Hello

[Alabamacoy]

I have just bought a 240z for my daughter. The person who had it rebuild the engine and tranny, put in new floor pans, rebuit the brakes and front end and then got tired of it and just wanted $900 for it so I jumped on it. I am going to finish for my daughter and if she is lucky and I don't fall in love with it myself I will give it to her.

Coy

[EScanlon]

You might as well start looking for another car for your daughter.

Several reasons for this:

Your post ALREADY implies that you've fallen in love with the car.....you're not going to give it up.

That you're already loving the car, you are going to wince every time she slams the door or the hatch or scratches the tires or....Lord Forbid....scratches the car after you put a fresh paint job on it. (I did mention that you're already in love with the car, didn't I?)

She'll notice the attention you give the car and will, as most women do, resent it. She may be your daughter, but she'll think you're going to be watching her every move / use of the car and ..... buy her another car. She'll be happier for it in the long run, and I DID mention that you're already in love with the car didn't I?

Welcome to the club, and you can try denying it, but the fact that you looked up this site.....well, I DID MENTION THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH THE CAR......

Enrique

[theianmonster]

Haha, you've got the Z fever. Just buy her a Civic that she can beat the $^!# out of, keep the Z for yourself, haha.

- Ian.

[Carl Beck]

Hi Coy:

Is your daughter going to be 16 this or next year - or is she going to be 36? Just how long from now did you plan to give it to her?

If she's going to be 36 - fix the car up and give it to her.

If she's going to be 16, keep the Z for yourself and get her a nice 1976 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, or maybe a 72-75 Buick Electra 225. Mass amounts of relatively inexpensive high quality steel - to surround her, and limit acceleration. ;-)

At 16 she'll need lots of strong metal around her - and something that gets 8 mpg will greatly limit the mileage she can afford to drive if you make her pay for her own gas (and thus limit the exposure to driving hazards). Next best thing is a full size pick-up with a six cylinder engine...

I'll have a Z for my daughter - but she's been working on the Z's with me since she was 8 years old. Today at 12 she can polish metal like a pro., she can rebuild and/or change the front ball joints - this summer we're working on doing front brakes... By the time she is 16, she will know how much work it took to refresh a Z... but even then, I'd only let her drive it with me in the car. After she has had five or six years of driving experience, and a couple of good professional drivers training courses (Boundrant /Skip Barber etc)... then she will be ready to have a 240-Z - without it killing her.

I hate to say it - but girls between the ages of 14 and 21 are complete hair brains... a wreathing ball of emotions and greatly lacking the focused attention, for a span of time required to drive in todays world.

at any rate - good luck

Carl B.

A son 36, a son 33 and a daughter 12

Clearwater, FL USA

http://ZHome.com

[=Enigma=]

LMAO, you guys are killing me! Unfortunately I think you are probably right and I'm glad this is not somehting I have to deal with. Dealing with a teenage son will provide enough of a challenge as it is. Good luck with YOUR new Z.

[rxsleeper]

Hi Coy:

I hate to say it - but girls between the ages of 14 and 21 are complete hair brains... a wreathing ball of emotions and greatly lacking the focused attention, for a span of time required to drive in todays world.

at any rate - good luck

Carl B.

A son 36, a son 33 and a daughter 12

Clearwater, FL USA

http://ZHome.com

I AGREE!

Hi Carl and Coy,

I lurk here a lot, but rarely post but felt I could chime in a little on this. Carl is right, I carried a badge for 25 years (in Alabama) and I can say with a little authority that not only girls but boys between 16-20 are a handlful in a car like a Z. I know I WAS when I bought my first Z (1971) at the ripe old age of 18. Not to mention the number of times I had to deliver the message that their loved ones were seriously injured or worse in the high ouptut cars their parents had given them.

Thankfully I found some local sports car nuts and received many, many hours of driving training from national champions that helped to keep me alive! Even having bought my own car, I still did stupid things on the streets (and occasionaly still do!) but I lived to tell it.

Carl, like you my kids are spread. Boys 19 and 15 and a daughter who is 8. I screwed up and bought a RX8 and taught my oldest how to drive it. He had never driven a manual. In fact he drove a 960 Volvo at the time. I think the Volvo met all of your requirements Carl, Heavy, slow, air bags, and lots of steel in the right places

Long story short, after he gained a full academic ride at a major university I lost the battle and ended up saying "Yes Dear" when my wife bought my then 18yo a 2003 RX8. But then I intervened. He had already tried autox with me and had experienced being out of control, at speed, in a controlled environment. I made him go to the local SCCA drivers school, and he wanted to compete. He learned VERY QUICKLY about how out of control you can get in a car like a Z or an 8. Lots of power, relatively low weight and this little thing called trailing throttle oversteer that Z cars are famous for.

Get your daughter to a high performance drivers school, make her work on the car with you, make her pay for tires that she WILL burn off, and say some prayers. Maybe she some of it will rub off and she will act responsibly. So far my oldest has and I did everything that I am suggesting that you do.

Good luck with the Z, I know I enjoy mine even if I am being lazy on on the CPU instead of the rust of my current Series I car..........

Paul

[zbane]

When my sister and I were just starting to drive, we would have killed ourselves had we been given a small, nimble car to start with. Luckily, we both inhereted the family '77 Buick LeSabre 4 door.

After I had been driving for a couple years, I bought an '88 Honda CRX, great mileage, fast (surprisingly) and safe (except on Illinois ice).

Get your daughter a "beater" to learn with, like my dad did, later she can get herself something more exciting. When she buys it, she will appreciate it more, and you will get to enjoy the Z.

You know you agree. Give in to your inner desire, and welcome.