Hello!

My 2008 civic that I turbocharged got wrecked a week ago. (100% fault on other guy) I took the opportunity to upgrade. I'm very happy with the Z in the 1 day I have owned it. Here are some pics.

2006 Touring, Tuscan Sun, 30,000 miles. ***correction....Inerlagos Fire is the color***

 

nice!

 

Congrats on the upgrade and welcome!

 

Looks good! Nice color...Welcome

 

Thanks! I'm glad to be here. It's nice having a real sportscar, rather than just a suped up family car

Is this a real good forum site? Are there better ones? I found another one, but (350zforums.com) It didn't seem to have many members.

 

You are in the right place. Nowhere is better. Tons of useful info, answers to just about every Z related question and generally nice people, but like in every society there are a few guys that would try to flame if you ask a question that sounds a bit stupid. Learn to use the search function because a few guys cannot cope with repeat threads. Congrats and welcome

 

Congratulations.

 

Congrats. But the name of that color is not Tuscan Sun...lol

 

What is the color? Cuz while I was at the dealer, I had them look up the official name of the color. And that is what they said it was....are they retarded there?

 

Its called Interlagos Fire, not sure what the dealer was looking at.

 

Thanks! Yeah I was hardcore on my civic forums. I know a hell of a lot of stuff about the 8th generation civics. But this car is mostly new to me. But I do have some friends with heavily modded cars. So I'll be speaking with them a lot. One of them has a 600+ hp twin turbo. He is the owner of C.J. Motorsports.

I'll be doing a lot of reading on this site for awhile I guess. Getting up to speed on how the cars are being modified. Even though I plan on living it mostly stock for awhile. I am starting my own legal practice, so I want to keep this car reliable for now. Then turn it into a project car later.

 

That's funny. I looked it up on my iphone while I was at the dealer, and that is the color I came up with. Then they said tuscan sun lol. Ayy... Thanks man!

 

Gosh I LOVE that color...guessing it's a hard to find color though?

 

New wheels, old hood? Or am I mistaken?

 

should have went with the HR motor in the 07-08 z. Good pick up nonetheless. Also watch out for oil consumption issues. The 06 z are known for this problem

 

Glad you ditched the rice for the real sportscar... :P

But yeah you will love the Z! Just don't be like that one civic driver who split his Z in half on a race cause he didn't know how to handle it...

Now you will see the girls actually stare at you when you roll by! Congrats on the purchase!

 

The hoods changed in 2007.

Congrats on your new to you Z. Great color!! Be sure to check out www.chicagoz.com . You'll find a lot of good info there as well.

 

Thanks everyone!

Yeah, I think the color is hard to find. I had never seen this color till I bought it. I thought it was a custom color at first.

I would liked to have gone to the HR motor, but this was as new as I could afford. Plus I don't plan on upgrading it for a long time anyway. I wanted something fast stock that will be a fun autox car. Since that is my preferred racing. (Not a drag fan, and can't afford wheel to wheel racing yet.)

Also, I'm starting my own law firm in Naperville, Illinois, so I need a car that isn't going to require tons of extra $ or maintenance like the turbo civic I had.

Eventually I will twin turbo the car, unless I get rid of it before then. But I would really like to turn it into a project car. A friend of mine does standing mile with his crazy built z. I think that would be fun to build for at some point.

 

Welcome to the mad world of the Z.

Yes it is, it was a 2006 only colour, so limited, look after it. Have a look at the Colours subforum here. Stunning colour. Get it into the sun and take some pics, do the colour justice.

 

unique color!welcome!