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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 08:15 PM
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Drive it!

I've been only driving my POS '97 130k miled Nissan truck around for the last month and a half, so I took the Z for a quick spin. Can't ever believe I thought the thing could maybe use more power. Felt like being shot out of a damn slingshot compaired to the truck. I forgot how sweet the exhaust sounds at WOT.

Taking a drive along the coast Sunday. Almost forgot what the damn car looked like.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 08:21 PM
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I've got Z withdrawls like none other...

Wish I could just get in and drive, unfortunately, I'm snowed-in, almost 600 miles away...

I should be home in a few days though, weather permitting.

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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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I want to take my z everywhere i go...to the mall, when i go out to eat, to SF...etc but I always have worries. I'm afraid of dints, scratches and any other types of damages. I have this nice car but I'm too paranoid to drive it to places...T_T how do i get over that?
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Cataftercat
I want to take my z everywhere i go...to the mall, when i go out to eat, to SF...etc but I always have worries. I'm afraid of dints, scratches and any other types of damages. I have this nice car but I'm too paranoid to drive it to places...T_T how do i get over that?
get it ding up and you won't be so paranoid : /
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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save some $$ and invest in a clear bra that took my front chip worries all away!
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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hrmm.. wonder what its gonna feel like going from my 87 mr2 beater to my newly tt'd z when i get her back in a few weeks. 110hp sux but man with the price of gas right now, the 1.6l 4 cycle worth its weight in gold.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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The Z is made to be driven. Drive the hell out of that damn thing!!!! That's my philosophy.
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ROBZ350
The Z is made to be driven. Drive the hell out of that damn thing!!!! That's my philosophy.
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my Z is my dd and i love it i get paint chips but its a sports car made to be driven. its not a viper or an italian car that should be parked.
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 03:11 AM
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^

I haven't driven mine since December and probably won't see it again till April. It'll all be worth it in the end...
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 09:23 AM
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Yeah I am pretty paranoid about my Z or for that matter any car I own. But I drive the Z everyday.
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 10:08 AM
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I drove my Z almost every day for the last 2 years. I never slept well at night because of no garage, but now i sleep good, well when I have time to sleep

I never liked having it parked outside 24/7 all year long. The redline would have turned orange in another year or 2. So now it's kind of just my weekend mod toy. I work a ton of hours and it's not practical to drive the Z, especially in the rainy season for job #2.

Driving my POS really makes me appreciate having the Z though. I'll be driving the Z much more next Spring and this Spring/summer.
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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I have z problems... i miss mine... but i cant drive it... its in california... I am not... donno when im commin home... Sad...
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:43 AM
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I got a dint on the door, very small and rock chips on the front bumper...i have a white z and the chips are black...really sucks. Sigh...there's just gonna be more and more chips more i drive it...sad to think about that. Nothing is new forever....
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 07:44 PM
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Touch up paint.. lol
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 06:24 AM
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Errrrrrrrrrr freakin' work. I didn't get to go Sunday after all. Come hell or highwater I'm talking out a loan out from the bank for a tank of gas and going This Sunday.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by SammySJ99
Touch up paint.. lol
Yea...I tried. I used the touch up paint pen...it is pretty much crap, not even at all T_T
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