I think any of these cars have a good chance of being driven hard for what it's worth, nismo or not.

Probably the aluminum brackets and such in the front to support the longer nose. The spoiler too.

The wheels are probably the same or maybe even lighter than the Sports. Both ultra light Rays, but less metal on the NISMOs.

Back to the original request.

I bought a Base/Sport 370 early 09. I'm a collector of Z's and I do drive my cars. So my purchases are long term. I keep the miles low and the cars like new. Over time you can get you money back and more. A lot of people mod their cars for no other reason but just to mod. It makes the car special for them. The NISMO for me is just that. It comes out of the box with the mod's installed. It's a collectors car. Special edition and with its own serial number. Long term you can't go wrong. I bought my NISMO for about what the MSRP was on the Base/Sport that they were selling for in early 09. But I did take a small hit when I switched to a NISMO. So if you have NISMO on the mind buy it first. If this car is going to be a daily driven car, and you're going to put a lot of miles on it and only keep it for a few years, don't buy it. That's the problem with nice cars today, they are a horrible investment short term. I'm of the mindset that you drive a beater car to work and save your good cars for pleasure driving. Now I am older guy and a young person can't see this yet but will some day. I understand sometimes you must drive to impress. A NISMO will impress. One other thing, no warranty issues, which you might have if you buy and mod a BASE/Sport.

i bought the nismo for daily driving.
the way i see it, the cost of a new nismo is less than the depreciated value of a porsche carrera after 5 years, so I am not worried :)

Gentlemen and Ladies,

Who cares about weight, speed, etc. What I don't understand is that we all love the 370 so why are we bashing our brothers and sisters for their choice in one model or another. That's like saying that anyone who buys a Blue car is an ***. When I purchased my car I didn't do all this research and if I had it wouldn't have changed my mind. I saw the Nismo, loved it and bought it. Look there are a lot of people that would say that $29k for a 370z base is stupid and they would include all the other derogatory statements made in this thread. And that could be said about a Porsche GT3 that costs 3 times a 370. What about a Ferrari 599, is this person a **** because they didn't TT a 370 for a fraction of the price.

NO. I would say that we buy what we like and lets leave it at that and respect each other for our choice of one of the best sports cars made for under $100k.

:confused: Lots of people

Exactly, and we are not bashing the Nismo but merely talking about different aspects of it in which people might be interested in when buying their car.

why???

Seriously? This almost seems like a joke? Why wouldn't people be concerned about weight and speed? What other factors do people look for when buying a sports car? :shakes head:

Fun

And how much fun would it be if it were heavy and slow? Weight and speed is what causes that mate.

For the record, I'm with you on not brand bashing, and for the most part, people are being respectful and sticking to the facts, but to say "who cares about weight and speed?" :icon08:

I'm talking about the differences between a base with sport with some bolt ons a the stock Nismo. Yes the base would be faster but marginally.

I respect you wanting to defend your nismo, so I'm not gonna push the issue. I just know weight and speed are important to many people here. Cheers with the car. All Zs and Gs are winners in my book :tiphat:

Thank you. That's the way we should be looking at this and not taking it personally or pushing an agenda. :icon17:

I liked the Nismo when I first laid eyes on it. It looks a lot better than the Nismo 350, IMHO. I'm sure if I were to get into a Nismo 370, it would beat the pants off my 350. I've done some things to my Z to make it lighter and faster for tracking, so I admit that I'm one of those that look at a sports car for more than just fun (even though that's a good reason).

Now where's the beer? We need more of it to continue this discussion. :D