Just out of interest?

Raw rear wheel power...and a child long fascination :)

ive not got mine yet (on the boat) but i think its because i was sick of my saph cossie breaking (380bhp rwd)

i had a go in my mates 300 which is running 12psi and it feels loads faster than my saph ever was plus insurance is only 800quid fully comp(elephant.co.uk) i was paying 1600 for the saph

As soon as the Z32 came out I wanted one....didnt have it 4 long before it got killed.

Will get another..

I owned a calibra turbo but it was constantly wanting a repair of some kind or other :rolleyes:

After 2 years of ownership I looked at getting something else........

Insurance is a big issue for me and one night I was just playing about on the net getting insurance quotes and typed in 300zx (thought a 3ltr twin turbo was well out of my reach)

It turned out good!

Did a bit of research on them (you dont see any about) and loved it :hyper:

The only thing that bothered me (and still does today) is when the back end of the car tries to overtake the front end :confused:

I also caught the modding bug as well!, which I've never bothered with :p

Wanted one for years but a bit impractical with the Family and all. But now got mine as the (second car). Well thats what I told the ol' lady?

Got to say I always want a car that it a little unusual, I was just getting rid of a lotus excel, I walked round a show room in Blackpool, it had all sorts of performance cars but the Zed took the limelight, it stood out a mile, it has that exotic look about it, I mean come on! to the untrained eye this could be a Lamborghini or ferrari or mazerati, they had one black and one red, so I got to see the choices, I hadn't really seen many until then (1997) I bought one a couple of days later after reading what the performance was later that day.

So to answer the question, I suppose the first thing was the looks but the performance guaranteed the purchase.

So looks and performance, a true sports car!

liked the shape

Had the little matchbox model as a kid so it was my dream car!! Saw one up for sale and rekindled that childhood fantasy! Bought it, spent thousands so far, but love it!!

I wanted to do something useful for charity, then I thought, Hey I know, I'll buy a zed, spend a fortune on it, drive for for 8,000 miles and then sell it for less than I originally paid for it.

 

Is there any greater act of charity I wonder? - oh yes, and if you want to be the beneficiary of £17000 I spent on the car, now for sale for £6500, then check out the Cars for Sale section! It's running beautifully and apart from some new front brakes, needs NO mechanical work!!!!

I like the rare breed in cars- you can go from one end of the country to another and not see another zed on the whole journey.

Saw a yellow one with black leather back in 92 - found out what it was and always wanted one, but with having a young family it was a) impractical and b) financially out of reach. :cry:

 

Kids are now 19 and 17, finances are healthy and wife No. 2 very understanding so here I am running around in the best looking car in town. :cool:

 

So the answer is - the looks and if a car looks that good it was bound to have reasonable performance :hyper:

The fact that they are very rare, I love not driving the same car as everyone else like I used to do in the Focus. I checked them out on the net, found out they go like stink as well as these jaw dropping looks, and then found this place. Bought my first one, loved it to death but sold it for some stupid reason :slap: then missed it so much I went straight out and got another one.

 

I can't imagine life without my Zed, it's more than a car, it's a statement that you don't want to be a sheep and drive nice safe boring cars, you don't care it costs too much to run with the ever rising fuel prices, you want to stand out from the crowd. That's what it's all about for me. :hyper:

I got one mainly because a neighbour had one in the early 90's and ive loved the shape/presence of the Z since.

 

Also, because i cant ride a bike no more and i wanted something to get as close as possible to the buzz that bikes give. But i was looking for one whilst i could still ride.

 

Rich

fuel economy.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

pmsl @ fuel economy!

 

i got fed up of driving the seicento day in day out, and decided to get a new car...a big car....a big jap car....

 

started looking round -

 

looked at fto's - still think they r gorgeous cars - but after a test drive found it to be gutless (and the insurance was silly!)

 

thought about supra or skyline - but they were too common and the skyline was too boxy.

 

even thought about mr2 - then realised that buying a hairdressers car was a silly idea!

 

loved the sound of scoobies - but again insurance was too high, and theyr not very attractive.

 

starting to get demoralised i even test drove a merc 560 sec lorinser edition - silly performance and a bargain merc but this particular one was beige with green carpets :hurl: !!!

 

i then saw steer from the rear :hyper: . done a bit of research and decided the z was the way to go - but where was i going to get one from?

 

2 weeks later a friend of the family who runs a second hand car showroom told me he'd got a black, uk, 2+2, manual tt :bow: - (everything i wanted from a z) perfect! it was fate and iv loved her ever since!!!

 

 

here endeth the story of how mowgs became a z owner.

 

amen

All the opposite reasons for owning a Mk III Toyota Supra Auto.

 

Z had an extra turbo and I got bored with not having anything go wrong on the Soup so spent 7.5K on a citrus fruit stylee Z instead a.k.a. a fookin' lemon! LOL :D

 

Still love it though!

Way back in 1990 I was working from home as a freelance Illustrator / part time baby monitor. My studio was at the front of the house and the Guy across the road from me bought a pearl Yellow one. I'd always loved the 240Z and thought Z's that followed were just plian ugly.

 

This pear yellow 300 was stunning. it had an F40 style high spoiler with break light and black leather. I was smitten, but young kiddies and 2 Great Danes wasn't practical.

He latter put BBS LeMans split rims on it and I knew one day i'd have to have one.

1999 I bought one and until last year has been utterly reliable. i'm paying for that now.

Just out of interest?

 

Go on Mark why did you buy yours.

Hi Mark,

 

I remember the first time I saw the picture of as they titled it "Nissans first supercar", I think it was in Classic and sportscar, in the late 80's!

 

I Fell in Luv :bow:

 

The performance was a bonus and when the prices fell to a level that I could afford one I bought one, Five Years ago and then insanity set in and econonmics flew out and I turbocharged me convertible :slap:

it came up cheap and ive liked the shape and the performance shame you see so many on the road had a cavalierr turbo 4* 4 before zed and only saw one in 2 years there like hens teeth and it handles better than my zed you can commit more to corners but i like the midrange the zeds got and over a oner the zed leaves the cav in know i raced it before i sold it. cav had the zed up to 60 though

My old sunny GTI was falling apart and needed a new car, at the time i dug out my old PSone and was playing GT, saw the Z thought WOW, looked at prices and phoned my insurance comp. Computer says yes. so here I am

Hi Mark,

 

I remember the first time I saw the picture of as they titled it "Nissans first supercar", I think it was in Classic and sportscar, in the late 80's!

 

I Fell in Luv :bow:

 

The performance was a bonus and when the prices fell to a level that I could afford one I bought one, Five Years ago and then insanity set in and econonmics flew out and I turbocharged me convertible :slap:

 

Just out of curiosity how much did you pay for you car 5 years ago.

 

i paid nearly 16K for mine 6 and a bit years ago. The car was only just over 4 years old with 34K on the clock.

I first saw the 300zx on spot the ball and tried to win one,well yeas later i now own one, owned it 3 years now and its staying for good. :bow:

I remember wanting one sometime ago, before I could drive and then it was only a dream and forgot all about them. I then bought another car of my dreams a Lotus Elise! I loved it and would buy another (if finances allowed) but couldn't justify tieing up £20,000 in a car so sold it and while deciding what to replace it with and something that could match its 0-60 I shortlisted the Mitsubishi GTO, Toyota Supra, Nissan 300ZX the Mazda RX7. Supra's are too expensive to buy, GTO to expensive to maintain, and RX7 are obviously underpowered as nearly everyone for sale as been modified. Leaving only the fantastic 300! Here I am today.