Fate of the Z icon? 10yrs has passed.

Originally Posted by Cyber370

........ You either get what the Z is about or you don't.....

Originally Posted by ltullos

I think our only choice is to take care of the ones we have as best as we possible can, and mostly ... enjoy the drive. Thank you Mr K.

Originally Posted by alcheng

I say it depends how you look at it..

you can say the style is old, if you're already tired of it...

on the other hand, you can say it's ageless if you still like it.

I am the latter.

Just like you can see some people will pass by a 240Z without even noticing it or some will take out the camera and click 20 pics of it.

It all depends on how you look at it.

Mechanical wise, it might not have the highest quality components, such as the CSC, oil-cooler, exhaust, even the brakes, or some even complain it doesn't have a dual-clutch auto...

however, you have this "raw" machine, very little electronic aids, normal-aspirate engine, rack-n-pinion steering rack, where can you find a similar choice(s) on the market nowadays?

and this is in-expensive to mod compare to those european competitors, also, you can leave it as is, or you can customize it to your own, tons of choices of aftermarket brands.

Pretty sure not long later many enthusiastic will appreciate the Z because of it has a clutch pedal, exhaust-note coming out from the pipes not the speakers, direct-feel of the rack-n-pinion steering, mechanical suspension.

The most important is, it's a machine that makes you enjoy driving, will this feeling/passion age?

I guess not.

Originally Posted by onzedge

Originally Posted by Rusty

Originally Posted by onzedge

Originally Posted by Rusty

Originally Posted by onzedge

...as you should...

Originally Posted by Rusty

Originally Posted by Firebase99

Other than the Vette, I can’t think of a pure sports car from any manufacturer excluding exotics. I consider Porsche and BMW off the shelf stuff no matter what the flavor; save the 918 and i8? Subaru? No. Mazda? Mx-5? Maybe? Honda? No. (NSX is exotic). Toyota. No. (As of right now). Oh the 86...yuck. Lexus. No. Ford? No. GT is way way exotic. Gt350. Ehh. Dodge. No. Hyundai. No. Not much out there. Do they really need a fresh platform? Not really. Sadly. But they will...if they want any market share.

Originally Posted by GraphiteZ

I am actually thinking the opposite. These days, you have muscle cars like the Mustang and Camaro that can handle corners, light weight cars that are very refined and provide tons of driving excitement at low speed and souped up economic cars that carry 300+ hp. They may not have the pure sports car names, but they are fun cars to drive.
For Z lovers like us, the Z strikes a good balance between performance, handling and comfort. For haters, the Z does none of those particularly well.

Originally Posted by Firebase99

I know I know...... Dilly! Dilly!!

Originally Posted by Spoiler

Dilly Dilly... LOL

Originally Posted by onzedge

Originally Posted by Rusty