2017 370z

Darwins Child

You make some good points.

Although Alberta's economy is in the tank and the unemployment rate is high, so far anyway used vehicle asking prices -- both dealerships' and private owners' -- are IMO still quite high. What these owners are actually willing to sell for may be another matter. (I hate negotiating, but there is no way around it.) However, I have noticed that Edmonton dealerships' lots are full to the nuts with new and used vehicles. There are also lots of local used Zs available from private sellers. This may be an impact from the economic situation. You never know the real reason why a private person is selling their vehicle, but no seller is ever going to announce that it's because their economic situation has deteriorated for one reason or another. However, if a seller pointedly says right off the bat that "I don't really care if I sell it", I take note.

I understand that Alberta's and BC's used vehicles are priced higher because their winter environments are better than Quebec's, where salt is used extensively. I guess the same might hold for Ontario, but Ontario owners should comment on that. But this would probably apply less to the Z, which many owners drive only in summer.

I have done further investigation of the sport package and it is something I now want in a used vehicle. The nav and sport package originally added considerably to the cost of the new vehicle. I am now almost certain that the '10 we just looked at had the sport package because of the wheels, brakes and spoilers.

While doing some research on the 370Z Roadster, I stumbled on the following thread.
How is your top
In short, we're going to stick with a coupe. But speaking of convertibles ........ you know which vehicle had the perfect convertible top, IMO? The C5 Corvette.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM75yRsGe04
You can easily and inexpensively replace just about anything on it. If the Roadster had the C5's bone simple manual design (and why not?), we'd seriously consider one.

Someone who has had their slave cylinder "fixed" will have to say what the typical cost is, but if my understanding that the transmission has to be dropped to replace it is correct, it is going to be .