The other day whilst making one of my very

frequent visits to the cash machine, a ritual

that all 300zx owners will be more than

familiar with!

 

This bloke came up to me and said excuse me............

 

"What is that?" pointing in the direction of

my red devil, "i`ve seen your car loads of

times around here, i`ve just divorced the

wife and i am looking to re live my youth"

 

Seems like a fair exchange to me!!

 

I cannot re count the number of times that

complete strangers (not just kids) find it

within themselves to start a conversation

about the Zed.

 

Car parks, petrol stations, retail parks etc

etc.

 

Does everyone else experience this?

 

The funniest thing i`ve ever seen however, was a guy walking along the road on crutches,

upon seeing me zipping towards him he raised

both crutches into the air and whilst hobbling on one leg, began to raise

them up and down in a "we are not worthy" type fashion, following which he went completely arse over tit!

 

Happened weeks ago...... still laughing now.

 

 

Thanks for sharing that story with us Ian. It helped cure my depression of having a great weekend at Bob's wedding, then coming back to the real world & back into work tomorrow

Nothing like that has every happened to me. I often get people, men, just stop and look in awe when I pull in the the petrol station. Which is about 2 a day

 

People, mainly boy racers, nearly crash because they are too busy gorping as I go by.

 

Had a long conversation to a young lad who I spoke to while getting car insurace.

 

No one ever talks to me when I am in my car. Must be because I am young and people probably think 'Daddys car' or 'Spoilt Brat'

 

Stuart. (Spoilt Brat driving Daddys car) He He He

I'm sat in the pub and discussing this very topic:

Some wiseguy *always* comments on how the 355 or the 911 or the Cerbera gets the 'Awe-Look'.. that look reserved for the dream-supercar.

Then the so called car expert spouts the usual rubbish about Japanese cars and their 'reliablility and dependability'

He comes out with the predictable shash about Lexus and Toyota, 'Hmmm Lexus does 155k without problems and Yaris wins all the motoring awards..but would you really want one?'

I point out very politely that the Nissan 300zx Twin Turbo puts *most* continental 'supercars' in a rather embarassing shade...

And you know what?

Yeh.. they have nothing to say.. thats Jealously for you... they have to drive to work in Mondeos and Vectras and they wish that they had a 300zx.

I just say to em 'watch and see a Z driver, and see the look on his or her face'

And then come and tell me the Japs cant build a cool car.

Sorry everyone. Im drunk. Again.

Kindest Regardz.

Glen

 

 

I get people shouting at me all the time when I drive by.

Usually "Nice car" or as I heard the other day "Give it some!"

Often get kids jump into the road behind me giving a thumbs up.

Another common one is at the drive through at KFC or McDonalds and being asked "Nice car mate, is it a Ferrari?" LOL

One guy thought it was a Bugatti EB-110...there is a resemblance in the front end and lights I must admit.

My Z is a flash machine but surely they can tell!

I was once sat in my Z in the Lakes as two old blokes walked past. I saw them coming up from behind to have a look but they couldn't see me through the blacked out rear screen.

One guy said "That's one hell of a car! What the hell is it?"

The other bloke said "Dunno but I bet the driver's a ponce" Jealous or what?!!

LOL

Was once waiting in a traffic Q and idly people-watching when I saw this one chap on the other side of the road just staring at my Zed whilst continuing walking. I could see it coming - he couldn't because his face was towards me. However, when the lamppost smacked him upside the head and forward momentum was impeded to the point he went backwards and discovered that backsides make good cushions, he hurriedly got up, dusted himself off, head down, went forward again. Lamppost was still in a playful mood so got him on the shoulder again, causing him to spin round before he could continue.

 

Another one I've had is while feeding my Zed some go-juice and these 3 blokes in a blacked-out Ford Escort pulled up, the driver started to fillup, the other 2 chaps got out and asked me how much I wanted for my car. The couldn't seem to work out that a) I wasn't selling and b) no matter how often they used phrases like "Bet it goes some", "always wanted a car like this" and "oh go on, give us a test drive" that chances of them getting into my car started off at nought and were getting smaller by the second.

 

I also find it amazing that when you tell someone what your car is just how often you hear "Oh yes, I was going to buy one of those".

 

Did have one chap trying that one on me a while ago. Waxed lyrical about how that was what he was going to get next because he always wanted one and knew absolutely everything about them so aren't I a Big Man and then asked me if the insurance was high for that kind of Motorbike. No...that's the Kawasaki. And there's the Ninja ZX range or the 200SX jet ski range. I can see how you would confuse Kawasaki with Nissan, though. Both words have an S, an I and an A in.

Try being female, blonde and 19 with an MR2 or 25 with a ZX. People believe, like you say,

*Daddy's Little Girl Who Gets Everything She Wants,

*Someone's got a Sugar Daddy

or

*Your boyfriend lets you drive that?

 

 

Originally posted by SRRAE:

No one ever talks to me when I am in my car. Must be because I am young and people probably think 'Daddys car' or 'Spoilt Brat'

 

Stuart. (Spoilt Brat driving Daddys car) He He He

 

 

The "what is it line " is part of owning a nissan, especially Jap imports as no Nis badge at the front. I have had it called a HONDA (Yuk) (respect to NSX though) a lexus?

and a traffic cop started to write Toyota!!! aagghh. Do enjoy the looks though you really dont have to try hard, better in town or whatever if you drive slow and let the engine purr God what a show off I am !

Jeff www.deerpark72.freeserve.co.uk/wizzm.html

 

The funniest thing that happened to mewas a couple of weeks ago when I was at a set of traffic lights on a roundabout. A Ferrari (about 10 yrs old ish) pulled up next to me. (he was one of those muppets with a ferrari hat and t-shirt on, with his 5 year old son in the passenger seat wearing exactly the same gear!!). Anyway, he asked me how much horse power I was running, I told him and that was that.

When they went green he had the inner line so he pulled away slightly earlier, but by the time I had gone into second I shot past him!! We got to the next set of lights about 1/2 mile down and again he eventually pulls up behind me, and says to me: "shame its Japanese and not Italian". By this time I was fuming. He started revving, I started revving, and when they went amber I floored the throttle and shot out in front of him!!!! All he could see was my back end slapping his forehead as I smoked into the distance!! He kept a distance back after that!!` Don't you just hate faggots like that!! LOL!!

I always see people staring but one of them just stared to long...

I was driving through a roundabout and there were 2 cars approching that

had to stop to let me pass.

The driver in the second car kept staring until he rearended the first car...

 

I somehow found it amusing ;-)

 

Maciej

Had a few funnyt moments of people staring, Two guys got out of a ford focus and were walking round my Z, which was parked outside my sisters. They were commenting on how it looked and I thought.....right outside I go....I bloopped my alarm and got in...started her up and 15 seconds later and a big dose of LED foot I was outta there....and now wherever I see them 2 guys they always, no matter what they are doing stop and stare....Wierd....

 

I like to see the look on drivers faces who are travelling the other direction, They can't help but stare....makes me chuckle!! I look like some sort of nutcase driving about as I am always smiling or chuckling to myself....

 

 

Nevermind, I'm the one in the Z

 

Matty.

Mine was parked in the dentists carpark one morning and I came out to see one of the dentists walking around and trying to peer inside. Just for a laff I set off the alarm remotely and he nearly shat himself.

 

Good job he wasn't my dentist !!!!

i get the best stares when im towing my boat to the lakes u can see in peoples expressions they look they are saying u cant tow with that its a light(lol) fast sportscar and they just stare as i go past

Bloody hell, a Zed with a towing hitch - don't want to see any caravans on there !!!!

i got similar stares last year when i had bike rack and 3 bikes on the back of mine

 

i'll post some pics soon

 

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Mongoose K&N AVCR

KYB Eibach

I get dirty looks if I park in disable spaces,(can't understand why) I like the bigger spaces, gives you more room to open the doors.

 

John

I get all types of people looking at my Z (some welcome, others certainly aren't) but when you have a car like that, what do you expect. I've been followed with lights flashing and horns sounding till I pull over for a chat... I get plenty of waves and amazed faces...jaws dropping...and occasionally the ol green eyed monster (had 3 cases of vandalism within the first 6 months of ownership).

 

By far the most pleasing of situations is when someone with a fairly new sporty number (you know the ones I'm on about...we'll see them at Silverstone thinking they own the place) pulls up and explodes to the tune of "F**K me ! And I thought my car was good !" Then they ask what it is...and find out how much it cost...and they simply can't believe it. Then there I go, happily driving off with the smuggest of grins.

 

That's the best thing about the ZX though.... theres not one occasion where I've been out in her and failed to grin like a nutcase ! It's just sheer driving pleasure - and that's just with an NA auto...so when my TT manual arrives...BOY am I gonna have me some fun !

 

(only drawback - I am getting really fed up with the amount of attention I'm receiving from the police)

 

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...I like it when people are talking about people carriers. I say I've got a people carrier.

 

tee hee

 

...and when they ask, I say it's an old Datsun.

 

...then my wife starts to prod me and tells me to leave them alone...

 

 

tee hee

The other day I was waiting outside Bristol parkway to meet someone. Parked by the taxi rank I noticed a few of the cabbies looking towards the Z. Eventually one came over and said "Ok. We give up what is it? I was dying to say it was a "£60,000 Zagastroni special from Turin" but said it was a nissan 300. He said to the others"oh it's only a nissan." To some people a badge is everything I guess!

 

Craig - a bike rack??!!

Glad to see everyone has had the same experience as me...

 

Z attracts the attentions of old men and young boys the length and breadth of the land....

 

Bugger all attention from young girlies though, which was kinda my target market...

 

It appears only a crapped out NOVA with 'on a mission' stuck on the back window dampens their knickers.

 

True story:

 

I have a crapped out red Xr2 (1987.. use it for driving to train station). I was out cleaning it, and two girlies go by (16 or so)...

 

teen1: "yeh.. nice init, and that yellow thing is his too ".

 

teen2: "woo.. nice car "

 

I give up.

 

As for the 'I give up, what is it' Having an import (skinned apart from the Z badges) I just tell folk it's a Z-car. Made by a japanese company in a custom built factory. I try to avoid mentioning the dreaded datsun if I can.

 

stu

 

It's also funny how much difference the color of your Z makes.

My white NA generally gets much more looks then my red TT.

In the Red one I often get comments like: Wow...nice ferrari ! (dunno if I should be flattered or angry to be compared with that italian piece of crap..LOL)..my white NA never has been confused with a Ferrari..they simply don't know what it is

 

In the NA I had a very funny thing happen once, similar to what happened to Maciej.

I was driving behind a guy in a BMW and I guess he was looking more in his rearview mirror then on the road in front of him....until this corner came..LOL !

He was very lucky there were no trees in front of him

 

 

 

 

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Unsuprisingly I get very little attention in mine presumably because it's one of the more subtle blue ones with standard exhausts. Occasionally kids wave, but few people seem to notice it and even fewer police - which is nice !

mine has no badges on whatsoever now which really leaves em guessing and as for colour i even managed to outshine johnny this weekend when he asked three young lads outside the elusive fingerpigs house who had the best car out of the four z's parked up....i would have picked johnnys but laff out loud i did when they picked mine then marks......SILVER RULES and i got the silver mean machine

Someone once asked if mine was the new Celica!! :-( The bikers on the forum suffer as well you know, dogs chase you and little kids run down the street after you shouting "Giz a bakka mister" or "Dee a wheelie".

Paul

Yep, I know what you all mean, I tried as hard as I could to gawp at my OWN car a few weeks ago but no joy...LOL!

 

MMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmm...Matty---sons! LMAO!

 

So you have a SISTER eh? Kept that quite from me...LOL!

 

So was that beer sesh at your place then????

 

Remember that scene in Jedi...

 

Luke's fighting with Dad and crouching under some kinda metal walkway...hiding from Daft Dadder!

 

Luke screws his face up trying to "bury his feelings deep down" as Obiwan put it so elequently.

 

Dad goes "Siisssttteeerrr, Ah, you have a siisssttteeeerrr".

 

That's me that is!

 

Ajay,

 

Blonde, 25 and largin' it in a 300? Hmmmm, blokes walking into lamp posts? Hmmm, have you ever stopped to think that maybe they're not gawking at your motor? LOL!

 

 

Timmy Non Twin Tub!

 

;-)

 

 

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