Building up the engine

Coon-azz · 07-15-2013, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Go look what the maintenance on a GTR will cost you. You'll run out to the garage and give your Z a big hug. If I were you, I'd boost it on the stock block with a safe, conservative tune around 500whp. You can always build a motor later.

agreed here. This is a lot of HP to put down on a track; unless you're a very experience track junky. Especially for a DD.

Coon-azz · 07-15-2013, 07:52 PM

Mid-life...at 25? I could see it at 35 or 40; but everyone is different. I'd learn to control your Wants over your Needs. Use the $ to get a cheap daily driver, and pay down your Z. Learn to enjoy the car for what it is. If you bought it for straight line drag racing, you bought the wrong car. Its respectable, but this car was meant for carving up the curves. Just my opinion, but it sounds like you're upside down on the value of the Z. In the future, consider looking at the Total Cost of Ownership over, say 5 years. That will give you a good idea of how much the car will cost to maintain and what it will be worth in a few years. Just speaking from experience after having been in your shoes years ago. After having a daily driver though, I ditched it because I ended up just driving my hot rod once in a while and never really learned to enjoy it's full potential.
Now, if I had a GTR or something crazy like that, I'd keep a DD. However, this is why I bought the Z over the Porsche. I'm gonna enjoy it and not feel guilty about it. The difference between a $35k car and a $100k car. Again, just my input.

Also here is a little lesson my father taught me a few years ago. "If you got to worry about the costs to maintain it, you can't afford it." - This coming from a man bought his wife a DB9 for her retirement and himself a RR Phantom to drive back and forth to work in. (and no, money doesn't roll down hill in my family)

..and in case you think I'm full of ***T here I am in my dads garage with his RR Phantom...
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Its good advice and I've learned to live by it...keeps me from getting into that same old situation of letting my WANTS get me into trouble.

07-15-2013, 07:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Coon-azz Track Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fredericksburg,VA Posts: 689 Drives: '12 370z Sport DD Rep Power: 15	Mid-life...at 25? I could see it at 35 or 40; but everyone is different. I'd learn to control your Wants over your Needs. Use the $ to get a cheap daily driver, and pay down your Z. Learn to enjoy the car for what it is. If you bought it for straight line drag racing, you bought the wrong car. Its respectable, but this car was meant for carving up the curves. Just my opinion, but it sounds like you're upside down on the value of the Z. In the future, consider looking at the Total Cost of Ownership over, say 5 years. That will give you a good idea of how much the car will cost to maintain and what it will be worth in a few years. Just speaking from experience after having been in your shoes years ago. After having a daily driver though, I ditched it because I ended up just driving my hot rod once in a while and never really learned to enjoy it's full potential. Now, if I had a GTR or something crazy like that, I'd keep a DD. However, this is why I bought the Z over the Porsche. I'm gonna enjoy it and not feel guilty about it. The difference between a $35k car and a $100k car. Again, just my input. Also here is a little lesson my father taught me a few years ago. "If you got to worry about the costs to maintain it, you can't afford it." - This coming from a man bought his wife a DB9 for her retirement and himself a RR Phantom to drive back and forth to work in. (and no, money doesn't roll down hill in my family) ..and in case you think I'm full of ***T here I am in my dads garage with his RR Phantom... [IMG][/IMG] Its good advice and I've learned to live by it...keeps me from getting into that same old situation of letting my WANTS get me into trouble. Streetlife, GaleForce and logenl7 like this. __________________ I don't care how slow you want to drive; I encourage it. JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF THE PASSING LANE YOU TUCK FARD!!!

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