New 300ZX

[silverbullitt]

Ever since it got the drift car i thought i had turned my back on having a nice road car.And through the 18 months or so that i had the 180SX , i had moments where i came so close to putting her on donedeal and going back to having something nice on the road.
Then i spotted this for sale and knew i had to have it.
I've had a serious horn for these since the 90's , so i put the 180 for sale , twas gone in a few days and i bought this.

So she’s a 300ZX, Non turbo,with a 5 speed manual , she’s still packing a 3 litre quad cam, 24 valve V6 sending about 222hp to the rear wheels, and beautiful noises through the quad pipes out back and I love it.
Sure there are more capable cars out there, that are faster, with better handling and maybe some that look better, but if everyone used their head and bought the widely regarded best car in a given class, then we would have no variety, and every car meet would be a sea of the same model. Plus I love the underdog , when everyone was buying Integra Type R’s I got a ST202 Celica, when the masses bought Civic Type R’s I bought a Levin , when they all rushed to buy Imprezas, I bought a B4 Legacy.

I haven’t done much driving in it so far , as she’s out of tax and will remain so until the winter has passed. But what I have learned from the few hundred kilometers I’ve put up is that is heavy, its comfy , it can pick up pace relatively effortlessly with a nice bit of midrange grunt, she sounds best at about 20mph in first gear, T-Tops are awesome and because there so few in the country most people go “ WTF” when they see it.
Took it down to Waterford for a few pics on saturday and this is what the missus came up with.

[silverbullitt]

And a couple more

[PeterT]

awesome! theres faaaaar too little of these about, whats the plans for it?

[1-JAY-Z]

Rare on the roads, cool pics

[Deco84]

Love these cars always have since the steer from the rear lads had the flip paint ones . What's the Na engine like on juice ?

[Smokey Bear]

Beautiful yoke! Always wanted one!

[silverbullitt]

No Plans as of yet Peter ,just try to keep it as mint as it is.
Maybe a Decat , let that V6 breathe a little easier.

Deco , its pretty thirsty alright , but that could be new car syndrome.
The whole spin back from ennis was punctuated by me dropping her into 3rd every two minutes and nailing the throttle, and some short very spirited spins around my gaff when i got her home. I expect it to be mid to high twenties once the honeymoon period wears off.
Yeah i remember the SFTR ones as well , and after driving it i have new respect for what the boys did with theirs. I know they were only diffing em most of the time , but they are a big fucking car to diffing, especially when they had two of them with 3 grand paintjobs nose to nose