Hey guys my names Andrew and I'm located in the Tampa Bay area FL. I've had this account for awhile now and decided to finally introduce myself, I'm 19 years old and drive a 08 350z base model. i know a lot of you must be saying "oh god another teenager with a new Z" I'm fortunate enough for my dad to have bought me this car when i was 17, i appreciate my car just as if i bought it. My 350z wasn't my first car, i had a 99 eclipse gs. i basically did everything i could do within my price range for what i was making working in a retirement home as a waiter. Exhaust, headers, intake, valve cover and so forth... i loved that car until the ECU blew......the first time......the second time......then the third time. over and over i had nothing but problems with the ECU short circuiting. the mitsubishi dealer basically had it hooked up to life support trying to figure out where the problem was, but as always nothing showed up on there computers. my parents realized that it wasn't a reliable car for getting to school and work. we looked around for a while and finally came about this 350 that i have now. I'm making as much payments i can afford right now with pre med in college and work. so far what i have done to my Z is Full Stance GR+ coil overs almost maxed out, kyowa 19x9.5R,19x9F, 245 in the rear and 225 in the front. Invidia test pipes, and right now working on a custom greddy single tip exhaust. and also some minor mods like white dome lights, dual Cf air ducts, 80k hids. well i was just stopping by to say whatsup to everyone finally.

 

why did you bold that?

 

i didn't realize it was bolded until after i posted it i forgot to preview it.

 

Nice looking Z, welcome.

 

Z looks nice. good luck in med school.

 

good luck in school bruh

 

Welcome to the forum, or should re-welcome. Looks good. Any issues with speed bumps, she's awfully low at the front.

 

Welcome

 

Thanks, and i mean speed bumps aren't really my friend so i try to avoid them when i can, i raised the back a bit because my exhaust flange scraped a lot.

 

Welcome

 

Shoulda paid off the entire car before doing any mods. Just sayin'...!

Clean ride and welcome.

 

yea but that gets old i got my z when i was 17 still owe 2k and i started modding stock gets boring after awhile 300whp is so much more fun

to the op you said your dad brought u this car then u say ur still paying it off confusing. also lose the 80k hid

 

I know when i first got it i was so eager and tempted to do so much with it, but i kind of wish i would have put more money towards payments of the car.

Yeah well as in he put the down payment for me as a birthday gift and made some payments until i was able to get a sustaining job, right now I'm a waiter and also work for in home living support taking care of people with cerebral palsy and autism. And yeah I got them awhile ago and just recently put them in once i pull the headlights and take out some of the chrome from within ill switch them back to the normal stock white.

 

At least you weren't afraid to admit your dad bought it for you. As long as you end up paying it off through your dad, I don't see a problem with that. Makes me think a kid is more willing to drive safely if he knows he still owes money on it.

'Cause if it were my kid and he totaled the car, he's still going to pay off his debt to me...

 

Yeah I had my fun time with the eclipse doing stupid stuff, yeah I think with me making the payments it makes me a lot more cautious of things even more than I was with my eclipse. Haha I'm sure I would have a very unpleasant bill sitting on my desk if i were to total it... *knock on wood*

 

We do not discriminate based on race, color, creed, national origin or age. Its against the Constitution and forum rules and its downright unAmerican!

 

Unless your name is Dugan, right?

OP: Welcome back. Your car looks pretty good.

 

welcome

 

remember bumping into you in tarpon springs (i think) awhile back.

nice ride mang.

 

yep, not a bad post.
good job, car looks nice.