Before when I didn't have the Z I would look at every new model that came up every year and would wonder how it would be like to own it,
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05-17-2016, 09:51 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Just an observation
Before when I didn't have the Z I would look at every new model that came up every year and would wonder how it would be like to own it, after the Z entered my life I still get the same feeling and all I need to do is look at my car and the feeling goes away....funny how after almost 3 years I still like to drive it and more so look at it..
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05-17-2016, 10:18 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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I must be more sick in the head than you cause I cant help it and still drool over and dream about getting a new car.
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05-17-2016, 10:51 AM | #4 (permalink) |
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I still enjoy reading and daydreaming about other cars. Sometimes I even go test drive them. Then I go for a drive in the Z and forget all about them! I think this feeling will be enhanced when I install my FI exhaust this weekend!!
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05-17-2016, 03:19 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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There isn't anything I can actually afford that I'd rather own, so I'm good for now.
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05-17-2016, 03:42 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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I daydream about owning and driving a faster, more expensive car, but as soon as I drive the Z, everything in the world seems right. Don't get me wrong, given the opportunity, I'd trade in the Z for a 991 or even a 997 Carrera S, but the Z is plenty of car for the enthusiast in me.
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05-17-2016, 03:52 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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None of my dream cars will be affordable to me in this lifetime. But pulling up to a dealership in the Z gets some interesting reactions sometimes.
The VW sales guy was like you should go somewhere else The Honda sales guy didn't want me driving his test cars like a Z - I just as my wife got in the driver seat. The BMW sales guy asked to drive it The Subaru sales guy asked for a ride in it - I obliged and he gave up trying to sell me on an STI
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05-18-2016, 05:08 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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I should have waited until I got home from work as today as I came to a stop light and a CRV driven by a middle aged man and a female passenger pull next to me and he rolled the window down to tell me that my car was "handsome" and the woman game me a thumbs up...If he was alone I would have thought something else but I'm glad she was in the car...my response to them was...it's my mistress ..as my wifey calls her since I spend more time with her than with my wife...just kidding the garage tends to keep me from doing the honey do list that's why, ok 'nough
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There's always going to be newer and faster stuff out there but when you find the one that does it for you none of that matters. After over 2 years of ownership I can still go out to the garage and stare at my Nismo the same way I can go out to the garage and stare at my Ducati (6 years and counting). And when I'm driving/riding it's like nothing else on Earth matters. I still find it ironic that a Japanese car would have that intangible "it" factor that's lacking on virtually all of their motorcycles. Usually it's Euro cars/bikes or American stuff from the 60's that does it for me.
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I used to ogle everything new on the road, and I still appreciate seeing other sweet rides that are coming down the pike. But, NOTHING stirs my soul like my pw 370z! I can't park it, and walk away with my back to it. It beckons me back! So gorgeous to look at, so fun to drive.
Almost every time I take her out, someone will either shout out at a stoplight, or comment in a parking lot. My wife laughs because she knows I'm eating that up with a spoon! |
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I feel the same... Just the other night I found myself just staring at my Z, drooling over every angle/detail for almost 45 minutes! Driving it is my favorite thing to do... I can't get enough. And, for me, I absolutely love the rarity of the car... You just don't see that many, which just adds to the appeal.
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It'll be like omg I need awd. No I need rwd. No I need more upgrades who to chooooseee ahhhhhhhhhh Op I dream of other cars. I respect well built performance cars. But I know where you are coming from. After driving this car and stepping into other cars they don't have that excitement level |
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