Well yesterday, I met up with a friend who I used to race motorcycles with. He is also a huge car fan. He purchased a new 350Z a few months ago. So we met up and chatted a while and decided to meet up with some other friends. I had the bright idea to switch cars. I really just wanted to see how my car looked driving around! We cruised next to each other and I couldn't help but admire my car!! Please excuse my ego!
About a block after switching cars, we came to a light. When it turned green, we accelerated like normal. But once rolling, he got on it, and so I did also. The NSX pulled and I couldn't get the 350Z to catch up. I was getting beaten by my own NSX!! Once we hit speed limit, we let off and kept cruising next to each other, so we were never above speed limit. A moment later, I see lights in my rear view mirror.
We ended up getting ticketed for racing, me in his car, him in mine. And I'm always the person who never wants to race people that are always revving next to me. And yet we really weren't racing. He even mentioned he wasn't going at it all the way. I was trying to keep up! Well, at least I can say I've still yet to get pulled over in my NSX, and yet to get a ticket in my NSX! (knock on wood)
Comments about the 350Z
+Nice car, seemed to have more torque
+Brakes were awesome!
-The front end was too high
-The front windsheild seemed to small also
Comments about the NSX(that my friend made)
+He said the car felt German! Very solid. He commented 2x that the doors also seemed very solid when he opened and closed them.
+He loves the exotic look. He said the wheels make all the difference in the world.
+He said the seats were more comfortable. He actually made me sit in his car to compare them. He's right, I like the NSX seats better.
+Also, he said the entire interior lay out was very comfortable. He liked the drivers position and dash layout.
-He said the front lip was too low! He was scared it was going to scrape every little bump in the road.
In all, I was glad to let him take the NSX for a spin. When I told him a year ago I was looking for an NSX. He didn't understand. He said they look great, but $35-40k for a used one, he didn't understand. He was pushing me towards a used Viper RT10. Now he said he understood and said I made a good purchase and the car really looked awesome.
Just wanted to share some comments that my friend made. Glad I turned one car fan into a NSX fan!
Regards
Z
About a block after switching cars, we came to a light. When it turned green, we accelerated like normal. But once rolling, he got on it, and so I did also. The NSX pulled and I couldn't get the 350Z to catch up. I was getting beaten by my own NSX!! Once we hit speed limit, we let off and kept cruising next to each other, so we were never above speed limit. A moment later, I see lights in my rear view mirror.
We ended up getting ticketed for racing, me in his car, him in mine. And I'm always the person who never wants to race people that are always revving next to me. And yet we really weren't racing. He even mentioned he wasn't going at it all the way. I was trying to keep up! Well, at least I can say I've still yet to get pulled over in my NSX, and yet to get a ticket in my NSX! (knock on wood)
Comments about the 350Z
+Nice car, seemed to have more torque
+Brakes were awesome!
-The front end was too high
-The front windsheild seemed to small also
Comments about the NSX(that my friend made)
+He said the car felt German! Very solid. He commented 2x that the doors also seemed very solid when he opened and closed them.
+He loves the exotic look. He said the wheels make all the difference in the world.
+He said the seats were more comfortable. He actually made me sit in his car to compare them. He's right, I like the NSX seats better.
+Also, he said the entire interior lay out was very comfortable. He liked the drivers position and dash layout.
-He said the front lip was too low! He was scared it was going to scrape every little bump in the road.
In all, I was glad to let him take the NSX for a spin. When I told him a year ago I was looking for an NSX. He didn't understand. He said they look great, but $35-40k for a used one, he didn't understand. He was pushing me towards a used Viper RT10. Now he said he understood and said I made a good purchase and the car really looked awesome.
Just wanted to share some comments that my friend made. Glad I turned one car fan into a NSX fan!
Regards
Z
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