evildky wrote:it's worth noting that the 240z, 260z and 280z are all S30's so essentially the same car...
uh, i beg to differ. diet coke may still be a Coca-Cola product but it aint coke.
I know you have a 240z in your stable Evildky but seriously, MOST of us with a 240z would tend NOT to say they are "essentially the same car". i originally wanted a 280z but was talked out of it (thank gawd) and after test driving several stock cars from 1970-1978 i could feel the difference in the 240z and knew i had to choose it over a 260 or 280.
at car meets, its the folks with the 280s that say "they are essentially the same car" and do appearance mods to make their 280s look like 240s...not the other way around.
Am I 240z snob...yeah, i love em so much i bought 2! Not sure i would ever buy any other S30. I say all of the above with a little laugh but with serious intent. the 240z deserves its own spotlight and the accolades it has earned. An old frience once said to me regarding difference: the 240z is the show/race pony: nimble, sexy and sometimes unrully but the unique. The 280z is the work horse, bigger and stronger but heavier, incumbered by the burdens of the needs of the masses (ac, sound deadening insulation, safety lol).
Long live the Z