Thank you and goodbye. Traded my 2k2 Max to a 300ZX TT
01-10-2003, 07:06 PM
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Thank you and goodbye. Traded my 2k2 Max to a 300ZX TT
Well it's been a fun time. I appreciate the .org and have enjoyed it tremendously.
I loved my 2k2, it's a great car and it has served me well. I went to a dealer to have some very minor body work done to it (someone backed into the pass side) and I saw my dream car there. A '95 300ZX Twin Turbo with T-Tops. It had 28k miles (NOT a typo, yes 28,000) and was priced to go at $19,990 (also NOT a typo). Notably it was in between two 350Zs.
So after three days of haggling (and 2 sleepless nights, wondering if the car would go to someone else) I struck the deal I wanted; an even trade for the maxima (I owed 19,800) and we split the taxes and tags 50/50. So all and all I bought it for $20,500 AFTER taxes and fees. It is in immaculate condition, and in completely stock form. And it is a blast to drive!
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Take care, I'm certain to still peruse the org!
-SooperZ95
I loved my 2k2, it's a great car and it has served me well. I went to a dealer to have some very minor body work done to it (someone backed into the pass side) and I saw my dream car there. A '95 300ZX Twin Turbo with T-Tops. It had 28k miles (NOT a typo, yes 28,000) and was priced to go at $19,990 (also NOT a typo). Notably it was in between two 350Zs.
So after three days of haggling (and 2 sleepless nights, wondering if the car would go to someone else) I struck the deal I wanted; an even trade for the maxima (I owed 19,800) and we split the taxes and tags 50/50. So all and all I bought it for $20,500 AFTER taxes and fees. It is in immaculate condition, and in completely stock form. And it is a blast to drive!
www.wolfish.net/z_car
Take care, I'm certain to still peruse the org!
-SooperZ95
01-10-2003, 07:11 PM
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Re: Thank you and goodbye. Traded my 2k2 Max to a 300ZX TT
Originally posted by soopermax02
Well it's been a fun time. I appreciate the .org and have enjoyed it tremendously.
I loved my 2k2, it's a great car and it has served me well. I went to a dealer to have some very minor body work done to it (someone backed into the pass side) and I saw my dream car there. A 300ZX Twin Turbo with T-Tops. It had 28k miles (NOT a typo, yes 28,000) and was priced to go at $19,990 (also NOT a typo). Notably it was in between two 350Zs.
So after three days of haggling (and 2 sleepless nights, wondering if the car would go to someone else) I struck the deal I wanted; an even trade for the maxima (I owed 19,800) and we split the taxes and tags 50/50. So all and all I bought it for $20,500 AFTER taxes and fees. It is in immaculate condition, and in completely stock form. And it is a blast to drive!
www.wolfish.net/z_car
Take care, I'm certain to still peruse the org!
-SooperZ95
Well it's been a fun time. I appreciate the .org and have enjoyed it tremendously.
I loved my 2k2, it's a great car and it has served me well. I went to a dealer to have some very minor body work done to it (someone backed into the pass side) and I saw my dream car there. A 300ZX Twin Turbo with T-Tops. It had 28k miles (NOT a typo, yes 28,000) and was priced to go at $19,990 (also NOT a typo). Notably it was in between two 350Zs.
So after three days of haggling (and 2 sleepless nights, wondering if the car would go to someone else) I struck the deal I wanted; an even trade for the maxima (I owed 19,800) and we split the taxes and tags 50/50. So all and all I bought it for $20,500 AFTER taxes and fees. It is in immaculate condition, and in completely stock form. And it is a blast to drive!
www.wolfish.net/z_car
Take care, I'm certain to still peruse the org!
-SooperZ95
01-10-2003, 07:17 PM
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Re: Re: Thank you and goodbye. Traded my 2k2 Max to a 300ZX TT
Originally posted by slickrick
stick or auto?
stick or auto?
It's an auto. So it was 95% the car of my dreams. Maybe a 5-speed conversion is in the works, but they are terribly difficult in the Z32s.
I've read the auto finishes the 1/4 mile faster though; I think because the stick finishes in 4th and the auto finishes in 3rd (more research needed to find out for sure). It's frighteningly fast above 60MPH. It pulls from 60-120 better than 0-60 I think!
Congratulations! Hope you have a fun time w/ the 300. Hope it turns out the way you want, and HAPPY MODDING. Make it a beast.
01-10-2003, 08:17 PM
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Originally posted by DA-MAX
auto or stick?? who cares!!!
its a damn TTZ with T-tops and only 28k 
nice find!!! 
auto or stick?? who cares!!!
its a damn TTZ with T-tops and only 28k nice find!!!
01-10-2003, 09:01 PM
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This picture makes me sad for some reason. The Max looks better..lol
http://www.wolfish.net/z_car/z-max.jpg
http://www.wolfish.net/z_car/z-max.jpg
01-10-2003, 11:18 PM
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Originally posted by Weasel
Congrats... but you got hosed on the price. Still, can't put a price on a dream car.
Congrats... but you got hosed on the price. Still, can't put a price on a dream car.
My max had almost 20k miles, with no options except floor mats and mud guards and a few hundred $ in body work!
01-11-2003, 08:57 AM
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Originally posted by Frank Fontaine
Something doesn't sound right. 300ZXTT is more used than a '96 M3? Is it a collectors car?
Something doesn't sound right. 300ZXTT is more used than a '96 M3? Is it a collectors car?
Either way stock for stock it'll be seeing my tail lights the whole way!
01-11-2003, 09:08 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Thank you and goodbye. Traded my 2k2 Max to a 300ZX TT
Originally posted by 2000 SE
It may be a little faster, but you Max was probably pretty comparible from 60+.
It may be a little faster, but you Max was probably pretty comparible from 60+.
The auto Z's run the 1/4 mile in about 13.5-14.1 stock (depends a lot on where you look); and my 2k2 at best ran over a 14.5... Of course track conditions affect a turbo car a lot moreso than an NA car I think; (the only time my 2k2 could hold it's own is in adverse road conditions!
However I do miss certain features of the Maxima, ideally I would have them both!
01-11-2003, 10:38 AM
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Motor Trend, Road Test, June 1994
"Our tester, a five-speed SE version of this fourth generation of Maxima, produced a blazing 6.6-second 0-60-mph time, a 15.2-second, 92.4-mph quarter-mile run"
"The new Maxima shows no mercy on its Nissan stablemates: It'll stomp the normally aspirated 300ZX, and drivers of automatic-transmissioned 300ZX Turbos best not be snoozing when the light goes green."
I am pretty sure your 2K2 would have shown it's tail lights to the 300. Was it six speed?
But your new car has forced induction which means your upgrades are cheap and easy, so great buy, I wish japan would make em like they used too.
"Our tester, a five-speed SE version of this fourth generation of Maxima, produced a blazing 6.6-second 0-60-mph time, a 15.2-second, 92.4-mph quarter-mile run"
"The new Maxima shows no mercy on its Nissan stablemates: It'll stomp the normally aspirated 300ZX, and drivers of automatic-transmissioned 300ZX Turbos best not be snoozing when the light goes green."
I am pretty sure your 2K2 would have shown it's tail lights to the 300. Was it six speed?
But your new car has forced induction which means your upgrades are cheap and easy, so great buy, I wish japan would make em like they used too.
01-11-2003, 03:36 PM
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Originally posted by Street Reeper
I am pretty sure your 2K2 would have shown it's tail lights to the 300. Was it six speed?
I am pretty sure your 2K2 would have shown it's tail lights to the 300. Was it six speed?
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01-11-2003, 04:06 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Thank you and goodbye. Traded my 2k2 Max to a 300ZX TT
Originally posted by soopermax02
I bet to about 30 the max would fair quite well. The Z32 is tough to launch and it has some turbo lag. The Z will pull from there on up, and cream the maxima above 60. The 2k2 has a really strong 3rd gear but by then the turbos are at full boost and the Z is gone; there's really no contest above 60mph. The Z seems to shine there.
The auto Z's run the 1/4 mile in about 13.5-14.1 stock (depends a lot on where you look); and my 2k2 at best ran over a 14.5... Of course track conditions affect a turbo car a lot moreso than an NA car I think; (the only time my 2k2 could hold it's own is in adverse road conditions!
However I do miss certain features of the Maxima, ideally I would have them both!
I bet to about 30 the max would fair quite well. The Z32 is tough to launch and it has some turbo lag. The Z will pull from there on up, and cream the maxima above 60. The 2k2 has a really strong 3rd gear but by then the turbos are at full boost and the Z is gone; there's really no contest above 60mph. The Z seems to shine there.
The auto Z's run the 1/4 mile in about 13.5-14.1 stock (depends a lot on where you look); and my 2k2 at best ran over a 14.5... Of course track conditions affect a turbo car a lot moreso than an NA car I think; (the only time my 2k2 could hold it's own is in adverse road conditions!
However I do miss certain features of the Maxima, ideally I would have them both!
BTW, I have never seen a stock TT run 13.5 (especially an Auto). If that was the case the 5spds would have been running 13.2's!!
Hey you have a very nice car and I am not trying to flame.
01-11-2003, 04:30 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Thank you and goodbye. Traded my 2k2 Max to a 300ZX TT
Originally posted by 2000 SE
2k2 6spds are running anywhere from 97-100mph in the 1/4, and I don't think I have ever seen a Auto TT 300zx trap that high if any higher!
BTW, I have never seen a stock TT run 13.5 (especially an Auto). If that was the case the 5spds would have been running 13.2's!!
Hey you have a very nice car and I am not trying to flame.
2k2 6spds are running anywhere from 97-100mph in the 1/4, and I don't think I have ever seen a Auto TT 300zx trap that high if any higher!
BTW, I have never seen a stock TT run 13.5 (especially an Auto). If that was the case the 5spds would have been running 13.2's!!
Hey you have a very nice car and I am not trying to flame.
01-11-2003, 04:51 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Thank you and goodbye. Traded my 2k2 Max to a 300ZX TT
Originally posted by [s3]
Yea those autos are quite slow, different turbos than the stick ones. I sometimes have problems catching up to 2k2+ maximas and civics with my Z.
Yea those autos are quite slow, different turbos than the stick ones. I sometimes have problems catching up to 2k2+ maximas and civics with my Z.
I really don't care how much faster if any in the 1/4 mile my Z is to my 2k2; they are entirely different cars. I love them both!
With that said see you guys on the road, take care out there; and thanks for the support.
01-11-2003, 10:19 PM
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Originally posted by soopermax02
I've been able to chase down things I couldn't before, like WRXs and Mustang GTs (could do some before, now I them all out so far). Maybe I have a magic Z.
I really don't care how much faster if any in the 1/4 mile my Z is to my 2k2; they are entirely different cars. I love them both!
With that said see you guys on the road, take care out there; and thanks for the support.
I've been able to chase down things I couldn't before, like WRXs and Mustang GTs (could do some before, now I them all out so far). Maybe I have a magic Z.
I really don't care how much faster if any in the 1/4 mile my Z is to my 2k2; they are entirely different cars. I love them both!
With that said see you guys on the road, take care out there; and thanks for the support.
I was j/k dood, first thing you should get if you haven't gotten them..intake/exhaust/Greg Dupree's split flange downpipes should be good for a combined 50HPMine is near 400HP w/ 16psi on jwt500s
01-12-2003, 02:01 AM
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Originally posted by soopermax02
All things being equal, like mileage and vehicle history the M3 may hold more value; keep in mind the Z I bought is in pristine garage kept 4k miles a year condition.
All things being equal, like mileage and vehicle history the M3 may hold more value; keep in mind the Z I bought is in pristine garage kept 4k miles a year condition.
J/K...congrats on the car...very sweet!
01-12-2003, 10:56 AM
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I bought an auto Z32 and regret doing so... I'd still be driving a Z probably if I had waited on a manual transmission. Got rid of the Z since I hated driving a manual sportscar :P
Gratz on the purchase.. upgrade those brakes asap!
Gratz on the purchase.. upgrade those brakes asap!
01-12-2003, 02:44 PM
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hmm
Originally posted by DaddyMac
that dealer must love you, I wouldn't have paid more then $14k if it was exactly the same but with a manual transmission. Congrats anyway, it looks nice.
that dealer must love you, I wouldn't have paid more then $14k if it was exactly the same but with a manual transmission. Congrats anyway, it looks nice.
Doubt it, 95 w/ 28k miles and TT for 14k...
nah
blue book is around 17k
01-12-2003, 07:13 PM
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Re: hmm
Originally posted by [s3]
Doubt it, 95 w/ 28k miles and TT for 14k...
nah
blue book is around 17k
Doubt it, 95 w/ 28k miles and TT for 14k...
nah
blue book is around 17k
And my maxima surely wasn't worth the trade, with 20k miles, nary an option and body damage!
01-12-2003, 08:30 PM
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Hey congrats on the purchase!! You made a smart move. I'd do this kind of deal in a hearbeat if I could.
People people, please.... He said his new Z is in PRESTINE AND IMMACULATE condition.. He owed about 20k on the max and he got the Z for about 20k. It was a good move. I would gladly pay 20k for an immaculate TT with 28k miles.
Enjoy the ride ~!!
As for me, I only got about $2700 left in my payments. After my max is paid off, I'm gonna enjoy the extra cash and keep modding.
People people, please.... He said his new Z is in PRESTINE AND IMMACULATE condition.. He owed about 20k on the max and he got the Z for about 20k. It was a good move. I would gladly pay 20k for an immaculate TT with 28k miles.
Enjoy the ride ~!!
As for me, I only got about $2700 left in my payments. After my max is paid off, I'm gonna enjoy the extra cash and keep modding.
01-12-2003, 10:09 PM
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Can anyone confirm this? Auto 300ZX's have 286HP...I remember having a 300ZX add and it listed the automatics having less HP 
I can't seem to find that add though, I cleaned out my OLD magazines 
I can't seem to find that add though, I cleaned out my OLD magazines