Whats the verdict on these? Nissan 300zx Twin Turbo
Found a quite cheap one, but almost 180k km.
Theyre also quite rare here. I wouldnt look like the next random bmw faggot.
Design wise the rear looks dated, but imho the front makes up for it.
Would daily drive it. Are they somewhat reliable?
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They're not particularly reliable, and the Non-turbo is already a bitch and a half to work on, the TT is a nightmare
Moist secretions.
They are a lot of fun but hard to work on. 180k km is fairly low for it's age. I would suggest having the Turbos rebuilt and doing the timing belt when you get it. My brother had one running 14psi and it was really fun to drive. HICAS delete will be in your best interest if you plan on modding it much.
>but almost 180k km
>as if 112,000 miles were high mileage
Why can't eurofags into car lifespans? Is it because they mostly drive German shitbuckets that are designed to be thrown away at 80,000 miles?
How much is that car supposed to hold before doing bigger work on it?
They're overcomplicated, pigfat and slow. They are very much a grand tourer and not very much a sports car.
I loved these for years, and I'll never forget the time one popped up at the local dealer when I had the cash to buy one. I took a test drive and it was really sad how underwhelming it was.
All that said, LS swapping these is a thing, and there are pre-made harnesses for it, and ECU flashes so it will play nice. I still love how these look, and if a decent LS swapped 300ZX showed up on Craigslist, I'd give it a serious look.
In a nutshell, there is better, newer stuff out there.
Reliability wise, well, how many old Nissans do you see still on the road?
Fucking shitloads of 1988+ Patrols, Navaras and Pathy's rolling around in Aus.
Trucks don't count, user. Everyone builds those better.
Except Mitsubishi.
It's a ute, cunt. And the Pathy is a station wagon.
Yes, Mitsu Tritons are the devil.
>except Mitsubishi
Can't wait to hear you elaborate this one. They're the strongest built of the midsize pickups.
And technically, they're not utes. Cunt.
A patrol utility and a Navara utility are not utilities.
Cunt, you're fucked in the head.
Ute=coupe utility. Something Patrols and Navaras are not.
Good job, fucked cunt.
Not a good idea as a daily. They are very much a GT car that has time consuming service intervals. Unless you work on cars often and know what you're doing, I would look at a more reliable car to daily.
I have an n/a that is stripped in the process of of becoming a track car. Nissan over built even the base non-turbo 2+2 in their infinite wisdom.
Lolwut? You mean a two door ute?
Like a two door Patrol ute? Or a Navara?
A four door Patrol ute does not exist, and a four door Nav is a dual cab ute.
Plus, try and order a coupe utility in Aus and you'll get gay bashed. The fuck is a coupe ute, cunt? It's a cab chassis ute.
>a two door ute?
No, I mean a coupe utility. Look up the origins of the term you're bandying about for yourself, Mr Hacker known as Veeky Forums.
American origin, sure. You actually called utes Coupe Utilities in the thirties, faggots.
This is a ute too, cunt.
A trayback, single cab ute. Some of these have canopies, but guess what...
.... it's a ute.
Helps when there is an image hey.
This is what you mean by the antiquated and unused Coupe Utility term, pooflips.
We call it a ute.
As it's a ute.
And a "cab chassis" is exactly what a ute is not by very definition. There's been many examples throughout history where a cab chassis has been sold alongside a ute within the same model variant (like the Model A, the original ute).
Fun fact, Ford hasn't produced a traditional ute since the XH was replaced with the AU.
>we call it a ute
As do I, doesn't mean others calling it more correctly a pickup truck should be incorrectly "corrected".
>American origin
Wut
If you want to call it that, that's fine. It's still technically incorrect.
Technically under your nomenclature. It is not labelled as such under the Toyota, Nissan or Mistubishi Australia inventory control.
In fact, as of 2005, Pickup Truck is not listed under Toyota FAST for any part or service.
It is a ute.
Cunt.
>It's a ute
It isn't by technicality. Some of the modern cab chassis are marketed a utes, because fuckwits who don't understand the origins of australianisms call it as such.
Keep literally drinking the marketing coolaid, fuckwit.
pretty much this, daily drove mine for 9 months, stopped driving it daily and sold it 2 months later never want to a touch another one again unless im a rich cuck who can afford to pay someone else to fix everything on it. Also it wasn't even comfy my back would start hurting after driving more then 15 minutes. No other car I have ever owned has done this.
So the manufacturer calls the unit a Ute. It is entered into FAST as a ute. It's sold as a ute, and the dealership stock control labels it a ute. The compliance plate lists the unit as a Utility.
But it's not a ute, as that's marketing bullshit.
You're fucked, cunt.
the cramped engine bay is made of nightmares
>Also it wasn't even comfy my back would start hurting after driving more then 15 minutes. No other car I have ever owned has done this.
Weird, I had one in the late 90s and it was pretty comfy. Sold it before it's 100k service.
OP if it's cheap to buy it will not be cheap to own and even less cheap to daily.
Maybe its just me but im 6'3" and I had the cloth seats with 140k on them.
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>the shitstorm I accidentally
Are utility vehicles not based on trucks in Austria or something?
>go to gregslist
>all 300zx's are sub-$3k garbage tier
>go to eBay
>all 300zx's are I KNOW WHAT I GOT tier pricing
Couldn't tell you what happens in the land of Hitler's birth, Down Under is a long way away from toothbrush moustache land.
But there are no 'Pickup Trucks' sold in Aus. If it's less than 4.5t Gross Vehicle Mass and has either a dropside, flat or tilt tray or well/tub tray it is sold as a Utility Vehicle, complianced as a Utility Vehicle and called a ute. 4.5t GVM and over it is a Light Rigid, Medium Rigid or Heavy Rigid/Heavy Combination vehicle, or a Truck.
Tl;dr - Can you drive the vehicle with a tray on your C class car license? It's complianced as a utility. Do you need a truck license? Guess what cunt, you're driving a truck.
IDK, I just googled "nissan patrol" and "nissan navara" (and I already know what a pathfinder is) and they all look like trucks - albeit trucks with a large wagon type body on it which is what we call a sport utility vehicle here but i bet you know that already.
I'm just saying trucks don't count. That would include truck-based vehicles.
Is it just the angle or the Supra is actually that huge?
Every Patrol and Nav you eyeballed is under 4.5t GVM. So on the compliance plate riveted to a placard in the engine bay that lists exactly what the vehicle is, comprises of and the manufacture date, it will be a utility vehicle.
The wagon-type body (well body or tub) are very common for the smaller utes like Navs, HiLuxes, MN Triton's, Amarok and the like. For the sixth consecutive year, trayback utes have outsold well body utes for the larger Y61 and 70 Series offerings.
Starting to see american utes becoming popular as our ute market gets further and further raped by the four cylinder craze. The big Chev and Dodge utes are almost always a well body but there are a lot of trayback F250 utes getting about now. Popular with the farmers in the top end apparently.
Not sure what you mean by trucks don't count. But again, 4.5t with a tray is a LR, MR, HR/HC truck. That's how it is over here across the pond.
Perspective; I manage a rental fleet of commercial vehicles.
Also, just to be sure, check the image.
I'm saying trucks don't count because unlike cars, trucks are built tougher and last longer.
I guess the point being the 300zx isn't going to be that reliable of a car. They sold a lot of them, but they get rarer and rarer...
Right, but don't both share the same frame, drivetrain and suspension? Like, isn't the left one just a rebodied version of the right one?
Almost. Most wagons from '92 up are coils all-round with a smaller rear differential if the choice is offered. Like a GQ Series 2; H233 rear and coils for a wagon, and a different chassis with leaf rear and a H260B diff. Cruiser wagons and utes have a different chassis. Can rip off a 76 Series body and throw on a 79 Series cab, the chassis is too different between them.
Man usually I would agree with you, but it seems many manufacturers aren't building the 'commercial vehicles' stronger than the cars anymore and haven't for a while. A lot of let down customers over here.
And I love the 300ZX! But yeah.....couldn't pay me to own one. The lack of access to serviceable parts is a killer.
That style though......
I think its a little bit of both desu
>22 feet of intake/charge piping would be fun they said