Weekly Wednesday 350Z/370Z Meets in Queens/Great Neck - Official Thread

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by mr_sk

They are nice - I do want something that already has factory turbo(s).

i mean... you get just as much power with a 335 as a wrx or evo but its actually nice inside. also available with AWD, and when its tuned its faster than either of them.

[AlphaSnacks]

Bump for today's meet btw.

Jeffrey, bring the camera.

Giggity...

[Cmike2780]

[QUOTE=mr_sk;1399214]I had a bad experience with Advantage Nissan - the finance guy is actually gone (left or fired, they wouldn't say - but didn't sound surprised as my issue) and now and I'm going over next week I believe to possibly remedy an erroneous charge.QUOTE]

I also know of a bad experience with Advantage Nissan. My sister was bought a pathfinder there in January. She had VPP pricing and with all the deals going on at the time, she thought she was going to have a pretty easy transaction. It ended up being one of the worst car buying experience I've ever seen. Setting the price and negotiating went smoothly since the VPP pricing was pretty much set. The problem started with the finance manager. She signed the paperwork on the last day of Nissan's end of the year sales event. All seemed fine. We leave with the new car and the finance manager said we would need to come back the next day to get a copy of the paperwork. Didn't seem out of the ordinary, so she said okay. Well, the next day, the finance manager said she was going to mail the paperwork instead, so my sister said "that's fine". A week goes by, still nothing. Called again and said to just come by the dealership. Of course, she (the finance manager) wasn't there that day and just left the paperwork. After reviewing what the finance manager had given, it looked like a lot of it was missing including the bill of sales. Just some kind of photocopied receipt. The final price of the car was also over $12,000 more than what was agreed upon, I kid you not. It turns out, the finance manager missed the deadline or screwed something up with the rebates. She also tacked on an extended warranty and service contract that was never agreed on. She also left out the balance of the trade-in. After speaking to manager after manager, managers promising to resolve matter and other BS, my sister spent almost six months before she got refunded the difference. They fired that manager because of this, but they wouldn't honor the original deal. It put her in a rough spot because she had already sent payments on the car every month. It was a lot worst than I make it sound. I will never buy another car from these guys. We also found out about a month later that they never registered the car with DMV, wft?

[delusional]

Originally Posted by mr_sk

Thanks man - I know, crazy in the end. Won't be going with a Nissan at all for the next car. Looking to get rid of the Z soon and probably go Evo or Sti or who knows...I just can't see giving Nissan a penny ... sorry guys.

If you can, check out Koeppel Nissan in Jackson Heights. Ask to talk to Joe. He's the sales manager there I think. He's a great guy and will give you a great price. They're also a GT-R Certified dealer. You won't be disappointed in them at all trust me.

[AlphaSnacks]

Yep. Koeppel and Legend are the ONLY two Nissan dealers I can vouch for. Have had fantastic experiences with both.

Stay the hell away from Star Nissan, Kings Nissan, Habberstad, and even Smithtown Nissan doesn't have the best rep even though they're connected to Performance Motorsport.

[Thechidz]

Originally Posted by delusional

If you can, check out Koeppel Nissan in Jackson Heights. Ask to talk to Joe. He's the sales manager there I think. He's a great guy and will give you a great price. They're also a GT-R Certified dealer. You won't be disappointed in them at all trust me.

Another vouch for Koeppel. EXCELLENT service department. Will probably buy my next car from them. Wanted to buy a z from them but they didnt have one at the time

[geosZ]

yea Joe is the best try em out iv bought 3 cars from him all was easy and fast

[AlphaSnacks]

Meet turned out to be good. 350s, 370s, and 335is.

[chuckd05]

here is a higher mileage GTR for 59k

Cars for Sale: 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium in Canton, MA 02021: Coupe Details - 304457534 - AutoTrader.com

lower mileage for under 60 in NY - should be under factory warranty still, and you may be able to buy an extended from nissan like I did with my BMW i purchased from acura
Cars for Sale: 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium in Queens Village, NY 11429: Coupe Details - 307791427 - AutoTrader.com

White one (hotness) for a little more from a nissan dealer with low miles.. looking at this car has made my mind up on what my next car is
Cars for Sale: 2009 Nissan GT-R in Inwood, NY 11096: Coupe Details - 309901776 - AutoTrader.com

[chuckd05]

And if your only goal is to go fast in a straight line check out evo's.... You build the motor put a FP , green/red/black (not sure whats the biggest) run race gas and build your tranny and you are in the 10s cutting 1.5 60 foots... you can buy an evo for 20k and for 15k have a reliable , somewhat daily drivable car with 600-700whp on race gas.... Which also handles pretty good... The MR's a few years come with nice leather bucket seats, but the dash board is pittiful...

The new STI with a built block and FP turbo also puts out really nice numbers esp on e85 .... there is a local guy around my area with a new sti hatch with the plate V8Bait that has well over 500 awhp in its every day trim .... car is bananas and looks real nice...

none of these car have half the presence and technology that the GTR has but they are half the price and potentially just as fast

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by Arnold K.

and even Smithtown Nissan doesn't have the best rep even though they're connected to Performance Motorsport.

and how would that help improve their reputation?

[Jeffblue]

Originally Posted by chuckd05

And if your only goal is to go fast in a straight line check out evo's.... You build the motor put a FP , green/red/black (not sure whats the biggest) run race gas and build your tranny and you are in the 10s cutting 1.5 60 foots... you can buy an evo for 20k and for 15k have a reliable , somewhat daily drivable car with 600-700whp on race gas.... Which also handles pretty good... The MR's a few years come with nice leather bucket seats, but the dash board is pittiful...

The new STI with a built block and FP turbo also puts out really nice numbers esp on e85 .... there is a local guy around my area with a new sti hatch with the plate V8Bait that has well over 500 awhp in its every day trim .... car is bananas and looks real nice...

none of these car have half the presence and technology that the GTR has but they are half the price and potentially just as fast

built motor=/= something that should be daily driven

[mr_sk]

Yep. Koeppel and Legend are the ONLY two Nissan dealers I can vouch for. Have had fantastic experiences with both.

Stay the hell away from Star Nissan, Kings Nissan, Habberstad, and even Smithtown Nissan doesn't have the best rep even though they're connected to Performance Motorsport.

I will have to check out Koepell in the future. Thanks.

Another vouch for Koeppel. EXCELLENT service department. Will probably buy my next car from them. Wanted to buy a z from them but they didnt have one at the time

Damn guys - sounds like I'm going to reach out to Koeppel. heh.

Meet turned out to be good. 350s, 370s, and 335is.

Great meet. Thanks again for the coffee Arnold.

here is a higher mileage GTR for 59k

Cars for Sale: 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium in Canton, MA 02021: Coupe Details - 304457534 - AutoTrader.com

lower mileage for under 60 in NY - should be under factory warranty still, and you may be able to buy an extended from nissan like I did with my BMW i purchased from acura
Cars for Sale: 2009 Nissan GT-R Premium in Queens Village, NY 11429: Coupe Details - 307791427 - AutoTrader.com

White one (hotness) for a little more from a nissan dealer with low miles.. looking at this car has made my mind up on what my next car is
Cars for Sale: 2009 Nissan GT-R in Inwood, NY 11096: Coupe Details - 309901776 - AutoTrader.com

Thanks Chuck - (By the way, left you a VM this AM about the track). I'll check these cars out, though I'm not sure I'm ready to do anything right now ...

And if your only goal is to go fast in a straight line check out evo's.... You build the motor put a FP , green/red/black (not sure whats the biggest) run race gas and build your tranny and you are in the 10s cutting 1.5 60 foots... you can buy an evo for 20k and for 15k have a reliable , somewhat daily drivable car with 600-700whp on race gas.... Which also handles pretty good... The MR's a few years come with nice leather bucket seats, but the dash board is pittiful...

The new STI with a built block and FP turbo also puts out really nice numbers esp on e85 .... there is a local guy around my area with a new sti hatch with the plate V8Bait that has well over 500 awhp in its every day trim .... car is bananas and looks real nice...

none of these car have half the presence and technology that the GTR has but they are half the price and potentially just as fast

Personally, I like the STI's, since I had one in the past 320whp and it was a blast - and awesome in the snow. Not sure what the evo scene is like out here either. I'm sure for like 35k i could build a beast. I would be concerned about reliability though ...

built motor=/= something that should be daily driven

heh gotcha - I don't DD but when I do drive it can for 4-6 hours at a time over a long distance.

I'm going to Smithtown Nissan tomorrow, stopping by PM for the coffee and bagel thing and then stopping by my buddies at VTR to say hello. Let me know if you guys are around.

Edit: My partout thread is up, BTW: mr-sk's Part Out Thread! (LTH, AAM CBE, HKS, DynoDash)

[mjg]

how was that thing at performance? did you buy a gtr today ben???

[mr_sk]

Originally Posted by mjg

how was that thing at performance? did you buy a gtr today ben???

Performance was fun - I hung out with Alex and met some great guys. Saw Arnold on my way out. PM had some nice whips, porsche, TT 370, GTR, etc etc.

Nice shop too - I went over to Smithtown Nissan and Alex introduced me to some guys. Honestly, I think I'm going to buy a 2011 EVO with a goal of 400 tq/whp. I think it's very doable on the stock engine w/93.

After that I went to VTR - they had two GTRs over there - Anthony w/the white 09 (~580 at the wheels w/~20 lbs boost) and another 2010 gunmetal silver - loud as ****. Straight pipes w/Meistercraft (sp) CBE. Could hear it miles away, heh.

I say this because after all this, I think I want a new or -1 year GTR. Not an 09. And since I don't want to spend more than ~65k, I'll always be near the end of the 3 year warranty and have 3 years of previous owner *damage* heh. So, I'll wait until I can spend 85k on a GTR and do it right, instead of reaching now and having to settle.

An Evo or Sti (But I already tuned an STi in the past), so Evo, is way cheaper (than a GTR) and relatively cheap to tune (good $ to whp ratio). It also fits 4x people and has AWD.

I'm not a BMW guy; they are VERY nice, both exterior and interior, but they are just "not me". Maybe in a few years my view wil change. I sort of feel the same way about Infiniti. I want AWD, so no Mustang. Anyways, that's my current thought(s).

You guys coming out Wed? (Oh no, just looked at the weather ...)