2013 Car and Driver Lightning Lap

theDreamer · 05-08-2013, 07:31 AM

A tough question to answer.
If I was in the same age, money, etc. I would probably still lean heavily towards a Z with a close second being the BMW 1 series probably (if we were only counting new car purchases). The tough part about today though is that Nissan has escalated the price so much without offering any advantage over a 2009 model that it is getting hard to justify the price difference. If they took the route of the GT-R and added new performance features, interior upgrades, car dynamics, etc with the price increase it would be an easier decision.

b1adesofcha0s · 05-08-2013, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

A tough question to answer.
If I was in the same age, money, etc. I would probably still lean heavily towards a Z with a close second being the BMW 1 series probably (if we were only counting new car purchases). The tough part about today though is that Nissan has escalated the price so much without offering any advantage over a 2009 model that it is getting hard to justify the price difference. If they took the route of the GT-R and added new performance features, interior upgrades, car dynamics, etc with the price increase it would be an easier decision.

When I first bought my Z, it was mostly for looks. Now i care mostly about performance. If I were to get another car in that price range it would definitely not be a Z. I'd try to get a used C6 Z06 for that much.

370zrider · 05-09-2013, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

When I first bought my Z, it was mostly for looks. Now i care mostly about performance. If I were to get another car in that price range it would definitely not be a Z. I'd try to get a used C6 Z06 for that much.

That is exactly the way I would go.

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theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4211	A tough question to answer. If I was in the same age, money, etc. I would probably still lean heavily towards a Z with a close second being the BMW 1 series probably (if we were only counting new car purchases). The tough part about today though is that Nissan has escalated the price so much without offering any advantage over a 2009 model that it is getting hard to justify the price difference. If they took the route of the GT-R and added new performance features, interior upgrades, car dynamics, etc with the price increase it would be an easier decision. UNKNOWN_370, b1adesofcha0s, RoshDawg and 1 others like this. __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

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