2008 350z touring 6 m/t
Finally getting around to posting a few pics of the Z. I bought it in March. Flew from Boston to Naples and drove it up. Car had 6015 miles on it at time of purchase. She now has about 9050 or so. 1700 of those miles were from bringing her home.
Car is in pristine condition. Not a ding, dent, scratch, scape, tear... or anything. Ended up paying 19,800. Very good deal since KBB is showing 26k+ .
I'm not a big fan of Nissans per say but I have always loved the Z cars. This thing has completely lived up to my expectations and then some. It's definately a good feeling being back into a RWD after 6 years with my S/C GTi vr6 ( I do miss her though).
You can forget everything you think you know about 350z's when it comes to this car. 07 & 08 Z coupes have a much more stout engine than the original VQ35DE, being the VQ35HR. This engine not only rev's higher but produces 306hp using the "new" dyno testing standard vs the 287 hp rating the older Z's were showing on the older standard. In actuality you can tack on about another 10hp to the already 19 hp difference. HR Z's are very comparable to the 370z's.
Anyway, enough of the BS. I love the car and plan on hanging on to it for a while.
I really don't plan on modding it too much ( i have a 4 month old daughter now and a house to up keep), however I did score a great deal on a magnflow exhaust around a month ago. Sounds lean and mean now. =)
couple of pics i snapped the other day while I was bored.
My driveway has a huge dip in it which is why the rear end looks so high in the pic. Regardless, It needs to be lowered anyways
Tint goes on in the next couple days. Maybe Santa will bring me some eibach's or something this year.
edit** 6/18/11
Had an lol moment yesterday.
BTW, this is not a brag post. I just wanted to share my experience cause I felt like an idiot a few minutes later. This wasn't a race to win but just an "oh yeah biatch" spur of the moment thing
A ragged fox body 5.0 stang rolled up on me at a light spinning his engine up as far as it would go. He was trying to say something to me but I couldn't hear him over all the noise he was making in addition to horrid sounds coming from his radio. Apparently he wanted to race cause he smoked his tires on green. I kept my cool and just trotted up to the next light. This time he was still babbling something and I noticed his overweight dishevled girlfriend (i assume) pointing and laughing. It felt like i just had a shot of adrenaline, and with the click of the traction button off I was set to rip. Sure enough, he wanted to run at green because I heard a whole lot of noise when the light turned but it was an immediate dissapointment. Right from the very split second I launched he was toast and gap growing at an intense rate. He ended up doing a "ricer" fly by with a blue hued smoke trail when I slowed at around 65mph. We get to another light and he was much quieter this time (engine and music). I'm pretty sure he was sitting much lower in his seat than his already reclined seating position. Cocky bastard got what he wanted, lol.
**edit 8/12/11
Car is now at 10,700 miles. I've gotten to drive it quite a bit with all the nice weather we've gotten. Still loving it, no problems. Haven't noticed any oil consumption to speak of which VQ's are know for, but hey the cars only got 10k.
Turns heads all over the place. Some Old guy almost fell over looking backwards at me when I went past him as he walked into walmart.
Think I'll keep it for a few years until I build enough Equity in my house to buy my dream F355 (coupe) or if I get lucky a clean late year 'rossa
**edit 4/6/12
Odometer is at 14.6k and still loving the car. Tinted it back in Sept. and it still looks great. Rear tires showing signs of wear =) Gotta start figuring that out. Wish my Septic bill wasn't due, lol. Thinking about side skirts. Nothing fancy really, I just think the sides need be lower and look unfinished. Eibach Prokit is around the corner. Oh, and I smoked my front lower ambers
edit 4/29/13
Car now has 21k on it. Still a blast to drive that only gets better with age. Car has mega grip and has induction noises that rival much nicer cars. Eibach Pro kit made it on and did the trick. Sits nice and grips tight. BFG KDW's were right after followed up by an Injen intake. Still thinking over side skirts but I feel like they will be next.
Finally getting around to posting a few pics of the Z. I bought it in March. Flew from Boston to Naples and drove it up. Car had 6015 miles on it at time of purchase. She now has about 9050 or so. 1700 of those miles were from bringing her home.
Car is in pristine condition. Not a ding, dent, scratch, scape, tear... or anything. Ended up paying 19,800. Very good deal since KBB is showing 26k+ .
I'm not a big fan of Nissans per say but I have always loved the Z cars. This thing has completely lived up to my expectations and then some. It's definately a good feeling being back into a RWD after 6 years with my S/C GTi vr6 ( I do miss her though).
You can forget everything you think you know about 350z's when it comes to this car. 07 & 08 Z coupes have a much more stout engine than the original VQ35DE, being the VQ35HR. This engine not only rev's higher but produces 306hp using the "new" dyno testing standard vs the 287 hp rating the older Z's were showing on the older standard. In actuality you can tack on about another 10hp to the already 19 hp difference. HR Z's are very comparable to the 370z's.
Anyway, enough of the BS. I love the car and plan on hanging on to it for a while.
I really don't plan on modding it too much ( i have a 4 month old daughter now and a house to up keep), however I did score a great deal on a magnflow exhaust around a month ago. Sounds lean and mean now. =)
couple of pics i snapped the other day while I was bored.
My driveway has a huge dip in it which is why the rear end looks so high in the pic. Regardless, It needs to be lowered anyways
Tint goes on in the next couple days. Maybe Santa will bring me some eibach's or something this year.
edit** 6/18/11
Had an lol moment yesterday.
BTW, this is not a brag post. I just wanted to share my experience cause I felt like an idiot a few minutes later. This wasn't a race to win but just an "oh yeah biatch" spur of the moment thing
A ragged fox body 5.0 stang rolled up on me at a light spinning his engine up as far as it would go. He was trying to say something to me but I couldn't hear him over all the noise he was making in addition to horrid sounds coming from his radio. Apparently he wanted to race cause he smoked his tires on green. I kept my cool and just trotted up to the next light. This time he was still babbling something and I noticed his overweight dishevled girlfriend (i assume) pointing and laughing. It felt like i just had a shot of adrenaline, and with the click of the traction button off I was set to rip. Sure enough, he wanted to run at green because I heard a whole lot of noise when the light turned but it was an immediate dissapointment. Right from the very split second I launched he was toast and gap growing at an intense rate. He ended up doing a "ricer" fly by with a blue hued smoke trail when I slowed at around 65mph. We get to another light and he was much quieter this time (engine and music). I'm pretty sure he was sitting much lower in his seat than his already reclined seating position. Cocky bastard got what he wanted, lol.
**edit 8/12/11
Car is now at 10,700 miles. I've gotten to drive it quite a bit with all the nice weather we've gotten. Still loving it, no problems. Haven't noticed any oil consumption to speak of which VQ's are know for, but hey the cars only got 10k.
Turns heads all over the place. Some Old guy almost fell over looking backwards at me when I went past him as he walked into walmart.
Think I'll keep it for a few years until I build enough Equity in my house to buy my dream F355 (coupe) or if I get lucky a clean late year 'rossa
**edit 4/6/12
Odometer is at 14.6k and still loving the car. Tinted it back in Sept. and it still looks great. Rear tires showing signs of wear =) Gotta start figuring that out. Wish my Septic bill wasn't due, lol. Thinking about side skirts. Nothing fancy really, I just think the sides need be lower and look unfinished. Eibach Prokit is around the corner. Oh, and I smoked my front lower ambers
edit 4/29/13
Car now has 21k on it. Still a blast to drive that only gets better with age. Car has mega grip and has induction noises that rival much nicer cars. Eibach Pro kit made it on and did the trick. Sits nice and grips tight. BFG KDW's were right after followed up by an Injen intake. Still thinking over side skirts but I feel like they will be next.
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