I thought I would pop in and introduce myself. 30 years ago a friend of mine had a early 70' 240z. We took it all over SoCal in the 80's and it always turned heads wherever we went. Driving through the canyons to and from the beach always got the adrenaline going. Fast forward to now. Gone from California, now in Colorado. All the kids are gone, and a SUV isnt really needed any more to cart teams of kids around anymore. The wife has the 2010 Murano and prior to that it was a 2005 Murano. Needless to say i am a fan of Nissan. And it was time to look for something fun for me after i wrecked my 92 Toyota PU. I knew that i wanted a sporty looking coupe. I had originally thought about a convertible but living in Colorado I figured it probably wasn't a good idea due to our winters here. But, I know I'm going to hate myself later this Spring and Summer. So I really looked around (Mazda3's, Audi TT's, Infinity M35's, Hundai Velositer, and the Nissan Z's). I knew it was going to be used which is a bit of a gamble when purchasing a sports car because they may have been run pretty hard by the previous owners. The Hundai was out quickly, exterior was nice, interior good, engine (twin turbo 4-cylinder) ok. TT was close. I loved everything about it but labor and potential maintenance costs took it out of the running. The M35 was in the running, as was the Mazda. But after researching the Z's that have been reborn I knew my search was over. I set up a search and looked around for a couple weeks and one came up that was brought in from Auction that morning that came from New Mexico. VIN shows 2005 Anniversary Edition and at $12,500 and 68,000 miles I had to look. Exterior looked good, interior fair (leather seats are on their way out but no tears and some of the plastic accents are peeling, cheap plastics). After taking it for a test drive i was immediately taken back to my teens (hopefully "Dude" doesn't reenter my vocabulary). I've now had it for a week and some little things have come up. I took it up into the mountains and at first everything was great. It handled GREAT on the winding mountain roads of the Colorado Rockies. However, half way through the Temperature "red lines" and Check engine light comes on. Needless to say there were lots of F-words and S-words. I took it in to have it checked out and thermostat is bad, maybe blockage in coolant lines, dead battery, A/C belt removed (maybe for a boost in HP, hopefully it actually works). If this is all it needs I'll consider myself lucky. In short, I absolutely LOVE my car. My wife isn't sold on it yet she would have liked me to get another SUV or luxury sedan that would be better in the snow. She's a Mopar Fan but I'm bringing her around. After I let her drive it (I haven't let her yet) I'm sure she'll get on board.

 

Welcome to the forum - what part of colorado are you in?

without knowing your back story - a small 4wd pickup might be a wise purchase. I don't drive my z much during the late fall/winter/early spring months. I have a f150 as my daily and it's nice bc of the ability to carry more people/dogs, more cargo, 4wd, not worried about road debris, snow, chemical, etc...

 

Welcome- there are a few Colorado Z guys here. As a fellow Nissan fan, I use a Versa HB with snows for the winter, but this warm weather has me thinking about getting my Redline coupe out this weekend.

 

I'm in Denver Metro. I've been here for 25 years now. We still have the Murano which does all of the "heavy-lifting". But, we only get 10-15 days a year (if that) when the roads would be a challenge in the "Z".

 

Dude.... welcome!

When did "dude" go out of vogue? Heh heh....

 

Not sure that is actually a 35th. Looks like it's missing the wheels, Brembo brakes, and the bronze side emblems. Did you get it from a dealer? The trim code should be AE. The VIN really won't tell you.

 

I didn't think it was at 35th either. But when I did a preliminary vin search and one of them came up as 35th. I'm pretty sure its the Touring model. As for the whole "Dude" issues it took me 15 years to get myself from using it in every other sentence. Living in "The Valley" during those times it was part of the culture, "Fur Sure". It still slips out every now and then though.

 

yeah i said the same thing in another thread to him, but his price is about on for a touring

 

Welcome!