My journey from the 240z to the 370z

pecotheguyo · 11-30-2017, 12:11 AM

When I was 19 I bought a 1971 240z with a build date of Nov of 1970 which is the month I was born. It was orange, it had a ton of miles and syncros that would punish me if I was too aggressive down shifting which at 19 was too often. I drove that car everywhere. The birth of my first child lead me to sell the Z in 1993 and at the time I though I would just pick another up when I wanted to.

Youthful ignorance...

I moved on to other Japanese cars, a RX-7, a couple of MR2s, and a 78 Celica Supra. Then Mustangs. Then I dabbled a bit in rally cross with Volvos. I'm a old dude now and figured since I'll probably not end up with another orange 240Z so I did the only reasonable thing I could do which was to buy a 2009 370z touring/sport with the automatic. It's not supposed to be my daily but I have driven it work everyday since I bought it and I think I'm just going to drive it everywhere, everyday!

I have learned a lot about my car on the forum and appreciate being added.

-pecotheguyo

cigarclifford · 11-30-2017, 12:27 AM

Welcome to the 370Z forum

Memphis370Z · 11-30-2017, 06:12 PM

Congratulations and welcome.

Zoren 370 · 11-30-2017, 06:17 PM

Welcome to the forum and sharing your car history.

Z-Girl 12 · 12-02-2017, 09:00 PM

Congrats and welcome to the family!

Spoiler · 12-03-2017, 07:52 AM

Nice story. Glad you made it back to the Z again

Welcome

- Spoiler

11-30-2017, 12:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
pecotheguyo Base Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: PNW Posts: 1 Drives: 09 370Z Rep Power: 8	My journey from the 240z to the 370z When I was 19 I bought a 1971 240z with a build date of Nov of 1970 which is the month I was born. It was orange, it had a ton of miles and syncros that would punish me if I was too aggressive down shifting which at 19 was too often. I drove that car everywhere. The birth of my first child lead me to sell the Z in 1993 and at the time I though I would just pick another up when I wanted to. Youthful ignorance... I moved on to other Japanese cars, a RX-7, a couple of MR2s, and a 78 Celica Supra. Then Mustangs. Then I dabbled a bit in rally cross with Volvos. I'm a old dude now and figured since I'll probably not end up with another orange 240Z so I did the only reasonable thing I could do which was to buy a 2009 370z touring/sport with the automatic. It's not supposed to be my daily but I have driven it work everyday since I bought it and I think I'm just going to drive it everywhere, everyday! I have learned a lot about my car on the forum and appreciate being added. -pecotheguyo Zoren 370 likes this.

11-30-2017, 12:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
cigarclifford A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Cali State Hospital Posts: 13,351 Drives: 2017 Corvette Z06 Rep Power: 458713	Welcome to the 370Z forum __________________ -Clifford

12-02-2017, 09:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
Z-Girl 12 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 4,105 Drives: Spirited Rep Power: 11716	Congrats and welcome to the family! __________________ 2012 Z-SOLD 2014 Nismo #565 Fast Intentions CBE/HFC/Swift/SPC/RJM/H&R-15/20mm/Z1 CAI/Headers/Intake Manifold w/Uprev Tune 328.31whp/263.64tq

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11-30-2017, 06:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Memphis370Z A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Memphis Area Posts: 3,117 Drives: '09 MB Rep Power: 124434	Congratulations and welcome.

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12-03-2017, 07:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
Spoiler A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Central Florida Age: 65 Posts: 8,409 Drives: 21 Supra -Blk/Red Rep Power: 2684380	Nice story. Glad you made it back to the Z again Welcome - Spoiler