Which Touring Edition to Purchase? - 2003 vs. 2004

[denverace]

Hi Guys I am new here, let me know if I am in a "wrong area" or anything...

I am looking to Purchase the 350Z in the next week or two. Have read quite a bit, seen and driven several, and did see a post here in the forum on 350z 03-04 reliability and potential flaws?.

So, other than the 03 tire wearing, some 04 change to the center console(?), a transmission improvement (?), and the dash board flip up storage compartment door, Does Anyone have experience or thoughts on Which of the Touring Edition Year Models to Purchase? Pro's or Con's welcomed.

Thanks

I am in Denver, CO where there seem to be a lot of "Low Mileage" cars due to NOT being driven during winter months.

Had a 260Z "back in the day"Have passed on three Maximas (4 Door Sports Car) to the kids!Love the 350Z Silverstone color - Can't belive it does not come with the Frost colored interior.....?

[ZBAZ]

I have a 2003 Touring model and have had the car for 25,000 miles of the 50,000 miles on it. When I first bought the lease back at 23,000 + it had a worn front passenger side tire that I was concerned about and found out that the wheel on that side had a ding in it, implying that the car was driven over a pot hole hard or onto a curb making a right turn or something because everything pulled right. I had the front end worked on and have had ZERO problems with it since that time with 25,000 additional miles on it. At the tail end of the tires life I replace all the tires with 245/45r/18 with new wheels and new tires and have been rotating the tires now every 5,000 miles with little to no wear on the tires and expect to see over 35,000 to 40,000 miles out of the next set of Falken 452's. The staggered wheel idea seems great until your replacing tires that cost a $1,000.00 a whack every 13,000 to 15,000 miles if your not playing around on any tracks. My 2003 is solid as the day it was bought by me after the front end work was done. When the tires got down to wear bars the noise this car produced was like nothing I ever heard from any car. So loud that is was disgusting. I thought it was other things but the tires really needed replacing and the day it was done all the road noise went away completely. Of course you can still hear the rocks and stuff but that grinding noise you hear OMG!

The crappy stereo was replaced by an aftermarket unit. The sub speaker behind the drivers seat became the housing area for all the extra amps, wires and hiding various electronic components and the new sub is mounted in the back under the roll bar arch in the back.

My paint chip issues was solved easy enough with CLEAR BRA and whenever you have a flat front end like the ones in this case your going to see road wear and rock chip damage not just on this specific car but any flat front car or truck like ours. The Honda S2000 also has a very flat front end and if you do not think they don’t have rock chip issues like us your kidding yourself. Just the nature of the car or you need to buy a different style car with another type or shaped front end. You can buy a leatherette front bra to take car of the chip problem.

Other than that I have been trouble free for over 25,000 miles with regular oil changes and filter changes.

BAZ...