I am on Z car #5. First one I bought back in 1996 was a '73 240Z that I really learned a lot by working on it. Converted to '70 carbs, electronic ignition and did lots of other interior work on it.
I have owned two '83 280ZXTs...one with a manual and one with an auto. An auto is a travesty in any sports car and it certainly was in that one.
Recently I had an '85 300ZX NA car that was beautifully preserved. I rebuilt everything underneath that car and got my fill chasing vacuum lines when I restored the HVAC system in it.
2 years ago I found a 10k mile 2014 base coupe with a manual private part for $23k. Paid cash. No sales tax, no doc fees, and had essentially a new car for a very good price. I'll have this one for a while. I was actually looking at FRS/BRZs at the time but the deal was too good to pass up on the Z and I'm better off for the extra 132 horses under the hood in a much better handling package.
Always loved the Z. Nissan's other lineup is mostly crap these days with CVTs and horrible customer service, but somehow the Z still lives on, albeit by a thread.
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