Hey guys!

I am just about to turn 21, this whole time I had been driving a beat up '04 Sentra, which has served me well. My parent let me use that car, so this is the first vehicle that is actually mine and I am very excited. I am not a big car guy, I have learned a lot from lurking around here. Laugh at me, but I also don't know stick that well, I had some friends teach me a little, but this is my first true experience with it. I know a bit about electronics, so I think I am going to attempt to install an LED footwell light asap to the dome light fuse.



Just under 50K miles on it, one previous owner.

 

Welcome and congrats on your DB Z. Take it easy and learn to drive it well- we don't need any more crashed threads on here.

 

Welcome!
Looks nice, and don't worry about not knowing stick that well. All of us here learned at some point. It won't take too long before you feel pretty comfortable driving a stick

 

Looks good!
Great miles& one owner!

 

Thanks guys! I'll take more pics when it's officially mine on Tuesday.

 

My dad taught me to drive a stick at the age of 13. He bought "me" a 95 4wd tacoma and said if you want it you'd better learn to drive it. Told me how the clutch worked and showed me how to shift, then gave me the keys and let me drive around the yard. I probably stalled in my back yard a thousand times lol. It just takes a little getting used to.

 

Nice color. Welcome to the forum.

 

pics of the sentra!

 

congratulations!! nice looking Z love the color.

I learned stick one night in a blizzard a friend who had bought a second hand beater for his wife brought me to pick it up, when we got there he tossed me the keys and said meet me back at my place and rode off, I cleaned off the car, got in it and started it and saw it was a stick, I had to use the clutch to start so I was like, uh oh, never did this before, it was a 3 speed vega I want to say a 72 maybe.

Anyway I made it home in the snow storm with that little three speed and I have been able to drive stick ever since.

 

Welcome and congratulations! Nice color choice.

 

Welcome, being 21 and first manual rwd car - treat her with respect man, it will bite you if you get relaxed.

Always make sure your tires are in good condition and correct PSI.

 

Tires are brand new! but I'll check the PSI as soon as it's in my driveway

 

Since it is a high performance RWD car make sure you keep traction control ON for a while - at least 6 month.

If no traction control, be very careful in rain/gravel/sand, rear end will step out and most new people to RWD will lift the throttle and have snap oversteer, causing the car to rotate 180 degrees in a wide circle, most likely taking out anyone / anything.

Also as far as PSI I would suggest dialing it in to make the car understeed before oversteer. So it has handling characteristics of your previous FWD car.

The way you do it is; pump up front tire psi 3-4 psi higher vs the rear, so when you enter a corner and car starts to lose control the front end will slide a little bit and won't cause oversteer.

When you get at least some good seat time then you can dial it in for oversteer and enjoy a classic RWD setup.

-What an awesome car to own when you are 21.

I had a honda s2000 when I was 21, and if it wasn't for the honda I would definitely be dead in this nissan.

 

S2ks are hard to drive...hows you not wreck it?nvm I forget not everyone who has a sports car drives in WA.

 

I also unfortunately am in NJ. Lots of rain, snow, sand, you name it.

 

Nice and tidy looking '04 you've got yourself there.