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05-31-2006, 11:27 AM
#26
Originally Posted by RodMoyes
I'm just afraid that if I buy a Civic, I'll feel dirty all the time. I just don't know if I can handle the guilt of owning a Honda...
Rod.
Rod.
05-31-2006, 11:36 AM
#27
The Evil Twin
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Location: Seattle, WA
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Originally Posted by z-hag
go with a z31!!! i only own 3 of them--1-NA, the RELIABLE commuer--over 240,000 on odomete, only uses 1 qt oil every 500-750 miles,now, still reliable. tune every few thousand miles--every 3k miles,oil change--piece of cake.
05-31-2006, 11:42 AM
#28
Originally Posted by Bleach
I wish it were that simple... I've got a friend with Z31 problems (electrical?) and we can't figure it out... its been down for a month now.
05-31-2006, 01:38 PM
#29
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: florida
Posts: 271
Sadly for the z31, you cannot buy certain parts such as the trim around the mirrors which causes big time air noise at cruise.
so.........unless you make them yourself, you will eventually run into this problem...unless you're the last lucky got who got the final pieces.
I guess if they get old enough, someone will respond to the demand which is already snowballing.
so.........unless you make them yourself, you will eventually run into this problem...unless you're the last lucky got who got the final pieces.
I guess if they get old enough, someone will respond to the demand which is already snowballing.
05-31-2006, 08:54 PM
#30
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Bay Area
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Seeing a snowballing demand on Z car forums probably isn't enough "real" demand to justify a manufacturing run.
People on these forums tend to be the 'enthusiasts' and not the great masses you need to make a production run really profitable on a 15 to 20 year old car that has more modern versions (Z32 & Z33) in greater demand or older versions that are arguably in even more demand (S30), many of which don't carry the emissions stigma the "middle years" carry.
It's sad but
People on these forums tend to be the 'enthusiasts' and not the great masses you need to make a production run really profitable on a 15 to 20 year old car that has more modern versions (Z32 & Z33) in greater demand or older versions that are arguably in even more demand (S30), many of which don't carry the emissions stigma the "middle years" carry.
It's sad but
05-31-2006, 10:31 PM
#31
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Concord, NC
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Second "commuter"
Umm guys...why do you have to buy a car for a "commuter"? A second car is still expensive on gas and insurance. Hey Rod, have you thought about going this route? Hows 50-70+ mpg sound to you? How you say? A motorcycle!!! If it is just meant to be a commuter then you really cant go wrong, cheap on gas, cheap on insurance and fun as hell to ride. Get a bike with at least a 3 gallon fuel tank and your good for a while and around $10 bucks a fill up on larger tanks still isn't bad. I not talking sport bike or touring bike I am talking about a cruiser...like the Susuki S40...650cc, light and comfortable. Just a thought but a valid one. Might make it easier to save up and fix the ZX. HooWaaa.
06-01-2006, 08:48 AM
#33
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Temecula, CA
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I'm seriously thinking about getting me a bike for commuting purposes til I can get my Z done. My wife is getting an SUV so we can tow the Z back to VA with us. Then I could worry about doing it right instead of just getting it done.
06-01-2006, 09:19 AM
#34
Originally Posted by thxone
A second car is still expensive on gas and insurance
If one car gets better gas mileage than another, that car will still be CHEAPER to fill up.
Also, a lot of insurance companies offer a "multiple car discount." As in: 1 driver, 2 cars.
I have 3 cars on my personal policy (one is my 280zx turbo, one is my BMW, one the wifie's Saturn) and I pay $98 per month for auto ins.
06-01-2006, 09:41 AM
#35
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^ I think you took it out of context. In comparison to a bike, his assumptions are correct. And I think thats what he was basing those statements off of. The smallest 4 cylinder cars on the road are still not getting the same mileage as a bike can get. I'd rather buy 3 gallons of gas and get around for a couple weeks then buy 20 gallons and probably not make it quite as long.
06-01-2006, 10:36 AM
#37
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The extra dollars you pay for gas on one car doesn't add up to the combined cost of another car / insurance / and then gas for that car too.
...unless you were trading one car for another, whats the savings?
...or am i missing something?
...unless you were trading one car for another, whats the savings?
...or am i missing something?
06-01-2006, 10:44 AM
#38
Originally Posted by 280gty
The extra dollars you pay for gas on one car doesn't add up to the combined cost of another car / insurance / and then gas for that car too.
...unless you were trading one car for another, whats the savings?
...or am i missing something?
...unless you were trading one car for another, whats the savings?
...or am i missing something?
Originally Posted by NismoPick
Also, a lot of insurance companies offer a "multiple car discount." As in: 1 driver, 2 cars.
06-01-2006, 11:12 AM
#40
Doesn't post much...
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Escondido (San Diego) California
Posts: 3,617
I'm not allowed to get near motorcycles anymore... At least not until all of my kids are grown and out of the house.
Readers Digest Condensed version as to why:
Me on motorcycle going 25 MPH VS. guy in 4WD Chevy truck going 75 MPH in basically a head on collision... 47 broken bones, 17 surgeries, 6 months in the hospital...
I had a bad day that day...
Rod.
Readers Digest Condensed version as to why:
Me on motorcycle going 25 MPH VS. guy in 4WD Chevy truck going 75 MPH in basically a head on collision... 47 broken bones, 17 surgeries, 6 months in the hospital...
I had a bad day that day...
Rod.
06-01-2006, 11:20 AM
#41
Originally Posted by RodMoyes
Me on motorcycle going 25 MPH VS. guy in 4WD Chevy truck going 75 MPH in basically a head on collision... 47 broken bones, 17 surgeries, 6 months in the hospital...
06-01-2006, 11:44 AM
#42
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I paid $50 dollars for insurance on my bike...for the year! At the time I had it, gas was a little over 1.70 a gallon and I could go at a minimum of two weeks on it before filling up again. I myself have been told not to get another bike. Bike going 55-60, car running stop sign in the middle of the night = Mike T-boneing the car and landing 30 feet away from the car with a broken left pinky finger, fractured and dislocated left shoulder, and shatterd right knee. I did get to fly in a hellicopter that night though. It sounds stupid but I still want another bike.
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