Don't you get annoyed when someone refers to your Z...

Arkaine · 08-15-2011, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by cjr1881

as a 350Z instead of a 370Z? I know there isn't a huge difference in looks but we sure know the difference and it matters to us so whenever someone says 350 I have to correct them but try to hold back like it's not a big deal although it is to me. Especially after I tell them it is brand new, and they don't realize that 370 replaced 350 in 09 and is more powerful, lighter and faster and just all around better. It's just kind of annoying and I thought I would share, it also doesn't seem to just be people that doen't really know cars, mechanics even, of course not nissan dealers, but unless you really are into fast sports cars, they may not know the difference. I am sure all of us have had this happen...

Hate it big time.. mechanic friend came over to see my car and he gives it a "I worked on 2 of these this week, one was a 2005 and the other a 2007".
I couldn't let that go and had to correct him.

rebe945 · 08-15-2011, 08:46 PM

I love it when people notice my car. Never one said 350. 350's arn't bad. One pulled up next to me on a highway, i gave him a thumbs up, he sped off flashing his lights. Cool, very cool

eddieconfetti · 08-15-2011, 02:02 PM

i had a cop that wrote my car down as 2009 nissan 350z on the ticket he gave me.

kenchan · 08-15-2011, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by eddieconfetti

i had a cop that wrote my car down as 2009 nissan 350z on the ticket he gave me.

cool, take it to court and have the ticket deleted for wrong info.

ImportConvert · 08-16-2011, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

cool, take it to court and have the ticket deleted for wrong info.

Won't matter. The car is incidental to who was driving, and what they were doing.

Red__Zed · 08-16-2011, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Won't matter. The car is incidental to who was driving, and what they were doing.

Captain obvious saves the day again.

Cmike2780 · 08-16-2011, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Captain obvious saves the day again.

lol

theDreamer · 08-15-2011, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by eddieconfetti

i had a cop that wrote my car down as 2009 nissan 350z on the ticket he gave me.

My car has the Fairlady Z emblem and the cop wrote: Nissan Unknown

kenchan · 08-15-2011, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

My car has the Fairlady Z emblem and the cop wrote: Nissan Unknown

USMCASA · 08-15-2011, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

My car has the Fairlady Z emblem and the cop wrote: Nissan Unknown

had the same thing happen to me. he was like "i'm not seeing fairlady in the system..."

Cmike2780 · 08-15-2011, 02:54 PM

The Nissan service department rep has refered to my car as a 350Z on more than one occassion... I would go elsewhere, but I already payed for the maintenance package. Let just say I watch them like a hawk everytime they service my car.

Some people are just ignorant when it comes to cars. My uncle & co-worker actually asked me what my custom license plate mean.

UNKNOWN_370 · 08-15-2011, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Cmike2780

The Nissan service department rep has refered to my car as a 350Z on more than one occassion... I would go elsewhere, but I already payed for the maintenance package. Let just say I watch them like a hawk everytime they service my car.

Some people are just ignorant when it comes to cars. My uncle & co-worker actually asked me what my custom license plate mean.

As far as maintenence goes, nothing has changed. So don't worry too much. Basically all the 3.5 and 3.7ltr cars near identical care maintenence. For the ddealers. The Z is a Z. They don't really care in the form of words but I see ur frustration. If our cars were different then we would have problems. I would just find a gtr certified dealership to ease your lack of confidence with the current one. Gtr dealers usualyy give the skyline mechancics Z to fill up there day

Cmike2780 · 08-15-2011, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

As far as maintenence goes, nothing has changed. So don't worry too much. Basically all the 3.5 and 3.7ltr cars near identical care maintenence. For the ddealers. The Z is a Z. They don't really care in the form of words but I see ur frustration. If our cars were different then we would have problems. I would just find a gtr certified dealership to ease your lack of confidence with the current one. Gtr dealers usualyy give the skyline mechancics Z to fill up there day

It is a GT-R certified dealer. I think the tech's are fine. Its the service rep that worries me. They always seem to be mindless drones sometimes, just reading off a script. They've even offered me tire rotation at reasonable fee a few times

UNKNOWN_370 · 08-15-2011, 03:23 PM

I personally got tired of explaining that the 350z isn't the lower grade model. Its the last generation. My car is just the 09 newest generation. And still, some people don't understand. This fixation that my 370 is somehow an upgrade from the 350 drives me up a wall... though a 370 can be viewed to a mild degree as an upgrade. There's no such thing as a 2011 350z so I don't see it that way.

shadoquad · 08-15-2011, 03:28 PM

The 370 is better in almost every way, but you're right, it's not a huge difference, and it's not like the cars are sold side by side. The 370 is the next evolution of the 350.

08-15-2011, 08:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
rebe945 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: middleburg hts, ohio Posts: 491 Drives: 2009 370Z black 7at Rep Power: 16	z's I love it when people notice my car. Never one said 350. 350's arn't bad. One pulled up next to me on a highway, i gave him a thumbs up, he sped off flashing his lights. Cool, very cool

08-15-2011, 02:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
Cmike2780 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 5,059 Drives: slowwww Rep Power: 29	The Nissan service department rep has refered to my car as a 350Z on more than one occassion... I would go elsewhere, but I already payed for the maintenance package. Let just say I watch them like a hawk everytime they service my car. Some people are just ignorant when it comes to cars. My uncle & co-worker actually asked me what my custom license plate mean. __________________ [09][MB][6-Spd MT][Touring][Stillen Gen III][K&N][Borla CBE][Evo-R] [ArchitTEK Photography]

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