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Old 10-15-06, 03:12 AM
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The GS is gone and today I picked up a little something something...

2006 350z

Base Model, silver, stick.

I got tired of the big GS and the body roll and I finally got me something sporty

(ill post pics asap)
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Old 10-15-06, 07:33 AM
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congrats on the pickup, better get some sporty wheels to match
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Old 10-15-06, 08:42 AM
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Congratulations for the new ride
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Old 10-15-06, 03:46 PM
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Old 10-15-06, 04:09 PM
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Congrats on your new ride.
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Old 10-15-06, 04:49 PM
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Congrats on the Mighty Z love those factory wheels.
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Old 10-15-06, 05:05 PM
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I rode in one, the interior feels plastic...
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Old 10-15-06, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Ny_scrappy
I rode in one, the interior feels plastic...
It is plastic, whats your point?
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Old 10-15-06, 06:24 PM
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Looks good bro..Have fun with it bro
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Old 10-15-06, 06:30 PM
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so awesome! must quicker than GS and much more sporty huh?

Congrats!
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Old 10-15-06, 06:32 PM
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wow nice. Ive been thinking about making a switch to a real sport-oriented car. My GS, even though I have suspension mods, is still sloppy at handling and it's scary pushing it to the edge.

The nissan 350z is a great performer. Just wait until you add some nice coilovers
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Old 10-15-06, 07:03 PM
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Thanks you guys,

I'll still troll around here once in a while
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Old 10-16-06, 03:25 AM
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Check and see if your car was one of the ones recalled by Nissan for bad suspension and alignment settings at the factory....this was causing a lot of road noise from prematurely chewing up tires. Nissan was redoing some of the settings and giving people free new tires.....but I think that by 2006 most of the problems had been corrected.

You will indeed, as you indicate in an earlier post, have crisper handling and less body roll with the Z than with the GS, but the trade-off is going to be a harsher ride. Try to keep your car on smooth roads whenever possible.

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Old 10-16-06, 11:18 AM
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Congrats on your new ride!! Now get to modding that bad boy!
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Old 10-16-06, 11:38 AM
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Very nice car!

Im pretty sure that the tire feathering issue causes by alignment and suspension was fixed by the the time most of the '05s came out, mid-late production ones.

Just out of curiosity, how come you didnt wait for the '07 with the new VQHR?
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