2.5rs vs 300zx

[triplerox]

Okay so i finally narrowed it down to these 2 choices.

2.5RS

pros:
-tunnable
-reliability
-familiar with it (spent a lot of time reading up on it)
-can be swapped with sti parts
-love the look
-awd

cons:
-hard to find
-even if you find one its either high miileage or highly mdified
-transmission needs to be swapped


300zx
pros:
-sleek look
-fast car
-rwd

cons:
-dont know much about it
-used ones are beat up from excessive drifting and etc.
-insurance cost
-older than 2.5rs

prices are about the same. help me out guys

[Wolfwood]

If you really dont need the extra doors and seats, or the awd for winter, this should be perhaps the easiest decision of your life. The 2.5rs is a nice car in its segment (something competitive with a civic or a corolla), but the 300zx is one of the sexiest affordable sports cars of all time. On top of that, if your interest runs to performance, the 2.5 is a sporty small sedan, but the Z is a f***ing madman. Besides practicality, there is really no comparison here. If you really want a sprots car... dont compromise, dont settle.

[drdisque]

I don't know why you say that the Subaru "needs its transmission swapped"

[drunken monkey]

how about actually going and finding two examples first, have a little drive of them and see which one you prefer?

[triplerox]

i'm looking for a performance ca that i can use for daily commuting as well. if i do get a 2.5rs, im planning to swap in sti engine and transmission into it.

[sidewinderl]

If you're talking about a z32 300ZX TT, then that's what I'd go with. It also features Nissan's Super HICAS all-wheel steering. It's the closest thing to the GT-R that Nissan released in the US.

excerpt from everybody's friend, wikipedia:

The Z32 300ZX Turbo was on Car and Driver magazine's annual Ten Best list every year it was available, from 1990 through 1996. The Z32 Turbo was also Motor Trend's Import Car of the Year for 1990. It was critically acclaimed by many magazines as being a complete turnaround from the Z31, which many critics felt was a sloppy-handling GT, far from the agile, sporty 240Z of years past. From the year it was introduced, it won many comparison tests against similar Japanese sports cars such as the Mitsubishi 3000GT/Dodge Stealth and the Mazda RX-7, as well as the Chevrolet Corvette, Toyota Supra and the Porsche 968.

I'm a Nissan fan, though, so I'm probably biased. The best way to tell for yourself is to test drive them!

[drunken monkey]

Originally Posted by triplerox

i'm looking for a performance ca that i can use for daily commuting as well. if i do get a 2.5rs, im planning to swap in sti engine and transmission into it.

what?
why don't you just get the STi in the first place?

[[Storm]]

go rs... an ej20t swap is a very good way to gain extra power... or is it ej25t for u yanks?

[blakscorpion21]

300zx no question about it. it is a real sports car.

[BP2K2Max]

i've driven a 2.5 RS on a few ocasions and i've got to say that it has very little get up and go. if you're gonna go through all the trouble of engine and tranny swaps to make your 2.5RS into a wrx or STI then you might as well get the WRX(sti) to begin with. personally, i'd get the 300z.

[triplerox]

Why don't i get an STI or WRX instead?

1) can't afford them at the current price.
2) i will be driving the car to my first year in college. getting a car that stands out doesn't sound like a good idea.

[drunken monkey]

buying an RS and then buying the engine+transmission from a STi and having that installed is cheaper than just buying the STi?

[triplerox]

from what everyone who has done the swap said, yes.

[Right_LiRrr]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

buying an RS and then buying the engine+transmission from a STi and having that installed is cheaper than just buying the STi?

I second that yes. It is MUCH cheaper to buy it in the first place.

I'll go by aussie prices but you'll get the idea.

STi 6 speed with DCCD 6-8000
EJ25T - 5-8000

And don't forget the brembos! They cost around 4000 for the kit.

An STi is so not an impreza with more power. Even if you do the whole conversion, you'll get a sloppy "STi"

Think about it as the diff between getting a woman and a man with a sex change. I mean, you can always pretend...but in the end you'll be gay =P


Oh and....get the Z

[VAD0R]

Originally Posted by Right_LiRrr

Think about it as the diff between getting a woman and a man with a sex change. I mean, you can always pretend...but in the end you'll be gay =P


Oh and....get the Z

I got a video from Motorweek that begs to differ.

You also have to consider when it comes to price whether you would like to own the 1984-88 300zx or do you only settle for the 1989+ ones, even though the 1st gen 300zx seems to make a fairly good rallier.