I had an 09 touring sport MT yellow when they first came out. After 1.5 years of ownership the car was totaled. By that time Yellow was no longer available so I opted to look for blue which was my 2nd choice color originally. In 2009 Yellow was scarce and blue was everywhere. At the end of 2010 when I needed a new car blue was scarce and only silvers and grey and black was an option. My choice was order a blue exactly to spec and wait 3months or get something on the lot. When at the dealer ordering my car they sales guy gave me a real good offer on the black nismo on the lot. I countered going even lower saying that if I was going to get a car that didn't meet my specs it would have to be one hell of a deal. Walked out that night with the Nismo for under invoice.
Having owned both now I would say if both were offered to me I would get the touring sport over the nismo. The nismo is great, the extra power is noticeable but not by much, the suspension isn't noticeably better than the standard Z but is noticeably more rough and rigid. I miss my leather and heated seats and prefer the ride of the standard Z over the nismo. In my opinion the body kit of the Nismo looks fantastic but parked next to a sport Z it looks big and too flashy. The sport Z looks tucked in and stealth like. I thought about adding some of the touring options to my Nismo as aftermarket but it's too much of a hassle. Personally, while it might be financially dumb, I'm probably only going to hold on to my Nismo until the end of the year and get either a 2012 touring sport or might jump ship and go with a corvette grand sport. In the end it's not even the fact that it's a NISMO for why I want to trade it in; the black paint on this car is horrible and I just can't stand trying to maintain it anymore. Not saying my previous yellow was much better but at least it didn't show every flaw like the black does.
sorry for the long post
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