What do you think of this Z?

[Ron Carter]

Canuk, I would suggest a Vacation to Southern California, perhaps around the time of the MSA show, you should be able to find a Z in the range you are looking for in the LA / San Diego area.

More importantly, be sure to have what ever you buy closely examined prior to purchase.

R

[MarkDixon]

I think this is a very solid looking car. $7,500 is a lot of money to spend on a car off of the internet. Me personaly, I would want to look over every inch of a car like that before I would buy it.

But the thing that chaps my arse more than anything, is these guys that sell their Z's, and the first thing in their ad is how their wife is making them get rid of their car.

I don't know about you guys but I married a wonderful woman who understands my passion for my Zcar, and would never make me get rid of it. No matter how long it sits in the garage waiting for the next repair, no matter how much of a money pit she believes it to be. She can't even drive a stick so she will never fully understand the bond one has with his 240Z.

Anyway,

good luck with your search for the right car.

Mark

[ChrisA]

I guess I didn't realize it was done by Too Intense... now I more fully understand the warning... Carl B.

I'm out of this Too Intense loop, can someone explain? I thought they did good work. I'm getting signals from two members on this thread that maybe they do bad work?

Thanks,

Chris

[hls30.com]

I am sure TIR can do good repairs, and I am sure TIR can sell good, even great, parts. I just do not believe TIR understands Customer Service, or the words "Original", and "Restored".

We had a very heated thread(cracked bones everywhere) a while back that was mirrored on several sites. The skinny Readers Digest Version is: TIR sold a 240Z described as "all original" that was not for a price that was. Elsewhere the in the exchange TIR said that it had been partially "restored". It had not; it had been repaired. What I mean by this is that it had a drive train from a later Z. "Restored" means put back as "original", meaning his description proved he did not understand either term. It looks intentionally deceptive to me when a "Professional" shop can't come up with an accurate description of a car they repired to sell. It looks even worse when they are caught in the situation, and claim ignorance. That is what my warning was about. I have no first hand knowledge of this situation other than I did look at the original ebay ad, photos of the car as delivered, and the email exchange between the buyer and the seller.

The facts of the situation led me to believe TIR might be capable of doing good work and selling good parts, but they choose not to describe accurately, and they do not value customer service when the responsability for a problem is absolutely seated in the misrepresented and confusing description they wrote.

To quote a good friend on mine quoting someone else, "Buyer Beware."

Will

PS, Lets keep this thread on track-if someone wants to flame, shame or tame me, use PM, not this thread.

[ChrisA]

Thanks Will, I'm not out of the loop now. Now back to the car everyone......

Chris