I don't get it!!!
 

I don't get why people do not use the 370z as a DD car if they do not have to carry others. It's like marrying a beautiful woman and restricting yourself from making love to just the weekends. It's crazy.

The engine is a stout engine, the car is a joy to drive and I use it every time I need to go anywhere.

Other than weather conditions, you should drive it whenever. I find it hard to understand locking it up and storing in winter either because at least in the Midwest, there are some cold but good clear sunny days and the roads are not wet. I drive it except when there is ice and snow and then in use my wife's Prius.

I cannot imagine driving less than 12k miles a year and yet claiming you love he car. To me, it is disrespect to the Z.

:wtf2:

Because where I live it would be like marrying a beautiful woman and rubbing her down with salt 8 months out of the year and expecting her not to get old, dry, and crusty. duh! :)

Some people would say you are being disrespectful to the Z by driving it in traffic and weather :ugh:

That being said, I have 55K miles on my 2011 Z, and I do enjoy driving it every minute. But I'm not about to question someone else's decision to keep a garage queen Z. In fact, I'm ready to DD another car and garage the Z. I want to keep the Z clean, and I just don't have the time when it gets so dirty so fast. I'll take the Z to work whenever I feel like it, plus plenty of cruise time in the hill country on the weekends :driving:

i swear that OP has been used many times on here before......hmmm

anyways. i DD the Z for about 6-8 months a year depending on the weather. nov-march it's in the garage, all tucked in, and the heater in the garage set just right to keep her warm.

I completely agree with you. Just turned 86,000 miles on my Z and love every minute of driving it on a daily basis. It is a sports car and as a driving enthusiast, I am going to drive it and not store it away in a garage under a glass case to be used occasionally. I bought it to drive it.

i love to drive zeus just as much as you love to drive your z...but i prefer to take mine out when the weather is beautiful...i don't have the time to detail every time it rains (which seems to be every other day in northeast ohio)...i can't stand it when mine's dirty or has water spots all over it...i garage it during the winter (salt equals no z out of the garage)...and even if it's sunny with blue skies but cold during the winter, we can get a lake-effect snowstorm at any time here

it's just a matter of personal preference...i don't drive mine as often as others but it makes me enjoy the drive that much more when i do have my z out...and he's always beautiful :D

if i lived where you do i'd have the same attitude...but that attitude doesn't fit in northeast ohio...same concept with real estate...location, location, location

I work in downtown Chicago and commute from the suburbs everyday. I park in a train station where cars get beat up all the time. If I drive downtown I deal with frustrating traffic, potholes and crazy morons. It's not an enjoyable experience. Plus, most of the year it's cold and icy. Not great for sports cars. I have an AWD SUV for DD. When I get home, open the garage, and take the cover off the Z it's like pealing the clothes off a woman. It's an extra special treat and NEVER gets old!

When I 1st bought the Z, I didn't trade my old car (and trust me it was old, an '03 Hyundai Elantra). I kept the Elantra to use on sketchy weather days. After 3 months, I came to the realization that I was never going to put my butt in the drivers seat of that Hyundai ever again. 'Cept when I drove it to trade for the wife's Highlander. ;)

I have never been in the position to own multiple vehicles, so I'll never understand buying a car for recreational purposes. I bought the car because I wanted to drive it, rain or shine. If something is preventing me from driving it, like a fear of bad weather, poor gas mileage, or lack of cargo space, then I should buy a different car.

That being said, I understand why people won't drive them during the winter. Road salt is an evil thing.

I DD mine and enjoy it but I also don't have to deal with road salt.

Because I do not want to go to the store in a straight line, only be able to get 4-6 bags of groceries, and worry about door dings the whole time I am in the store.

I take the Z when I want to DRIVE not go from A to B.

a. the steering wheel does move. it's not a 1/4 mile race to the store.
b. i fit 2 full golf bags, shoes, and etc in mine im sure you can get fit enough
c. park far away.

:tiphat:

i thought poor people use their Z's for dd.
i thought rich people use their Z's for dd.

mine is a summer DD.....what does that make me? :stirthepot:

If it is 1/4 mile run I take the Trans-Am. She runs low 11's in the 1/4 :tiphat:

Tundra for my DD. Carries a lot of people and stuff. But mostly we use the wifeys Honda Pilot.

sooooooooo there's no use you have for a z then.

i mean i flip used cars soooo we could work something out :tiphat:

Istill do not get it..
 

People say they do not want to get it dirty, they keep it in the garage and look at it rather than drive in the rain????

Its like saying they do not want to see their love except when she is dressed up gorgeous and looks great all the time. So what if its dirty or gets dirty, you can wash it off when you get time.
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Unless you just enjoy it for the looks and not for the driving, you should drive it all the time.

Think of her feelings!!!! Its like telling your wife she cannot leave the house unless she is dressed good and cannot go out if its windy because it may muss up her hair. Stab home!!! I do not want you to go out because it is drizzling or dusty out!!

solution: i wash mine typically 3 times a week.

i drive her everyday and she's still the prettiest girl in the room.

except when i go to cars and coffee. all lambos and ferraris plus a veyron from time to time. but she's still my #1 girl :tiphat:

:bowrofl:

I don't know about you, but I don't let my wife out of the house unless she is dressed to the nines :icon17:

I don't like driving the Z in traffic. Thankfully I can be flexible with when I go to and leave from work to avoid traffic. My wife gave up the Z to me after over a year of DD because she got a new job with a terrible commute. Driving 45-60 min in stop and go traffic on big hills twice a day is not fun regardless of the car you're driving.

Whatever happened to "to each their own"?

/thread

More like no use for the T/A. :rolleyes: Back in the day i just loved her but honestly I lot my passion for going quick in a straight line. She will be up for sale soon.

I live in the country we we have a lot of twisty windy road. I will think of an excuse to take the 370z out. Like 2 days ago I was looking for something to eat but really wanted blueberry pancakes. Well IHOP is only 40 mins away. Punch up shortest route in the GPS and weeeeee I'm driving! http://hyves-smileys.immerblei.com/i...ey_driving.gif

So you are saying that if I drive the car all summer and early fall, and then put it in the garage for the winter to protect the car I love from the elements, I am disrespecting the car?

a perv?

How does one restrict oneself from making love? At first I thought duct tape, but then thought the bondage fans might get excited by that, sabotaging efforts to be celibate. Then I wondered about self-induced coma. But that seems impractical, as most of us have to work during the week, not to mention that a similar practice didn't turn out so well for Michael Jackson.

The answer seems to be that such restrictions are not plausible. I'm pretty sure Mr. Peabody would tell Sherman to engage freely in sexual and mileage hedonism. So that's my plan.

but professordave your sig says:

Rain, snow, sleet, hail: 2009 Mazda 3 sGT HB
Everything else: 2009 370z, PW Touring 6MT

I don't DD my Z, because I don't want her to be love tapped, dinged, get all banged up cuz other people dont know how to control themselves.

Always good to say hi to JARblue. :hello:

Whatever happened to "to each their own"? The news is full of, Believe as I do or your are a _________ (fill in blank). Very sad actually.

I hate traffic, and stop and go is the worst. I avoid this (like bad sex).

I like the OP's DD sex analogy, but apparently, as I drive my DD less than 12K per year, I arrive at the destination too quickly. :rofl2:

Driving the Z in winter with all the stupid drivers that do not know how to, is like sending your wife to a gang bang.

i dont dd my z cause mine melts in the rain...


this thread is stupid.

Agree.

I drive 52 miles one way to work. I have been doing it for over 12 years. I got to the point that I was tired of the commute. I finally said the heck with it and got the car I always wanted. I look forward to getting in my Nismo to go home. I however do not have to deal with road salt, etc. No way I would drive her up north in the winter. I would do like other folks and have a beater car for that.

typically i just do what i want then say sorry.

it's easier to ask for forgivness than permission. :tiphat:

Come again?

I'm going to move up north and drive the Z in the winter. Here are my proposed mods:

http://www.funnyandhappy.com/wp-cont...f-road-car.jpg

it would be funny if the pic/link worked lol

that could go in the terrible parker thread. lol

Works for me. Try not sucking. Or a refresh :tup:

Truth :icon17:

:rofl2:

:mad: but you said you love it when i sucked.....

you.

:gtfo2: