instead of the zed what would you have gotten

just curious to know, what were people looking at getting while looking for a car before the zed came and cought your eye. for example i was looking for an s15 but then saw the zed i have now and was hooked.... + the s15 was way too expensive for me anyway

 

RX7 series 6 or higher...

I'd build a 20B TT, still might one day

 

Either

RX8 or Supra, but both are a little too expensive for the time being hehe

 

As much as they are hated I've always liked MkIV supras. But alas a little too expensive, and nothing compared to the mighty ZED

 

RX7 - Series 5

But just not a pinch on the Zed, so forget it now... :zlove:

Besides that, from my past experience with rotaries, the engines are just too weak especially when you're pushing heaps of boost through them. Just don't last as long as the VG30

 

Ever since I was a (relatively) young lad, I had always liked the idea and looks of the original Zeds (1600 Fairlady and 240Z). Later in life (not like you lucky young buggers of today) I found myself in a position to buy a car for ME, personally, rather than a family hack.

I was seriously looking at a Skyline (R33/34), but my research showed that they had a weak point . . . the CV-joints, all four of them! This was enough to get me to consider Supra's, but I didn't like their looks. The Soarer/Lexus SC400 was next on the list, either in V8 form or 2L turbo, but they looked too big (boats?). Never liked the "roundy-roundy" motors (rotaries, even though I liked the shape of the various RX7's) because of the perceived expense of maintaining the engine (is this a similar misconception to the expense of maintaining a Zed?). . . some of the RX7's models also seemed to to me to be fairly fragile!

All this because I thought the 300ZX was too expensive (ie., out of my price-range!).

Then my son (Baroo) bought a Zed (a Z31, then, later a Z32) for what I thought was a very reasonable price, so I started looking for one for myself. Looked at several Z31's, but could never find a comfortable seating position.
The wife saw a Z32 ('90 Aus-spec) in the local paper, I went and had a look at it, fell in love, and bought it! Have NEVER regretted it!

Also looked at the 200SX (new) but thought it was a bit of a lightweight (literally) and kept looking for something better. The 350Z was also in contention, but I decided my (then) Magna had a better seating configuration.

When I realised how relatively cheap the 300ZX was, the 300ZX became King!

 

True...

But they are a hell of a lot cheaper to rebuild, and a lot easier to get BIG power from.

Still, I got a Z... not a RX7 so why am I defending them

 

I would have either gone for a Skyline , MR-2 or Mitsubishi GTO. REALLY glad I didn't - love the Z!!!

 

Well, my car preference was originally a commodore (shutup im over that phase), i changed my mid after basic driver training where i drove an turbo mr2, that was cool so i wanted one for ages, eventually one day i saw a 300zx on the street and i thought to myslef 'iwonder how much they cost?' and i checked that night oin carsales, when i relised i could afford one, i fell in love :zlove:, very breifly looked at alternatives such as 180 or skyline (disacarded quite quickly), but yeah, also liked supras (the latest model mark V is it?) but they were too expensive and performed equal or worse than teh mighty 300

 

Well now that i have no more Zed, i find myself looking at either another Zed or aV8 Soarer, as thats all i like in my price range

 

Back when I was in the wannabe drifter stage I wanted a 180. Then wanted a pimp car so was thinking a mid 90's Audi A4 or a Honda Accord. Never realised how cheap the 300's had become so when a friend was selling one I went to check it out. Didn't buy that car but a month later I bought mine.

The only car I'd consider would be a later model TT or possibly an R33 but it'd have to be a GTR. Until I get a better job and get off my P's, I'll be sticking with the NA.

 

I was gonna get a GTO TT. They were too expensive though and then I discovered the Zed.:zlove:

 

well the car i would get if i had the dosh = series 6 or higher rx7...so sexy.

cars i was looking at at the time i purchased the zed, s14's, 180sx's, 3000gt's(gtos), supras, done up GT4 celicas, rexies, turbo lancers, hmm thinking... cant think of what else.

zed turned out to be the best option tho

 

series 4 or 5 RX7

 

r32 gtr or 3000GT.

 

i was going to get a 1996 BMW initially, then i wanted to get the merc c300 (pimpish styleover it), then the soarer V8 or turbo (girlfriend said it was too ugly ) the i saw at an auction for this Holden VX V8 goin for sale and i nearly got it...i showed the picture from straight on to my gf and she didnt like it...then i saw the zx:zlove: and wen i saw the leather in this red z i knew i wanted it...girlfriend hated it initially, she preferred my Ford EL over it...but now its grown on her. plus she saw one the other day and shes like thats 'hot' and im like i got the same car...now no problems at all:zlove:

 

Hmm, long list time...

At first I wanted a the late '80's Supra, the one with the 7M in it, too hard to find a good one
Then 180SX, too expensive for what you got
Then a skyline, same as above
Then a MR2, kinda expensive at the time
Then Celica GT4 same as above
Then a soarer, kinda boring and nearly impossible to get a manaul
Then a series 5 RX7, first one I drove had a busted apex seal and dodgy secondaries, that put me off pretty quick not too mention the orange dials
Then the Porsche 928, couldn't get one for a decent price without 250000 k's on it
Then a Porsche 944, same again

Then I found my Z :zlove:

But 6 days after I got it one of my mates found a 944 in really good nick at the auctions and it was expecting to go for around $6K Sure the Z is cool, but it'd be nice to say you own a Porsche when your 19

 

looked at heaps of options....

seriously considered r33 skyline,r34 skyline gtt,series 8 rx7,mitsubishi fto,mitsubishi 3000gt,celica gt4,mr2,mark4 supra,mazda mx5 turbo,but best bang for my buck came in 300zx form.....ill still own other performance cars,but i cant see myself selling the z soon,maybe never....:zlove:

 

An S15 is the best alternative I had, but loved the Z's too much!!!:zlove: Thought about buying an S15 again recently, but dismissed it in the end for the same reasons I initially got the Z. I do wish they still made something more like the Z32 than the Z33. I don't mind them, but it's kind of missing something (apart from the turbos) that the Z32 has.
If I were to replace the Z now (not planning on) I'd probably get an AMG or M3 etc amongst other things.