So I left the house to go look at a Frontier at local dealer. I took a quick look at it Friday, but I was meh on it. I decided to go back Saturday morning and see if we could work a deal. The truck sold a few hours before I got there. I'm not surprised, it was well priced, nicely equipped, and in ok shape. So my hunt for a vehicle resumed. I decided to swing by the local BMW dealer, to survey the 3 series market. I met a very knowledgeable salesman and had a chat with him. He pretty much told me I had a better chance of getting struck by lightning than finding the car I wanted in this market. In case you didn't read my other thread I was looking for a decent-to-drive manual sedan that can tow, and the 3 series actually fit the bill. At least he was honest and polite. So since I was on the north side of town I decided to swing by a dealership that another dealer had recommended. He said it was the only place he could think of that kept manuals on the lot. I was not ready.
I told them my price range, what I was looking for and as we were going back to look at a 101k mil 3 series (see also, meh). It was less than I wanted to spend, more miles than I wanted on it, but at least it was a manual 330i and black on black. Walking across the lot I spotted a daytona blue 350z with a Nismo wing on it. They incorrectly labeled as a Nismo Edition. It has a Nismo intake, full Nismo exhaust, and a Nismo suspension, and the wing, but it has slider calipers and no front lip / bumper. Still, it was beautiful. 67k miles, I was looking at it, and talking with the wife. I commented how it wouldn't tow anything. She replied "Well the reason you wanted to be able to tow was so we could build an S14. If we buy this, why would we need an S14?" So I drove it, I loved it. I put my foot down in 3rd as I was merging on to see what it would do. It was so smooth I had no idea how fast I was going until I grabbed 4th. I got a stern warning from the Memphis police. I was not expecting it to go that fast in 3rd gear.
So to make a short story long, we filled out the paperwork and I drove her home today.
Ladies and Gentlemen, my new Z.
Sorry for the cell phone pics. I was too busy driving it to break out the Nikon.
I'm gonna take it out tomorrow and clean it up. Then do a photoshoot.
Stay Tuned
but the idea just didn't get me excited. I couldn't sleep when I went to bed last night. I felt like a little kid at Christmas, I just wanted to get up and play with my new toy. 
I guess it's an easy mistake, They're only .5" different. It had a different stereo in it. Looks like it had a flip up screen because there are rub marks on the center console. 
I was going 73 mph earlier and the tach was sitting at 2750 and 3k had me at 80. 
