Thinking about picking up an 06, but am very concerned with the oil consumption problem. Anyone else experience this problem and if so, what did the dealerships do about it?

thanks

 

my buddy with a g35 had this problem, he is in the process of getting a new motor.

 

I got my 06 brand new about 8 months ago, and i never had that problem yet. I've got about 11K miles now.

 

Should I take a chance at one or just buy a 04-05 350 with a little higher mileage? My concern is I would be the 3rd owner of the 350z with 14k miles. Worried also about if the warranty is voided and where it was purchased.

 

I would just buy the 06 or 07 model. I'm pretty sure if there's an oil consumption problem, the warranty should take care of it. And atleast you don't have to worry about previous owners hiding problems of the car that will bite you in the a$$ later on down the future. Not to mention the 300hp vs. the 287hp models. only 13 hp difference, but to some of us every little hp counts for something.

*If you're gonna spend $20K+ on a car, you should just get what you feel comfortable with. don't let anyone else convince you to get something that they would get, cuz it's your cash. But there's about 4 guys with 06 and up Z's that cruise with us, and i've never heard any of them complain yet.

good luck with your choice.

 

My .02....

Get an 04' and use the cash you saved for an engine/ TT kit or what ever else you want to mod up. Hell, I've seen on 04' go for a decent price. If you do a forged engine you dont have to worry about the miles on the engine. You dont have to do any thing crazy with it. A simple .020 bore (96mm) weisco 9:1 pistons and some eagle H beam rods will be fairly cheap and get you alot of reliability if you boost.

If our gonna mod make you money work for you. If not then by an 07 and be done with it. But eventualy you will want to start tinkering.

 

+1,

 

go* damm that's true... I'm spending more than i can afford already on my 06. I wish i had more money to spend on a t-kit...

 

yea i guess i'll pass on the 06. So tempting because it's the color i want (white) and love the head/tail lights and rims. But I guess i'd rather take a chance at tire feathering than oil consumption. Damn it's hard to find low mileage 6spd 04.5-05 350z's. As for mods, I'm almost done. After owning a turbo civic, turbo celica, evo, and wrx, I'm going on a semi-perm vacation

 

i wouldn't really worry about the oil consumption thing though... If it's a factory problem then the factory waranty should take care of it.

You'll want aftermarket rims anyways. coming from present experience...

and you previous cars must have been pretty fun too huh? I have a turbo gsr coupe, and it's just as fast as my Z (until about 145mph, then the Z's power and tranny take over). I had a nitroused out civic with a gsr motor, and that was very fun until the motor passed on, and it's so cheap to replace compared to a VQ...

*Basically, i just wanted to say that your decision to get a 350z, will have no regrets. It looks good even when it's stock. The power and speed is only compared to turbo cars (EVO, STI, SRT-4), and it's only a N/A V6. When you force induce a Z, the power will have to be compared to supras, highly boosted EVO's, etc... The potential is there, and just having people stare at your car when you're driving by is priceless.... I personally will not purchase another car unless it's a turboed model of the 350z...

***I LOVE THIS CAR!!! and i came from a family of boosted, nitroused acura/hondas... 350Z's is my new future...

 

Yeah Im in 50/50 right now. The price of my car when I bought it is the price of my mods, so um I realy didnt save too much. But its fun as Schitt.

Infact I take delivery of my car (again) tomorrow.... arround 11am.

 

That's what I was thinking. The problem is that I would be the 3rd owner and the previous owner seems to know very little about cars. He was unfamiliar with the term "salvage title" when asked what kind of title it has. He told me it is clear. Also, with only 14,000 miles I wonder why the previous owner sold the car and if the warranty was voided somehow. I guess I'll keep considering it. I was going to buy a z by tomorrow, but I guess I shouldn't rush.

 

There is a silver 03 for sale on the lot over by dixie grill on Kam. Havnt seen a price.

 

if i wasn't so concerned about all the 03 problems i would consider it. Mainly looking for 04.5-05

 

wtf are you talking about, i have an 03 and the only problem i have had in the past 63k miles is that my driver side window motor went ($125 to fix)

 

from what i've been reading on the forums, consumer reports, etc, the 03 wasn't the best of the years. Some people may not have problems, but I'm a believer in consumer reports and such.

 

03's are the best year ever your car will have its own characteristics. but on a serious note i have yet to have a problem yet.

 

06 MT @ 16,000 miles with Oil Consumption

Heading to New City next week to start an Oil Consumption check on the car. I know I'm gonna fail already, I've already dropped 2 quarts in under 2k miles since my last oil change.

Sucks cause I was going "new car, I shouldn't have to check on the oil, hell its less than a year old..."

Well after reading about the problem here on the forum I decided to check on it, low and behold, my oil was sitting middle of the H/L. Checked it a month later and I was below the L.

Filled a quart, and about 750 miles later and I had to drop another quart into the car. So long story short, I'm heading in to start my consumption monitoring.

Sucks, but will let everyone know how it goes.


P.S. My coworker just got his 2005 G35 back from Infinity for the same problem, weird thing is, sounds like they only changed his pistons and rods. Dunno, I told him I'd be pissed, and woulda rather have gotten a whole new motor from NNA. Hes gotta take his car back 1k from when he got it back for additional monitoring.