A&Q about 350Z
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Well let me tell you about my first great weekend with my Z. I live in upstate SC, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. So I got up Saturday morning, and headed out. It was a perfect 80 degree day. After about an hour and a half, I made it to the Blue Ridge Parkway. I drove about a hundred or so miles on nothing but freshly paved curves. It was awesome!! Still braking in my Z so no gunning it yet, but every now and then I had to kick it up to the 4000k range quickly just so I could hear my typhoon howling at me. The car is so sweet! It was hanging the curves like it was on rails. Drove so smoothly....ummm makes me want to drive it just thinking about it. Here are a few pics of the beautiful Western NC mountains.
So anyway here are my first impressions. First Id like to say that upon detailing my car when I first got it, here it what I noticed. The passenger window has several scratches in it from where the retard at the dealership I guess used a razor blade to take the window sticker off with. The service manager was great about it, said he could replace the window or buff it out. No way am I letting them replace it, just muck it up more and I always heard that if you can fill the scratch with your finger nail then its too deep to buff and it will make the glass concave if you try. So I guess im stuck with it. Next, there is a stain going down the left door. There is about a 6 inch circle then you can see where the liquid or what ever it was ran down the door. Thought I got it off when I waxed it, but today while I was at the lake, in the sun light I could clearly see the stain cause of all the excess pollen sticking to the stain plain as day. So I will have to get a heavier compound to get it off with. Those are the only two major complaints I have. Everything else is pretty good.
I love the car and it is well worth everything I paid for it. If I had it to do over again I would in a heartbeat! The power, handling and looks is unmatched! Couldn’t have made a better decision. So far I’ve got 700 miles on the car. I plan on changing the oil tomorrow evening. I’ve already installed a z-extreme grounding kit, typhoon intake and a Kenwood mp3 player. Next is window tint and exhaust. Waiting till the new Injen SES comes out before I make any final decisions.
Just thought I would share my story with you guys since this is such a great forum...thanks to all of you...I’ve read all of your post since November, when I was considering on buying the car and have learned so much by you guys. What a great Z community! Thanks to all of you!
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04.5 DB Performance
Typhoon Intake
Injen SES Straight Tip Exhaust
Blue Z-Xtreme Grounding Kit
Kenwood MP3 Player
EBC V4 Greenstuff Pads
Clear Lens
Carbon Fiber Piller Covers
20% Tint
5 Coats of Zaino
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'01 Yamaha R6
Post Edited (Apr 18, 8:38pm)
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Hey,
I know the excitement, I just took delivery of my red Roadster convertible last Sunday. It is the first thing I think about when my alarm clock goes off in the morning. I find myself wishing that my work commute was LONGER than 30 minutes!
That blue is a great color. Have fun.
JIM in Long Beach, California
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Congrats and have fun!
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Z on my friends!
You have a great car that is a LOT of fun!!!
-Zanioed '03 Le Mans Sunset Touring Coupe w/ Nav.
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Awesome! The first few days with the Z are so sweet!
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Great Pics! also the background.
Allow me to use for Window's wall paper.
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Very Nice Pics Bro, I love that Mountain Background!
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awesome daddy
thats the color i wanted but when i saw my car sitting at the dealership with those brembos i had to have right then.the silver stone is a very classy color but here in san diego everyone has that color.you don't see many blues but then again if i had the blue i would probably have a ton of speeding tickets.great job with the pics you should blow one of them up and hang it it's like art.oh! and a very clean engine bay by the way.good job man hey are you still going to put that wing on it!take it ez.
mike
Z's are like woman maintenance,maintenance,maintenance!
1971 240Z gunmetal metalic 5sp 4:11 gears in the rear
illuminas and purchased from the original owner w/136k original miles
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you think blue will get you tickets? try having a Redline...no tickets yet, but they pull me over just to "compliment" me. Congratulations, im still in the excitement stage after 2 weeks..
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Yeah....I went thru a road block last weekend....the cop was like WOW I love it.
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04.5 DB Performance
Typhoon Intake
Injen SES Straight Tip Exhaust
Blue Z-Xtreme Grounding Kit
Kenwood MP3 Player
EBC V4 Greenstuff Pads
Clear Lens
Carbon Fiber Piller Covers
20% Tint
5 Coats of Zaino
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'01 Yamaha R6
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Nice pics of Z. Do u live near where the movie "Deliverance" was filmed? Very scenic area.
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Not sure...know the name of the town???????
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04.5 DB Performance
Typhoon Intake
Injen SES Straight Tip Exhaust
Blue Z-Xtreme Grounding Kit
Kenwood MP3 Player
EBC V4 Greenstuff Pads
Clear Lens
Carbon Fiber Piller Covers
20% Tint
5 Coats of Zaino
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'01 Yamaha R6
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Don't know the name of the town, but along the Chattooga river. Sorry