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Originally Posted by Ubetit
I'd understand if you were going to keep your Altima forever. You kept it pristine.... for the new owner, who is probably driving this winter anyway.
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Spot on, I got sick of maintaining the car for the next owner. Stoneguard? F that, the next owner can deal with the chips. Missing spare tools, keys, owners' manual, that's their problem. I paid all the extra money for a new car, I should get something out of it. If the next owner can find such a great deal in a used car, he/she should have enough money saved to get everything perfect.
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Originally Posted by LMBmikeZ
like red6spd said a car that doesn't see the winter will look much better then one that does see the elements. Because I have a garage and other vehicles I can put my Z away for the winter and not have to worry. If I didn't have other cars and couldn't afford more then one, then I wouldn't have bought such an impracticable car for a DD. The Z is clearly not a practicable vehicle.
 with you and I can see both sides to this, but when guys say there's no point in garaging the Z I strongly disagree with that. But all the power to them. Some people I guess just like switching/buying different cars all the time. I would rather keep one car for a long time and switch my DD every few years until I find one I really like. Should note that in the summer my Z pretty much is my DD as long as it's a nice day and I am not working somewhere that has a shitty parking lot (like gravel or dirt roads up to it). |
You are absolutely right that winter is probably the second worst thing behind accidents. My two years old car from down south has less salt damage than my Z after just two winter storms.
I don't know why you talk like people choose to drive their Z in the winter because we can't afford another car. Has it occurred to you that some people just want to drive it and don't care about anything else? My Z lived in the garage for three years, it was recently pushed out because my wife's beater is simply worth more (25K vs 50K) . Plus after all the years of not driving my car through the winter, I am just going to bite the bullet and enjoy the car.
Oh yeah, the Z was designed partly as a performance machine. Since cars get dirty at the track, are you going to tell people not to go to the track?
