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Old 10-18-2012, 08:45 AM   #24 (permalink)
Compdoc777
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It funny to me my dad had a Silver 240Z when I was about 6 a motorcycle ran into it and he never had another. I liked the car it looked pretty cool for the time in 76. I still like the looks of the modified units. They don't show the 280z that was a cool looking car for the 80s and in the 80's it was a cool car. People used to race those around all the time. The 300z was the hottest Z of the late 80s ans early 90s. Those fixed up in twin turbo form were the bomb even into the mid 90s, from there all the cat makers were in sync. The Viper, RX7, Supra, Stealth TT, 3000GT TT... Nissan had some serious competition at that time. Since 2000 really there have not been to many companies building exotic performance machines to compete with each other that look nice. There has been a revival of the muscle car since that time, but even those are getting played in these time of high priced fuel and weak economy who wants a big v8 guzzling fuel. I don't think 350z was that much to write home about. The 370z is a vast improvement over 350z. Noting that the style of the 370z is great I don't know if it will wear well over time to be an iconic classic like the 240z.

You never know though by e time our cars are classics we will be more interested in our morning poo than the looks of our car.
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