Saying Good Bye! (almost)

[idriveaTTz32]

I hate to do it, but I will be selling my Z before summers end. Pretty soon I will be down to one car, the Z. I bought the car with anticipation of fixing it at a much more rapid rate but things have gotten in the way. With the car in its current state, I do not feel confident driving it every single day.

-It leaves me with the option of getting a large personal loan to speed up the repairs to make it reliable and comfortable. -Buying a horrible beater for less than a $1000 and hope it doesnt break down, which I cant stand the thought of. -I could try to buy an ok car for around $2-6k that may last me at least 2 years or so until the Z is paid for (currently on a bank loan), but I dont think the full coverage insurance on two cars will be friendly to me. -And the final and most likely option, sell the Z for a profit, buy a very newish car thats fun by todays standards.

I'm currently looking at the Audi A4 1.8T, Mazdaspeed Protege, and Sentra SER V-Spec. All roughly the same engine output and the sentra and a4 offer a pretty stout aftermarket support. The downfall I see is that the audi is going to be a higher mileage car than a comparably priced ($13-16) protege/sentra of much lesser mileage.

I have even considered buying a better conditioned Z32, but there is no way a bank will give me a loan for a car that is marked up at least $3k above its TMV.

Financially, economically, and mentally these cars are the best deal for me. As soon as the Z is sold I will be begin test driving. I have to get my new clutch installed and a few other things fixed to insure a good profit so My goal is to have the Z sold by mid July. If I get the Protege or Sentra I may be more involved with autoX.

Dont count me out just yet, I still wish to participate in the Z/nissan communities, afterall. I may keep my second TT motor and work on that for occasional fun.

[nsrZ32]

Sad to hear you're selling the Z.

But if you're gonna unload it definately stick with Nissan. For 12-13K you can get an 03-04 Spec-V with less than 10K miles. Definately a good bang for the buck.

[PalmerWMD]

There's an 04 Spec V FS at R Nissan right now.Haggle 'em down a bit and you have an interesting sporty and ultra reliable car!!

Fred..

PS: Sorry to lose you, be SURE to check this thread for next weeks meet and come!zerothread?id=114702

[jEzTeR]

Keep the and gomething else to drive.

you will be sad withoput it.