350z purchase question

Whats up guys fellow Af'er here who just wanted to get some ideas.
I am sick of my Honda and priced out a new 350z. I am ready to buy one but wanted to ask a few questions.

Do the different trim level make a difference. Would getting the base 350z be ok? I see the enthusist version comes with LSD what does the base version come with? Does this make a big difference?

Also HID headlights on the enthusist verision. Does the base version have regualr headlights?

Does anyone have any of the NISMO upgrades? Such as the exhaust is it worth buying the factory upgrades?

Thanks to everyone who can help. The 350z forum is slow I see
thanks again.

-Brody

Personally the Enthusiast is the best bang for the buck. The base is a good option for the person that is going to upgrade things like an aftermarket LSD. The Base does not have HID/LSD/cruise/homelink mirror

Ok so the LSD is the main consern of mine. It's best to have that I assume. Your right about the best bang for the buck. Thanks for your response.

I have the Enthu. Model and I love it. I heard one really bad thing about the HIDs. They are really cheap quality and break out fast!

All I can say that it is almost 3 years and no problems with my HID's

Heading down to the dealer today to check out stock. When will they change the body? 07 ?

Whats up guys fellow Af'er here who just wanted to get some ideas.
I am sick of my Honda and priced out a new 350z. I am ready to buy one but wanted to ask a few questions.

Hey thats funny because I'm tired of my Honda too, although yours is alot newer than my own. I am also stuck with what model 350Z to get, but will most likely get mine toward the end of the year when I see if there are any changes between the '05 and '06 models. At first I kinda wanted the Touring for the power seats and the in-dash 6 cd changer, don't care about the Bose stereo have my own components waiting, but then I figured I would just get an Ipod and connect it to my head unit which I think will work out better. I would like power seats also but I dunno about leather seats- don't hate 'em but not a big fan. Also, if you go to Nissan's website they will send you a brochure on all the models and the differences between them. Lastly, with dealerships I have found, at least here in Cali., that you can get some of the best pricing by going through either the fleet person -or- the internet sales person.
Good Luck!

I chickened out I went to the dealer Touring edition with trade in of my car would have been 499$ a month finance out the door. There arent any Enthusiast in New York right now 6-12 week wait time..I'm gonna keep looking..But I did drive it, and it aint no Honda haha.

Yeah i test drove the car too, and its definately not a Honda. Its funny because I had not driven a manual car since my freshman year in college about 3 1/2 -to- 4 years ago and when I was done the sweet smell of burnt clutch filled the air around the car- still want a 6spd though. But it is a quick car, I mean compared to my car few things aren't. I hope that they change the models and include more options with fewer models- that will make purchasing a whole lot easier.

^^Never see ya posting in the Honda forums?

Yea 6 speed it is. I set up an appt on friday for upstate NY (2 hours travel) they have 2 models on the lot.

Black 05 - Touring 34k sticker
Red 05 - Enthusiest 29k sticker

Gonna work this dealer and get those prices cut and hopefully drive home with a new Z this weekend. The invoice list of these cars is so different then sticker. Figure if I go in there working with the enthusist I can later see what he'll do for me on the Touring. I'm kinda feeling that leather option.

..............Gonna work this dealer and get those prices cut and hopefully drive home with a new Z this weekend. ....

Awesome, good luck, you will love the Z so far almost three years and still love the car.

^^Never see ya posting in the Honda forums?

Yeah, I just started getting back into AF again, was really busy, but I occassionally post there. Usually when I look its like the same topics being asked/discussed or something along those lines. Good luck, I'm pretty sure if you talk to them long enough you will get a reasonable deal. :thumbsup:

$499 a month? Thats about what I pay right now...>.< I shoulda put more money down when I bought the car.

$499 is a bit steap right now I am looking to also buy a house. The lowest they would go this weekend was $438 a month. So the deal is they are going to do a Northeast locate over a few days see what they can find that puts me in the 400$ a month range enthusist package of course. So when they give a ring I'll throw my car right up on ebay take the difference for the down payment.

Ic Ic =)

If you dont care about leather seats, bose prem sound, traction control/ heated seats/mirrors etc... I would just go for the base and costom do whatever you want. But the fastest is the base, think about it, its about 300lbs lighter w/out nav/leather/prem.soundSUB/ etc. I myself went with the Touring because the options are NICE and I dont care if it makes the car weigh more thus not as quick because im not going to be drag racing my car. I bought it for LOOKS OPtions and the decent engine.

Hey thats funny because I'm tired of my Honda too, although yours is alot newer than my own. I am also stuck with what model 350Z to get, but will most likely get mine toward the end of the year when I see if there are any changes between the '05 and '06 models. !


As far as I know there are atleast two new things with the 2006 model. The headlights and taillights are different. The rear style and molding is the same but the actual "RED" triangle break light is made up of smaller red circle dots and the front lights are all Xenon (sp?) headlights (not just the high beam one) and looks sharper with covers circling the actual light. But you can easliy by them aftermarket already for about $300 a pair.

Yellow, touring edition, gotta love leather!

I got mine w/ 10k miles (now 12k :O) mines Silver w/ Black leather, hey im 18 and i cant complain! $12,200 left to pay it off =/

Alex are you sure your talking about the 2006 model? Nissan sent me a commercial of their car for 2006 and I didn't see the changes. It looked exactly the same to me. I know the 2006 G35 will have similar changes like how you said.

This site shows some of the new changes to the 2006 models:
http://www.sportzmagazine.com/Z_special_350z_photos.htm

Got my PPW Z a little over a week ago. I got the Enthusiast model. I love this car!!! I might get the led lights for my Z but I want to see what they look like in person. Ditto for the headlights... I would like to see if the steering wheel controls can be put on my Z though...simple but functional.

Been tryin' to post pictures of my car for you guys but can't seem to find out exactly how to do it...

Ahh ic the changes now. =) looks pretty interesting...I should try getting me one of them tail lights looks pretty interesting =).

I chickened out I went to the dealer Touring edition with trade in of my car would have been 499$ a month finance out the door. There arent any Enthusiast in New York right now 6-12 week wait time..I'm gonna keep looking..But I did drive it, and it aint no Honda haha.

I have an 03 track model, comes with the brembo setup, nismo exhaust and suspension, and turbinetics single turbo, I pay 590.91, but I paid 45k, well worth it, my shit is fast as hell, did the m3, 911, vette, gto, sti, nsx, wauting for my chance at the new cobra, my car is 3250lbs,no goodies, like leather or navigation, or steering wheel controls, get the track model it's the lightest and has everything you will have to get anyway, if your gonna mod or race it.

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