300ZX vs 3000GT on Australia Day

Discussion in 'Non Technical' started by woofer, Jan 26, 2010.

  1. woofer

    woofer Active Member

    Beautifull day for a drive, Myself and my friend who has a 91 GTO( 3000GT) went for a bit of a playfull drive up to the Mt Hotham summit this morning.

    It was a good chance to compare the ZX and the GTO......years ago i lusted after the GTO mainly for the looks and its reputation .
    Driving the car is vastly different than the Z, the car feels BIG and heavy. For a big car its has stuff all head room and also a very cramped driving position. The weight and 4WD takes its tol on acceleration to. not bad but nothing special.
    Being 4WD it should shame the Z , but this is not the case...again it feels heavy.

    As i said, years ago i really wanted a GTO, but now after having the Z there no way i would swap to a GTO.....:zlove:

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  2. Mclovin

    Mclovin Well-Known Member

    I still want a GTO, beautiful cars imo. Wouldn't sell the zed tho I just want both :D They also seem to have held their value more, the one I was looking at was over $24k. Is it really that slow? NA or TT?
     
  3. woofer

    woofer Active Member


    TT.... its certainly not "slow"... it just feels slower and heavier than the Z :D...
     
  4. JD-3193

    JD-3193 New Member

    I love the look of GTO's, especially the late model (pictured below) but the weight factor always held me back from buying one.

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  5. Chrispy

    Chrispy Pretentious Upstart

    It was more the price, they are hugely complicated and made by Mitsubishi that put me off them :p
     
  6. JD-3193

    JD-3193 New Member

    Yeah, that too. So I bought a Supra :D (and still have the zed :zlove:)
     
  7. ugame

    ugame user #1

    nice pics woofer

    I also love the look of the GTO, but you know what.....seeing them side by side (something I've not seen in person or in a photo before) ....I found myself thinking "id take the zed"

    i must be going down with something.
     
  8. Felix

    Felix Custom User

    the Z's alot smoother looking. The 3000gt's design is too wonky and awkward..too busy looking...with a half-assed vent here, chuck a light there. Kinda like a deformed child of the Supra, 300zx and rx7.

    I still like it though, in awkwardness it has some charactor, the "lesser known" and less common one of the Japanese 90's sport coupes.
     
  9. woofer

    woofer Active Member

    Couple more pics......

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  10. JD-3193

    JD-3193 New Member

    The rear of the zed is sooooo much nicer.
     
  11. Mclovin

    Mclovin Well-Known Member

    Hmmm, the GTO has the defuser or whatever which looks great and that wing. Very old school street tough imo. Could use better wheels tho.
     
  12. JD-3193

    JD-3193 New Member

    The wheels look like standard R33 wheels :p
     
  13. Mclovin

    Mclovin Well-Known Member

    Oh that explains a lot. ;)
     
  14. blueraven

    blueraven Active Member

    Yeah, I'm the same. I've always wanted to like GTOs, I'm not sure why. But again, they look so busy. Seeing the zed and the gto side by side, it makes sense why I like zeds so much more.

    Having said that, they look alright in black.
     
  15. 300zxt

    300zxt Well-Known Member

    Didn't Australia only get the poverty version 3000GT?
     
  16. ports

    ports the pro

    I'm a fan of your zed, very clean and an understated colour. Makes the 3000gt look ordinary IMO. :cool:
     
  17. woofer

    woofer Active Member

    Its a Jap Import .. 206kw TT , .. The US VR4 ( stealth) has 240kw..
     
  18. 300zxt

    300zxt Well-Known Member

    Yeah I thought we got jacked as usual with the good models.

    He should paint it lime green and call himself Paul Walker.
     
  19. ross79

    ross79 Member

    Always loved the GTO but have to say the Z was the first car that caught my attention with its looks. Still planning on getting a GTO one day but will still keep my zed.
     
  20. ZXDEVIL

    ZXDEVIL Active Member

    Zeds looking nice :thumbup: As for the GTO, its nice but for me its one of those cars that I'll sometimes see and think it looks really good but other times it just looks odd...
     

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