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Hello everyone, I just recently purchased my Z and absolutely love it. I've always wanted to get a Z and really to be honest with you guys I wasn't planning on purchasing one for another year or so since I'll be moving sometime later this year, and already have one car to drive back already lol, but this one just happen to cross my path and I just couldn't help myself I even had to take a short 45 min plane ride to see her in person since until then the only photos I had to view were from the dealer online, and to my surprise when I finally did see her in person she was even more beautiful than I expected so about 30 minutes later after signing paperwork I was out the door and on my way back home to WA which took a little over 4hrs and even though it was raining for most of the trip, I didn't mind the drive at all as you all can imagine after getting behind the wheel of a car I've wanted for quite some time , and the scenery wasn't too shabby either. Ok so enough of my rambling here's some pics of my car, it's an 08 base model, MT, all stock other than the window tint with only 15k original miles!! which I thought was an unbelievable find and is what really made me want to get it, and although I was trying to hold out for an enthusiast model overall I'm very happy with my Z! Also guys please don't be so hard on me for it being a little dirty I really didn't have time to properly clean it since it rains so much here in the PNW ( I know, I know, ) and I work so freakin much to even really have time to work on my car but that will change hopefully soon after I move later this year and figure out which direction I want to take her in, got some ideas in mind but for now here she is hope you guys approve, and sorry if pics are too large still figuring things out
Last edited by 350ZDREAMZZZZZZ; Mar 26, 2015 at 10:45 PM.
^ Thanks alot man, yeah I did a carfax prior to purchasing and it only had 1 previous owner and it seems that they really took good care of it most likely garaged and barely driven.
Last edited by 350ZDREAMZZZZZZ; Mar 26, 2015 at 10:47 PM.
^ Thanks alot man, yeah I did a carfax prior to purchasing and it only had 1 previous owner and it seems that they really took good care of it most likely garaged and barely driven.
Holy crap those miles are low! I bought mine in 2010 and I only have 61k miles and I thought THAT was low!
I bought a base model since I caught Z fever (2 years of saving and I would have gotten a Nismo). My first suggestion as I've said in another Newbie thread tonight-Pay it off. BEST mod evaaaar. If it's paid off, I would go with a differential first if you plan to track or drive "spiritedly".
Copy and pasted from other Newb thread
-Sway bars-I have Hotchkiss and before my coils were my favorite mod by far.
-Catback to pair with your ART pipes (ARTs are on my want list) Keep in mind this won't unlock a billion HP, but will make driving WAY more enjoyable.
-Suspension. If I built my car again I would have gone: Sways, coilovers, camber/toe adjusting goodies, exhaust, wheels/tires, 4.08 gears/differential and other visual junk after that.
I would stay away from the mods (except exhaust) until you learn the car. I have had my Z for 5 years and I am NO WHERE near the car's level of drivability. Plus, if you have a base line to compare it to, you won't get bored as fast!
Welcome to the Z life, and congrats on the FASTEST color of HR out there!!!
looks like it was a garage queen.... looks good. one thing i noticed is the front license plate holder is the stillen one that screws in the tow hook... you can take it off
Holy crap those miles are low! I bought mine in 2010 and I only have 61k miles and I thought THAT was low!
I bought a base model since I caught Z fever (2 years of saving and I would have gotten a Nismo). My first suggestion as I've said in another Newbie thread tonight-Pay it off. BEST mod evaaaar. If it's paid off, I would go with a differential first if you plan to track or drive "spiritedly".
Copy and pasted from other Newb thread
-Sway bars-I have Hotchkiss and before my coils were my favorite mod by far.
-Catback to pair with your ART pipes (ARTs are on my want list) Keep in mind this won't unlock a billion HP, but will make driving WAY more enjoyable.
-Suspension. If I built my car again I would have gone: Sways, coilovers, camber/toe adjusting goodies, exhaust, wheels/tires, 4.08 gears/differential and other visual junk after that.
I would stay away from the mods (except exhaust) until you learn the car. I have had my Z for 5 years and I am NO WHERE near the car's level of drivability. Plus, if you have a base line to compare it to, you won't get bored as fast!
Welcome to the Z life, and congrats on the FASTEST color of HR out there!!!
^ Thanks for the advise, I'll keep all of this in mind as far as mods go I'll probably most likely start off with the suspension been doing some research here on the forums even before purchasing the car and thinking of going with BC coilovers, and SPL components.
Originally Posted by travlee
looks like it was a garage queen.... looks good. one thing i noticed is the front license plate holder is the stillen one that screws in the tow hook... you can take it off
^ Thanks man, yeah I was wondering about the front license plater holder I didn't really have time once again to tinker with the car much as of yet but that was also one of the things that I loved about the car was that they didn't drill license plate holes in the front of the bumper thank god, I like the clean look of it without the front plates although I'll probably just keep it on the front for now until I move since WA state requires a front plate anyways but you can best believe that once I get back to NC it will be the first thing coming off, along with the dealership emblems as well, just want to make everything simple and clean looking as possible.
Originally Posted by Dan Garcia
welcome to the forum and congrats on your z purchase.
what part of WA ?
Nice car man I'm jealous I wish I had white and hr
Originally Posted by mr. sparco
Congrats Dave Smith!
Originally Posted by BigBlue
What a clean machine! Nice find on that HR and welcome.
Originally Posted by Spike100
It's great having you here on my350z.com.
^ Thanks alot guys and Mr. Sparco yeah I still need to pick up my plates and ironically my name is actually very similar to the dealership name so I think this car was destined to be mine
Last edited by 350ZDREAMZZZZZZ; Mar 28, 2015 at 09:57 PM.
New Z Owner Love It :)))))))
I even had to take a short 45 min plane ride to see her in person since until then the only photos I had to view were from the dealer online, and to my surprise when I finally did see her in person she was even more beautiful than I expected 
so about 30 minutes later after signing paperwork I was out the door and on my way back home to WA which took a little over 4hrs and even though it was raining for most of the trip, I didn't mind the drive at all as you all can imagine after getting behind the wheel of a car I've wanted for quite some time 
, and the scenery wasn't too shabby either. Ok so enough of my rambling here's some pics of my car, it's an 08 base model, MT, all stock other than the window tint with only 15k original miles!! which I thought was an unbelievable find and is what really made me want to get it, and although I was trying to hold out for an enthusiast model overall I'm very happy with my Z! Also guys please don't be so hard on me for it being a little dirty I really didn't have time to properly clean it since it rains so much here in the PNW ( I know, I know, 
) and I work so freakin much to even really have time to work on my car but that will change hopefully soon after I move later this year and figure out which direction I want to take her in, got some ideas in mind but for now here she is hope you guys approve, and sorry if pics are too large still figuring things out 
so I think this car was destined to be mine 
