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So far my worst was when I had parked out near the end of the lot and came out the door and didn't see the Z. I was looking at the alarm remote that hadn't paged me and then back at the parking lot and then back to the remote. Wondering how they got past the paging alarm with it's own battery backup, the club, the kill switch, the fancy door locks... Walked a few more steps and saw that the huge sedan that had parked 4 spots away was completely blocking the view of my car. That was a heart stopper. It does make it hard to relax and enjoy what I am doing. I'm usually a little twitchy while it is out of sight. I don't know how people with the really nice ones do it. I thought about buying one of those GPS tracking setups but the monthly fees are a bit high for something that I'd hope to never use. I don't need to be able to track it any time except for if it is gone. I thought about buying and installing one and then if the activation could be done fast enough only do that step once the car is missing. For years my old white Z was our only car so there was no choice but to park it in places I wasn't thrilled with and leave it there for hours at a time. But the orange one is in much better shape so it makes me worry a lot more. I did like having the electric fuel pump on the white one though. It made for a nice 'kill' feature that would let them start the car and think they were getting away. Although several times that I forgot about it I ended up with the car dieing just as I pulled out into the road. If a new car gets taken the insurance will do a good job of getting an identical car in most cases. Just trying to find another 'similar condition' Z would be a nightmare, let alone the fight with insurance to cover more than a couple thousand of the price. www.geocities.com/z-car

The writeup I read said it was pulled after one airing because it was thought to promote street racing. Now some the ads practically come out and say that the cars will be great for street racing.

hadn't seen this one before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fb_H2Qiivg&eurl=http://autos.aol.com/article/general/v2/_a/car-commercials/20090128184409990001&feature=player_embedded

I've gotten to where I generally just tell them I have a Nissan 240Z, to get them started looking in the right area of the catalog. Although I do have to admit being partial to the online places that have a separate section for Datsun At the better parts place in town that actually employees adults I'm able to tell them I need something for a Datsun 240Z without it confusing them though.

is that the same company that is commented on here: http://www.amazon.com/Auto-Parts-Warehouse/dp/B0002XF3GG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top and here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/375/RipOff0375283.htm There are more than a few online parts places with professional looking sites that aren't on the up-and-up. I ordered shocks for my truck from one a couple years ago and they said they were in stock. Days passed and I was guaranteed that the shocks were on their way. Turns out weeks later and after multiple emails, that the shocks were discontinued and they didn't have any. Much like the above listing I'm sure they didn't stock anything and just tell everyone that the parts are all instock. I didn't learn my lesson and found a different site, used their online help to verify that they did still have two of them available. After I placed the order the confirmation had the other companys name on it. Turns out they had multiple sites with different names and layouts all going back to the same place. I went back on to the live help to have them cancel the order. They said they couldn't do it as the order was already in process at their 'warehouse' and I was going to get the shocks. A few days later I get the email saying once again that the shocks had been discontinued and my order was cancelled. The worst thing for me with places like this is that I make my living selling online and they make people hesitant to buy from legit places.

The show was in Chico, CA. It was probably a bit before that as I don't think I'd had my white Z for more than a couple of years when we wandered by the show. I think I got the white Z around '92. And was given a copy of his book by a local body shop that we were having some work done on a company truck. So it was pretty cool to see the car that I had read about.

While my Z isn't near flawless these prices are definately making me worry about where I park mine. If I remember correctly years and years ago I saw the green 240 from Wick Humbles book for sale at a car show for about $12,000.

and a couple more (keeps the thread readable long after the ebay auction has ended)

here's a couple of the pics from the listing

I'd get a 510 for the fun and style of it. A 280Z or ZX with good AC so I'd have something fun to drive in the summer. The problem is with any of those a clean one is an expensive one anymore.

I like the painted floor and track lighting Nice in-home showroom

it is basically this one: http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/PCLC03B/17-8052 the downside for me is that it adds more hoses to the engine bay, I like the clean look. And although I doubt it would, it seems to add more places for a massive oil leak to happen. The Z doesn't come out for the hot parts of the summer (I'm too much of a wuss to go without A/C) but it does get some half hour long freeway time at 70-80 mph.

are there any downsides to having one? I'm getting close to parting out or scrapping my white 73 (a sad day) and it has a good one on it but I'm not sure if it is something I need on my 'new' 73. Is it a benifit in non-racing applications? -Trevor www.geocities.com/z-car

the paint job. But from the other thread I can see I'm the exception in that view. I mean, I guess you could paint SS emblems or a schwastica on a VW if you wanted to tie the car in to that history. But I can't imagine a sane person thinking of doing that. Somehow the Japanese came away from that war with a far better reputation than the Germans while committing atrocities that would have made the Germans sick to their stomachs. Am I ashamed to be driving a Japanese built car? No, but I don't want to associate it with that legacy. And I have far too much respect for our own WWII veterans, the things they went through and the things they saw done by the Japanese in that war to drive around in something like that, anymore than I would fly a Japanese flag on my house.