Just purchased my first 350Z Roadster in Ontario Canada. First read your forum before making final decision. This is a bit different of a car because it was a US car from the southern US, then sold to a Canadian Nissan dealership, Dealer converted US dash to Canadian dash, etc. Car was then registered with Nissan Canada and warranty (bumper to bumper 1.5 years left) is valid here. Car has approx. 10K miles (17K kilometres) and everything looks fine except tires were worn out. Mileage was verified by CarFax. Was somewhat concerned how tires were almost worn out already (original Bridgestones). So dealer and I made a deal that they would put on a new st of Bridgestones. Questions : (1) I would like to drive the vehicle from April/May to October with temperatures ranging from about 2 degrees celcius to 30. Would you stay with the original ones or order a different set ? (2) How long, under "normal" driving should one expect the factory tires to last.
(3) Is there an MP3 connector for the original non-Bose, non-sattelite radio - as the last owner removed the original radio and they are now installing the original radio back in. (4) due to the cost of the wheels/rims would you consider purchasing a warranty for $400-$500 which covers them for 4 years. (5) Any thoughts on extended warranty on this vehicle if only 1 driving season left on full Nissan warranty. (Last) Car looks immaculate inside and out except for someone changing the radio and tires just above wearbars. Underside of car looks clean, no dents, no rust, etc. CarFax was negative. Any other way of verifying mileage since odometer has been reported to be changed by Nissan dealership. Only thing I can think of - is to see if a dealership will check car servicing with the Vin number. Thanks for any replies.

 

Welcome and congratulations.

You can drive with summer tires at or near freezing - just be sensible. When the temperature is freezing, find an empty parking lot, and drive some figure eight's. You will figure out what the tires can and cannot do.

Never heard of a wheel warranty. How do you intend to destroy wheels?

 

That wheel warranty is just a package the says like, if you hit a pothole and bend the rim etc. they will replace the rim for free.

I only paid $100 for that and it covers all my rims for 4 years seemed like a good deal

 

welcome

 

The wheel warranty is in case you dent a rim and the tire warranty is in case you damage a tire. Cost works out to be about $100 to $125/YR and tire replacement is about $450 each to replace here. Take out warranty or not ?

 

Congrats on the car

 

How are the road conditions where you drive? If the streets are in pretty bad shape then it makes more sense to go for it. I have been driving in my town for 20 years and have never come across roads that are so bad that they caused damage to one of my wheels.

 

Welcome to the forum and congratZ on the roadster.

 

It's mostly just a personal comfort kinda thing. And this is Canada. Cold winters sag the road, gravel makes it bumpy, manholes, potholes, etc.