Hello from a new member of the family

k.alexander

Hello,

I've been lurking around here for the last few days, and wanted to finally say hello. Looks like a good bunch of people here, and I'll be glad to be a member of the community.

I'm picking up my 09 370Z base PG 6MT on Monday, and obviously I cannot wait.

For the last 9.5 years I've been driving a 1999 Honda Prelude 5spd, original owner (see very very old pic bellow (I'm the "young" guy on the right after placing 1st in a novice class of a TDS rally soon after initially getting the Lude). I did some suspension work on it: Eibach springs 1.3" lowered and KYB AGJ adjustable shocks, AEM CAI, some minor cosmetic stuff here and there, and most of the maintenance. What can I say, Honda's are as reliable as a tank; never had a problem with that car. While I used to do auto-cross events, the car always was and is my daily driver, and it's got some miles on it. I'll be putting it up for sale, and it's going to be tough parting with it.

But anyways, Im looking forward to learning and growing with the Z as I did with my Lude.

dad

Welcome to a really good site.

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onethreefive

Welcome to the forums. How much are you looking to get for the lude?

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k.alexander

I just put it up for sale for $9,995, on craigslist. Going to give it a week to see how many people bite before I put it upon some of the specific "cars for sale" sites (on that note, anyone have suggestions which of those sites are best: cars.com, etc.?)

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LenZToy

Great car! My first car was a 1984 Prelude. Kept it for 10 years over 100k miles. Had the timing belt break but other than that, regular maintenance.

k.alexander

Yep, same thing here. Had the Lude for just a few months shy of 10 yrs. Got almost 130k miles on it. Only things I had to change was the timing belt and the clutch finally gave out last summer. Still trying to figure out what it's really worth (sales-vise). I love that car, if I could afford to have a second car, and/or have a real need for one, I'd keep this car forever - hell, I almost did.

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