What's your daily driver and how does it compare to your Z?

husam2012 · 10-23-2016, 06:20 PM

After averaging 2,500 miles a month after buying the Z, I've gotten a Dodge Dart for real cheap as a daily and winter car. Kinda fun to drive, but the issues are scaring me and i might sell it soon. Same engine in the Abarth 500 (1.4T) with a 6MT. Averaging 25ish mpg compared to 19 in the Z, which is lower than i expected.

kenchan · 10-23-2016, 07:46 PM

huh, if u want mpg, the Fit is actually pretty good. i got 40.2mpg when i borrowed my wife's for a week and i wasnt doing anything special.

when i asked the taxi driver how much his pos prius was getting in real world, he said 49-50mpg. dat's it? while contaminating the environment with its batteries? wtf.

cv129 · 10-23-2016, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

huh, if u want mpg, the Fit is actually pretty good. i got 40.2mpg when i borrowed my wife's for a week and i wasnt doing anything special.

when i asked the taxi driver how much his pos prius was getting in real world, he said 49-50mpg. dat's it? while contaminating the environment with its batteries? wtf.

NISMO IX · 10-24-2016, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by cv129

I played this in my environmental science class and the professor actually drove a prius.... luckily I still passed my class. She did not care for it but I backed up the claim with actual scientific research.

shirokenkami · 10-29-2016, 09:34 AM

My Z IS my DD, lol. Going on 900 miles in a week and a half.

ZeeBabar · 10-29-2016, 12:34 PM

Getting a DD is like having a mistress. I love my wife and my Z so I don't need a DD. There are folks in Canada using their Z as a DD so if you love being in your Z, just put good winter tires on and use it. On the rare days when it's really bad outside, call a taxi or call in sick, sit in your Z in the garage.

Krazzzz · 10-30-2016, 09:38 AM

I have an 80 series land cruiser lifted with big tires and a couple other things. Exact opposite of the z. And an 04 i35 for driving to work when its cold. ...

JerryDeluxe · 10-30-2016, 11:09 PM

2010 civic lx coupe on rpf1's as dd, 370z for the weekends

Bad Boy · 10-31-2016, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by husam2012

After averaging 2,500 miles a month after buying the Z, I've gotten a Dodge Dart for real cheap as a daily and winter car. Kinda fun to drive, but the issues are scaring me and i might sell it soon. Same engine in the Abarth 500 (1.4T) with a 6MT. Averaging 25ish mpg compared to 19 in the Z, which is lower than i expected.

I bought a Dart brand new, the 2.0L, and had it for about 25K miles.
I liked it.

Inkdboy31 · 10-31-2016, 04:59 AM

I had a dart too, the rallye, until it was totaled. I actually enjoyed driving that car a lot. The MPG thing is true though, you never get close to what is advertised.

madeinjapan · 10-31-2016, 08:46 AM

Cyber370 · 11-01-2016, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ZeeBabar

Getting a DD is like having a mistress. I love my wife and my Z so I don't need a DD. There are folks in Canada using their Z as a DD so if you love being in your Z, just put good winter tires on and use it. On the rare days when it's really bad outside, call a taxi or call in sick, sit in your Z in the garage.

Winter driving in Canada, especially in Quebec is absolutely brutal for one main reason. They still use good old-fashioned road salt which will turn your brand new Z into iron oxide powder sooner than you think. No Z deserves that fate. I'll keep my '16 Nismo safe and sound in my garage while the white sh*t falls (can you tell I hate winters?).

PS: You should see what my DD '10 Mustang looks like after 5 Canadian winters. You'd think it went through a corrosive acid bath underneath and along several body panels...........LOL. Let's not even talk about the aluminum hood.

Otis · 11-01-2016, 09:50 AM

What is your daily driver?

Daily drivers in the background

laserbluemini · 11-01-2016, 11:03 AM

DD is only 4-5km both ways to and from work.

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Nor-Cal · 11-03-2016, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by shirokenkami

My Z IS my DD, lol. Going on 900 miles in a week and a half.

Same here. I Bought my Z about a week ago. I was driving my Titan everyday.

10-29-2016, 09:34 AM	#95 (permalink)
shirokenkami Base Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Middle Tennessee Age: 38 Posts: 232 Drives: 2013 Z Tour Spt 6mt Rep Power: 23	My Z IS my DD, lol. Going on 900 miles in a week and a half. __________________ “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”- Edmund Burke

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ZeeBabar Banned Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 423 Drives: 2006 350z Rep Power: 0	Getting a DD is like having a mistress. I love my wife and my Z so I don't need a DD. There are folks in Canada using their Z as a DD so if you love being in your Z, just put good winter tires on and use it. On the rare days when it's really bad outside, call a taxi or call in sick, sit in your Z in the garage. NISMO IX and NISMO IX like this.

10-31-2016, 04:59 AM	#100 (permalink)
Inkdboy31 Base Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 8 Drives: '12 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 3364	I had a dart too, the rallye, until it was totaled. I actually enjoyed driving that car a lot. The MPG thing is true though, you never get close to what is advertised. __________________ '12 Brilliant Silver 370z Touring w/ Sports Pkg. Sold What’s next? Who knows.

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madeinjapan Banned Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: pistolvania Posts: 1,387 Drives: 2013 g37x 2014 370z Rep Power: 0	Spoiler likes this.

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10-23-2016, 06:20 PM	#91 (permalink)
husam2012 Track Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Michigan Posts: 550 Drives: 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 9469	After averaging 2,500 miles a month after buying the Z, I've gotten a Dodge Dart for real cheap as a daily and winter car. Kinda fun to drive, but the issues are scaring me and i might sell it soon. Same engine in the Abarth 500 (1.4T) with a 6MT. Averaging 25ish mpg compared to 19 in the Z, which is lower than i expected.

10-23-2016, 07:46 PM	#92 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	huh, if u want mpg, the Fit is actually pretty good. i got 40.2mpg when i borrowed my wife's for a week and i wasnt doing anything special. when i asked the taxi driver how much his pos prius was getting in real world, he said 49-50mpg. dat's it? while contaminating the environment with its batteries? wtf.

10-30-2016, 09:38 AM	#97 (permalink)
Krazzzz Base Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Pa Posts: 55 Drives: 2009 370z m6 Rep Power: 9	I have an 80 series land cruiser lifted with big tires and a couple other things. Exact opposite of the z. And an 04 i35 for driving to work when its cold. ...

11-01-2016, 11:03 AM	#104 (permalink)
laserbluemini Base Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: toronto Posts: 38 Drives: 2017 370z Rep Power: 9	DD is only 4-5km both ways to and from work. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk