First Z!!!!

[pdubzx]

Last night I became a proud new owner of my very first Z car. My previous car (E36 BMW 328i) caught on fire while I was hours from home so it was time to go car shopping again. I had my heart set on an E46 M3 but just couldn’t bring myself to spend that much money on a car that I know I would be dumping most my pay check into just in maintenance costs. I have always had a thing for Nissans and the Z cars ever since I drove my friends 300zx n/a about 5 years ago. So when I saw this 350 for sale online just a few miles from my house I had to go test drive it. Where I live its mostly farm country and long straight road with ridiculously slow speed limits (you know the kind of roads the Z was made for…..). After it got warmed up I gave it WOT and was impressed by the feel and sound. It’s a quick car for sure but not a whole lot faster in a straight line then the BMW I had been driving. Well after a few miles I finally got to some ok twisties. There, my friends, is where I feel deeply in love with this car. This car is on RAILS!!!! I got the money together and took it home a few days later. I spent all night in the one are that has some fun winding roads. I had learned to handle my Bimmer real well and this Z humbled me very quickly. I have a lot of learning to do all over again and can not wait to take it to a track.

Cheers to all you Z lovers out there! I can’t wait to get to know this car much better!

[_b.jaye_]

congrats on the new wheels. throw up some pics!

[Mr. Z33]

Congrats on your new purchase! I just hope that your Z does not end up like your other cars...

[dasoupdude]

Congrats on your new purchase! I just hope that your Z does not end up like your other cars...

Geeze, it seems like you've had bad luck with your previous cars.

Good luck with this one though and welcome

[Retired Chief]

Congrats on the new car and welcome to NICO!

[evildky]

congrats on the Z, welcome to the fold

[BusyBadger]

Welcome to NICO and congrats on the new car!

So when's your first road trip scheduled and where are you going?

[bmike818]

Welcome to the Z club and Nico!

I love the way our cars sound! woooooooooooOoooooom.....WoooOoOOoooorRrooooom!!!!!!

[pdubzx]

Thanks for the very warm welcome everyone. I need to go on a road trip very soon. It's impossible to work when i know i could be out driving. I live in northern Indiana and plan on heading south to Bloomington (Girlfriend goes to IU) soon. 45 and 46 are very fun to drive. If anyone knows of a good spot to head around the mid west, please let me know!

[_b.jaye_]

46 around nashville is a blast, unfortunatly, its also pretty heavily conjested around the times im on it. plus, its moderatly screwed up with construction currently. im straight east of bloomington in columbus. take 46 to 67 & on in toward knox co. (where im from) fairly often.

should you happen to see a sunset orange in that area, theres about a 1 in 2 chance its this guy.

autocad tech huh? im a pro/e user myself.

[BusyBadger]

I was actually going to suggest Brown Co. If things haven't changed much since I left B'town then 45 & 46 are still crawling with police, it may be better in the off-season though.

I just may have to head up there for "leaf season".

[pdubzx]

Brown County is amazing. There are a ton of back roads you can pull off on and find some incredible places to hike. Once fall comes and school starts back up it does get really busy there.

[AmberLynne]

[pdubzx]

Sorry it took so long to get pics up. I went to Bloomington over the weekend to visit my gf and we took a drive in brown county. She happens to be a photo major so she took a few nice pics for me.

[colin8868]

that last pic looks siccckk

[fairLADY-Z]

Congrats!! Beautiful car. The last picture is pretty nice!