Hello Texas,

I just wanted to send a quick post to say, "Hi!"

I'm moving from New York to Austin to begin a new career, and the 350Z is getting picked-up by car-carrier in the morning, and I'll be flying there on Wednesday.

I hope to meet a bunch of you guys at the next few events, and if anyone has good suggestions for Austin/Round Rock dealerships/tuners then please let me know.

Although Performance may only be three hours away, it would be good to know the local shops' reputations.

Thanks,
Eugene

 

It's hot and muggy as f*ck today.

 

Its always hot here is texas. Anyways im phil and Ide like to welcome you here to texas. I havent really been to any meets because I never hear about them so when they do meet up be sure to send me a PM and Ill be there. What mods are on your ride? Got pics?

 

Thanks,

Yes, I am a bit freaked about the heat and humidity, but I'm reading to start blasting the A/C.

My car is a pretty-much stock Brickyard Enth with Track Wheels and Sarona Fenders. Here's an attached pic of my Z getting loaded onto the flatbed this morning. I hope to see it again in a week or so.

 

nice car..how much for fenders? anyways lets meet up when u get here..i know some places they meet.later!

 

Check out the local Z club when you get a chance.

Capital Z of Texas

Our monthly meeting is the last Monday of every month plus we usually do at least one other club event for the month. All events are listed on the club website.

This month we are getting to gether and going to one of the local hot rod meets on Saturday the 16th. Check the website for details.

Looking forward to meeting you.

 

I wanna join..how much to become a member?

 

All the info you need is here:

CZOT Club Info

 

Just a side note from a different viewpoint...

The Capital Z of Texas Club is one of the better clubs in the country.
Very well organized and ran. Their events are well thought-out, and they've got a lot of REALLY cool cars (and people).
Join up and participate...you'll be glad you did.

zcardave
Z Club of Houston

 

il be moving back to Austin sometime next month to finish school at UT. I might see ya at some meets.....

 

its hot as hell here now....

welcome to TX!

Also, I prefer South Point Nissan for service... so far...

 

I am new to Austin as well...been here about a month...NW Austin area.

 

Lets have a new to austin meet..this friday at some place at some time..holla!

 

Really you do? They seem like a bunch of morons there. Thats actually where i bought my Z because i have a hook up long story but new for 25,500. Anyways while my buddy took me up in their 5 story car garage to let me take my pic of the Z i wanted I saw no less than 3 NEW Z's with all kinds of pre-sell damage to the body and paint. Im talking holes in bumpers and deep paint scaring to the primer in large areas that they will cover up or clay up and sell to people! To make it worse these werent on the cheap models like the base they were on the 45k convertibles! BEWARE. Also the service department is slow but as for the quality of their work i never dared to test it lol. If any Z owner in austin/roundrock wants to service their Z buy some jackstands or just simple ramps and i will show you how to do it. Its so easy there really isnt any reason not to do it youself.

 

How about Saturday the 16th?

Our VP of Events is putting together a little cruise to one of the local hot rod meets then go to D&B afterwards.

Here's a link to the info:

Cruise to Hot Rod Meet

I'll start a new thread about this.

 

I do all maintenance myself.. but I have to take in my grinding POS tranny in for warranty work.

Honestly, I dont trust ANY dealerships.

I bought my Z from RoundRock, and when I discussed the first grinding tranny with them the service rep acted like he had never heard of it and was insulted I even implied it could happen! They also failed to fix my shifting seat and claimed they couldnt reproduce my gas pumping problem.

South Point told me right off the bat that the tranny probably needed to be replaced, as they had seen it several times already. Though they could not repair my seat either... I ended up doing the fix I found here which works, but I need to tighten it up with a washer.

I bought my wifes Murano from South Point.. the purchase experience was much much more difficult there... we really had push... we walked three times before they came to a reasonable number on the Murano... my wife got so pissed she started chewing out the salesman in the middle of the lobby...

We have taken her Murano in twice so far... her alignment went off at 5k miles and her visors rattle. We dropped it off at 7AM at SP, and they said it would be ready at lunch. We told them wed be back around 5 anyhow...
come 5:00 they hadnt even looked at it. So they ended up doing a rush job, scratching the steering wheel (very slightly mind you) and leaving the steering wheel WAY off alignment. They didnt even look at the visors. So the second visit was to have them fix the steering wheel alignment and complain about the scratches, to which Tony the service rep said they didnt look like they could be made by a machine, but rather by a razor... so I think he was implying that my wife or I took a razorblade to our steering wheel!!

So, so far, while South Point hasn't been perfect, they are better IMO. I hate being dicked around with by service reps... Dont get me started on F'ing Howdy Honda...

I will let you know how Todd at South Point treats me, but at this point, I am soooo mad at Nissan, the dealership comes in a distant second.

 

Welcome to Austin Eugene and I hate JDM. Cool to see another Brickyard owner.

 

"I discussed the first grinding tranny with them the service rep acted like he had never heard of it and was insulted I even implied it could happen!"

Go by and talk to Jerome at Maxwell Town North on 183 and Burnet. He knows about the Z's problems.

 

Golfin, thanks, I have already had it taken care of... my third transmission is now in, and my second axles are being put in as we speak.

I am gonna sell the car next week. I cant take it any more.

 

Welcome to Austin to all the new people.

I was out of town and missed the last couple of events. I am just now getting back into the swing of things.

Tacoma,

I don't know the timeline, but I know that the Round Rock Nissan guys are VERY familiar with the Z problems...I have the 30+ service tickets to prove it

Sorry to hear you are having problems still.

D