Well, indirectly.

I got back from a 9 month tour in Afghanistan about a month ago.
And, long story short, I've always wanted a 350z. So I bought one.

2003 250z Touring. 90k miles.

She might have been someone else's baby first, but she's mine now.

There is no horrendous look scratch/paint swap on the driver's door. I'm guessing weird reflection that I didn't notice at the time.
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Cool Story and good for you! Enjoy your new toy!

 

Vietnam indirectly bought me a car many many years ago........

 

Oh sweet jesus, I am.
Though it talks to me at night. Telling me to spend money to do things to it.

 

I'm not going to lie, it sounds like your car was indirectly more expensive than mine.

I'm so happy I wasn't around to go to Vietnam, and have all the more respect for the men who were.

 

GratZ OP!

2 things:
1-pictures of the Z
2-Thanks for serving

 

1.
2. No problem

 

Note. There is no giant scratch or something on the driver's side door. I'm guessing weird reflection.

 

Thank you for your service soldier and congrats on the Z.

Looks like you have some aftermarket brake rotors already.

 

The rotors are just what were on there when I bought it. As of right now I haven't touched anything. Trying to budget a set of wheels.

 

Congrats on the Z and thank you for serving

Any plans for it?

 

Thank you for your service to our fine country. And congrats on the Z. Hopefully I'll have one by next weekend.

 

Well I def got to mod it. I kind of plan to use to to help me learn all the things about cars I should already know.

First thing I'm doing is wheels. So I've learned a ton about offsets and tire sizes etc. finally settled on 18x9.5 all the way around +15 offset with 275/40/18 in the rear and 255/40/18 in the front

My fiancee has said she might buy me a plenum spacer for my wedding gift. We're getting married in December.

And I need to do more research and decide if I want to keep stock intake with the K&N i put in or if I want a JWT or Stillen.

All that and exhaust I hope to have done before my birthday (January).

Long term plans however, I want to look more into the 4.07L strokers and a TT. But I've got a lot to learn between now and then.

 

Man, I just love this car. Never even driven anything like it.

I had a 2000 Ford contour when I was 16
Got an Impala like 3 months later when I wrecked that.
Then about a year after that I got a Lancer OZ Rally when I wrecked the impala.
Gave that to my sister about 2 years ago and got a Hyundai Elantra (never again)
It broke down on me right before I went to Afghanistan, and the deployment gave men plenty of money to buy a nice car that will last and actually be fun to own.

So now I have a 350

For the record I'm over 5 years with no wrecks now. Along with having received Offensive/Defensive driver's training, and driving a Suburban in afghanistan for 9 months.
So the 350 is at little to no risk of my streak of wrecking cars when i first started driving.

 

lol on the Elantra. I don't really do much in the line of cars, and never got a vehicle coming back from a combat tour. But I definitely believe it's deserved!

Who do you serve with and what rank?

 

Thanks for your service! What wheels are you looking at?

 

Lol yea I don't know what I was thinking about the Elantra. Its still taking up my garage, because the city gets really bitchy about it sitting in the driveway and never moving, and I'm moving in under a month I don't know what to do with it.


I'm in the Army Infantry and I'm a SPC or E4 promotable.

 

The ones I'm probably going to get are the Enkei Kojins.
http://www.enkei.com/kojin.shtml#
In Black

As much as I'd love a set of Volk TE37, I just can't justify spending that money on wheels right now when there is so much more I could do to the car with the extra. And from what I understand Enkei makes really solid wheels anyway.

 

Use it on rainy days when you don't want to mess the looks of the Z. That paint is BEAUTIFUL!

Hooah soldier! Retired Gunnery Sergeant, USMC.

 

The Elantra does not run lol, and I'm not entirely sure whats wrong with it.

And, nice, I served with a bunch of marines in Afghanistan.
Thats terribly worded. But as in we were on the same base, and even ran a few missions together.