Thanks. Yes, I had the luxury package. I was envious of those with the Vader seats, but in the end, the Napa leather in the lux package aged much better than the leather on the Vader seats.

Yeah, modding the M3 engine was too expensive for the return on gains.

I'm a dad now so I may have to get 4 seats again. I'll try to keep the 350z for my fun car. Maybe I'll get a used e92 M3 sedan for family duties. Wife has an x5 xdrive35i.

If I ever do get rid of the z, it'd be for a 2014+ Sting Ray or Z06

 

Welcome and congrats on the Z, I hope you've been enjoying it these past couple of months. I've also had a BMW and 350Z. Had my 2003 350Z first which was great. Got an E36 323IS few years later, which isn't an M3 obviously, never the less, I was amazed at the quality and performance of it so I could only imagine how much better the M3 would be. I wanted to have both so now I have my 350Z Nismo and E46 M3, both AMAZING cars.

 

how much did u pay for the Z if u dont mind?

 

I traded my E36 M3 for my Z back in 2004. Biggest regret (car related) I ever made . Even after I traded the DE for an HR in 07, I still missed the M3. The handling, traction, comfort and practicability is much better.

 

i agree with you, i regret selling my e36. im actually going to be selling the z sometime this summer, will probably go towards getting an frs/brz, i would love another e36 but i got tired of having an older car mainly because it would be my daily driver.