"Where is your enthusiasm..."

daleks

By now most 350Z's have been passed around more than your cheating ex-girlfriend. There are a lot to be found in the $10k-15k range. Also, if someone is still driving a 300ZX or older they've gotta be in love with it.

UNKNOWN_370

The enthusiast world is NOW all about elitism. When the 350z and G35 came out. It did something no other japanese sports car could do before. It swayed the bimmer, mercedes crew into the JDM arena, thus changing the tuning game forever. People don't care about the cars performance as much as they care about having bose and nav. The only way people seem to care about performance is in what's printed in the magaines. Instead of worrying about the reviews, assess what the car means to you in your own driving style.
Most care about if the Z is a pussy magnet or if they can hang with a camaro SS from corner to corner. This is what the new age enthusiast is.
I cringe at the words that the Z is unrefined in its engine sounds. Unrefined as opposed to what? A 5 series? Why buy the car if the engine sound annoys you compared to your 2001 M3???
If I couldn't afford an aftermarket exhaust id put a straight pipe muffler delete. Cuz I want my car to sound loud and raspy,crazy and aggressive. I want to learn how to drive my car to various extremes and maneuver it like no other. Its not just about going fast.
I laugh at people that by a sports car, yet are afraid to take off the vdc. With the vdc on you are basically driving a fast sentra. Why not just buy the sentra. It comes in manual. Lol
Its all about the status and less about the sport and love. The status symbol of the sports car has overtaken.

Why do 350z owners hate on every other Z?
The answer is simple. They think they are too good for the 300zx and hate on the 370z owners.

SmoothZ

Funny how some 370Z owners on this site are hating on 350Z owners. I have a 350, used to drive a 300ZX, and also have a 260Z. I don't talk trash about different generations of the Z car. I don't know why you think we hate on others or envy them. I just came back from the Midwest Z Fest, went to Zdayz earlier this year, and go to C&C all the time. I'm a car enthusiast.

The fact that some of you guys think that 350Z owners are young and immature and hate and then have to post about it makes me think you're looking in a mirror.

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shadoquad

I tend to think along similar lines. It's a generalization to say that 350 owners are rude or whatever. The fact is, as with any driver, some number will be enthusiasts and others will be posers. I've met several 350 owners who love cars and return my waves. I've been denied waves by 350, 370, and even 300 owners. Some people act genuinely shocked when I wave to them. But I couldn't pin it all on just 350 drivers. That's pretty laughable.

SmoothZ

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IDZRVIT

VDC on = I am not confident in my driving skills but it will save my butt. Fail.

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Zaggeron

Yet another thread falling to the VDC on/off debate. Frankly I don't care whether you drive with it on or off, but compare how many "VDC off = crash" threads compared to "I drove with the VDC on and my dick fell off" threads

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frost

When I had my vettes, everyone waved, when I have my f-bods, a good majority waved, so on and so on. But the 350 owners just have zero interest in waving. In all the years I've been driving the 350, then the 370, I think maybe two have returned waves.

Jeffblue

you don't even have to have the same car to wave and be like 'nice car'. this older guy in a 911 gave me a thumbs up a few weeks ago. Its just that, obviously, if you have the same car, and its not a beater, you are fond of the car, so it would make sense that when you see another one you'd be like 'nice car'

phelan

when i drove the Z on the 57 freeway i had a VW golf with 4 kids in it all giving thumbs up as they sped by.

i saw them later on pulled over by a cop for speeding

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BeachZTT

Thanks for playing...and all of the great feedback! Even a few perspectives I hadn't considered.

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frost

I give thumbs up to cool cars all the time, regardless of make. A pretty tricked out camaro ss gave me a last week.

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BeachZTT

I get quite a bit of positive comments on roadster. Actually, it is the first car I have owned that people feel compelled to talk to me about... in traffic. The same night that I was referring to in the original post, a woman in an Infinity passed me in the left turn lane at a light, came to a stop behind the first car, and backed up three car lenghts to talk to me about it. It's a blast and I would never blow anyone off that was interested.

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