What car do you have and whats it like?

Fat_Walt

Herzlos wrote: »

Whilst I'm not saying you don't own one of the 30 370Z Nismos registered in 2013, your description reads very much like someone who's never driven one.

I'd like to see him come back with a positive response and prove us all wrong, but we know he won't.

Tothepoint.

Herzlos wrote: »

Whilst I'm not saying you don't own one of the 30 370Z Nismos registered in 2013, your description reads very much like someone who's never driven one.

But many more driven on the Xbox.

caprikid1

"A 2013 Nissan 370Z Nismo"


Surely must be the truth, if you were to lie you would think of something more interesting ?

Herzlos

caprikid1 wrote: »

"A 2013 Nissan 370Z Nismo"


Surely must be the truth, if you were to lie you would think of something more interesting ?

I don't know; I'd have one. But if I did I doubt I'd tell the internet.

jimjames

Rolandtheroadie wrote: »

Bought an Audi 80 around 3 years ago, paid £550, sold it back to the guy I bought it from for £350 18 months later.

£11.11 depreciation.

I hate to say this, but....

Bought my Golf for £700, sold it for £1500

I hate to say this, but....

amandacat wrote: »

so just signed up to PCP on a new car for not much more than that a month. Starting to wonder with the amount of driving I do if second hand cars are false economy.

Wait till you sell the new car and you'll see if used is better or not. Depreciation will be savage for that sort of mileage. Great for the used car buyer though!

motorguy

jimjames wrote: »

Wait till you sell the new car and you'll see if used is better or not. Depreciation will be savage for that sort of mileage. Great for the used car buyer though!

They can work out reasonable, but (almost) any new car will depreciate heavily.

motorguy

Herzlos wrote: »

I don't know; I'd have one. But if I did I doubt I'd tell the internet.

I'd definitely have one. Great cars - but by no means perfect and a very limited market.

gilberto

motorguy wrote: »

+1

Having owned a 370z gt prior to the a45, it's a quick enough car granted, but it's not a tap the pedal and POWER! type of drive.

The handling is decent but is as to be expected by a nose heavy RWD car.

Don't get me wrong - they're a great car and I loved ours, but that "review" reads like a description by someone who has been at some point a passenher in one at best, not having lived with one month in month out.

You didn't quite understand what I was saying there. The 370z has a very flat torque curve meaning it's 280 ft lb of torque is available at any rpm and any speed. This is what makes it so fast unlike diesels which have masses of torque but can only be utilised in very a narrow rev range

Tothepoint.

gilberto wrote: »

You didn't quite understand what I was saying there. The 370z has a very flat torque curve meaning it's 280 ft lb of torque is available at any rpm and any speed. This is what makes it so fast unlike diesels which have masses of torque but can only be utilised in very a narrow rev range

We understand one thing, you ain't got one. 😏

System

2010 MK4 Mondeo TDCi 140. Bought it at 2 years old with 38,000 miles on the clock for £9,000. Had it coming up to 5 years and it is now on just over 115,000 miles. Other than two suspension bushes for a total cost of £200 it has never needed anything doing other than service items. I keep it fully maintained with servicing done by the local Ford dealers on their "Four Plus" scheme which also gives 12 month pan European breakdown cover and it has never let me down.

Love the car, I get 53-55MPG normal driving, more on a run and I recently managed to fit a 3 metre kitchen worktop in it I'd bought from B&Q which my wife can't even do in her Renault Trafic van. Loads of room in the boot, loads of room for passengers especially in the back, can do over 800 miles on a tank and get out the other end of a long journey several hundred miles long which I do going to France feeling as fresh as when I set off. Mid range 40-70 acceleration is great for overtaking which is especially useful when your 28 mile commute to work is on a major route to two coastal resorts - I spend a lot of time on the wrong side of the road during summer.

I've given that car plenty of abuse and it just keeps on going. Did think about replacing it but I think I'd be pushed to find anything that competes.

I also have a MK3 Mazda MX5 which I bought over winter as a midlife crisis car for having fun on a weekend. Other than the reliability its the polar opposite of the Mondeo but is fantastic for blasting down the B roads around where I live.