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I'm afraid I won't be joining the exclusive Black Edition club after all - found a new Storm White, Auto, Connect Premium, £28K - a £6K saving!! I actually prefer it in white, far too many silver/grey/black cars on the road So Black Edition (Booo) cancelled - White Edition (Yay) ordered. Money saved will possibly be spent on a Fast Intentions exhaust system, Stillen intakes, remap, suspension, maybe some 20" wheels, and some carbon vinyl wrapping front and back. Must have fangs. Got to be low. Got to be flush. P.S. Can you buy Z badges to replace the Nissan bonnet and boot badges?

I'll allow myself a question... Going back to dealer tomorrow to finalise paperwork. Was getting the hard sell today on GAP Insurance at £900 (insuring 25% down, further £15000 over 24 months on 0%, remainder on balloon). Nissan Tracker System with 1st year subscription £1150. Can I safely dismiss both of these as the dealer trying to up their margin?

Blimey, loads of welcome so soon, busy forum, friendly forum, nice. Questions... I have loads, but I think I'll spend some time acquainting myself with the Search button before I make a nuisance of myself.

Hello all New to the forum. (Nearly) New to Z ownership. Never owned a Z before, but shortlisted it with amongst other things: Audi TTS, Cayman, BMW Z4, Audi S5, Merc E350CDi Coupe. Story of how 370Z got to top of said list... Current car is Audi TT on a 58, lease expires tomorrow! Considered upgrade to TTS but trip down the M4 with a TT in front, behind and to the left made me realise just how naff and common this car now is. Scrapped from list. Cayman... well 3.4 S was too rich by time it was specced up, so 2.9 looked like the affordable option. Cayman ticks all the petrol-head boxes; superb dynamics etc, but stigmatised as being a poor mans Porsche. The 2.9 is the poor mans Cayman. Jealous people would no doubt constantly remind me of that fact, and frankly spending years defending myself seems tiring before I even started. Scrapped from list. Z4... nice car, but it is a BMW. I have an irrational hatred of BMWs (their drivers mostly). Scrapped from list. Audi and Merc saloons... just one more sports car, then I'll grow up, promise. Scrapped from list. Z had always been on the periphery as an option, buy as opposed to lease, most likely a low mileage second-hand 370, someone else taken the biggest bit of the depreciation hit, not common on the road (which I like), seems to tick all the boxes. Came on here last night. Read enough, and saw enough, to at least want to take closer look. Clincher was seeing Nissan dealer in Slough getting a recommendation. "Slough on way to work, I'll drop in and take a look, maybe even buy a second-hand one, a bit of a toy, tune it, have fun for a while, flog it and buy the diesel saloon I should be buying". Left having put a deposit on a new (that was never the plan) 370Z Black Edition, Auto (I'm lazy), in Quartz!! Arrives 24th. Got home not long ago. Wife not in yet. You know before she does Sorry for waffling, I'm still excited. I have a weird feeling that I have just bought the car that, without ever realising it, I have always wanted. Genuinely excited, and surely I'm too old and cynical to feel like that