it. So I took it on the test drive and fell in love with it and decided to see how much they wanted for it.

I got the car for $20,200. It only has 28k miles on it, only has 2 small chips in the paint. The Z is only the base model unfortunately, so no lsd, hids, navi etc. No biggie though, I'll probably end up buying that stuff later on. It's bone stock, except for a K&N filter. I'll probably drive it stock for a little while, I got some credit cards I need to pay off. Don't tell me to turbo it, I don't make that much money yet lol All I want for it right now are some Work Meister S1's, HKS Hi Power Ti exhaust, and the Nismo S-Tune suspension.

I love the suspension on it, very stiff, yet not harsh. Car is very easy to drive, although I'm still trying to figure out how to shift smoothly from 1st to 2nd. For a stock exhaust, it sounds pretty nice. As for the looks, I got lots of stares with my Tib, but now I get a lot more, I'm not sure if it's because of the car or the fact that everyone thinks that I'm a 16 year old driving it (I'm 21, and like most other filipinos, I look a lot younger than I am.)

On to the pics:






That's all I got for now, but I don't think you guys would want to see pics of a stock Z, so I probably won't post anymore until I get a few mods on it. My first car was an 84 300ZX, it feels good to be back with the Nissan family.

Here's a couple older pics of the Tib. It had an Injen cai, Hotshot headers, Ark single Ti exhaust, B&M short shifter, Ark strut bars, Tein S-Tech springs, Apex'i AFC Neo, 18X8 Motegi DP-10's. It also had KDM Tuscani emblems, and Compact Division's carbon fiber eyelines, but I don't have any good pics of those.

 

Nice Tibby and nice new Z. Seems to be a popular upgrade among the KDM crowd.

 

Welcome and congratz. Must be like being a kid in a candystore sometimes working at a dealership.

 

Only sometimes, I've only worked on a handful of SRT-4's, some Daytona Chargers and 300's. I got to sit in an SRT-10 the other day, but it was only to push the clutch in so the other tech could listen for a noise. I wish I could have test driven that beast.

 

Congratulations. Both cars are beautiful, but I think you'll like driving the Z a bit more. Probably not a lot of Zs in the tri-cities area. Welcome.

 

Congrats. Welcome to the PPW Family.

 

Welcome to the fold... I too was a former Tibby owner!!..

Congrats..

Here's a couple pics of mine:





It was a custom twin turbo sema beast... i miss it terribly but it was wrecked in a near fatal t-bone (not at fault).

 

Thanks. I don't like driving the Z a bit more, I like driving it a lot more Yeah, I don't see very many Z's around here.

That sucks. Were you a member of NT? I think I remember seeing some pics of your car before. My sn on NT is also DManator.

 

should have talked em down on the price a bit more. congrats though

 

Yeah I was on newtib.... it's a drama fest now adays... I still have an 05 tib sitting in the garage that I'm going to supercharge, meth inject, and rebuild the trans/put an lSD in... make it a total beast...but the Z... thats' my daily(isH) and track car..

I love them both .. but if I had to choose one.. it's the Z.. hands down

 

lol 20k for a 03 base? ... seems a bit high to me ..

 

I have to agree... especially when I walked out the door at 26k TTL for my 07 with 50 miles...

Could be a roll over too...? Who knows.. the point is he has the car!

 

Yeah, I did pay a bit much for it, but that's what I get for not doing my research. Oh well, no biggie, I love the car.

 

Um, how can you compare the two lol.

One is a sports car while the other is a not. Doesn't mean the KDM is bad. I just think you can't compare the two.

 

Ergo why I chose the Z.. .and yes.. a 600hp Tiburon built for the track ... you can compare it.. trust me...

But yes, they are definitely different classes of vehicles... fo sho

 

And that's what really matters bro!

 

That's what I'm saying because I have respect for Hyundia's, they're just lack a real performance model.

It just seems like when someone says "i'd take a 350z over a Tiburon" Of course! But the phrase makes the Tibby seem like a terrible car rather then, a car that isn't terrible but in a different league.

 

congrats on the car man...love the color!!!!