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Originally Posted by DaVil03Z
Hey Kevin, welcome to the forum! My wife and I used to live in the metro detroit area also until we moved to Houston last year. Where abouts do you live?
To answer some of your questions:
The Z is driveable in the winter! I drove it for one winter with the stock summer tires, and as long as there's not a ton of snow on the ground, you can manage. However, once it gets over 2 or 3 inches, or if the snow is compacted on the ground like in subdivisions where it's been run over several times, then your car will not move! My buddy back in MI has a Z with all season tires and he has no problems.
There's not a whole lot of space in the back, but you can easily stick a cart full of groceries, or a medium sized luggage back there without too much difficulty.
As far as gas goes, it depends on how and where you drive. I do mostly highway driving, so I get about 25 mpg according to the gauge. but when i was living in Michigan, I did mostly city driving and got about 19-20mpg. And yes, the car only takes premium
In order to achieve your goal of mid to high 300 crank hp, you'd most likely have to get some sort of FI. Even if you got every bolt on (I/H/E, spacer, cams) you'll barely be getting 350 crank hp.
As for reliability, I'd say it gets a B+. I have an 03 which I picked up with 12k miles and I currently have 32k on it. So far, everything's been ok except I did have to change the passenger side window motor, which is a common problem.
If you do decide on the Z, I think you'll be more than happy with your purchase! Good Luck.
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Thanks DaVil03Z! I live in the Plymouth/Canton area just 20 minutes from Ann Arbor and about 30-40 minutes from Down Town Detroit. Doing the modding isn't actually my ultimate goal with the car, I just want to have something that I can have fun with, and do a little work with. Yeah as far as the tires go I'd probably equip it with all seasons. I'm rolling on all season Pirelli P Zero Nero's and boy do they make it easier in the winter vs summer performance tires. But yeah, sounded like going F.I. was the main way of getting the HP target I wanted. Well, I'll have a couple grand saved and available even after I make my purchase so I'll probably just save for a turbo kit. If I really had the cash I'd be going twin turbos all the way.
Gas mileage sounds decent, unfort I do more city than highway but that's ok. Yeah I'm going to have to wait to test drive it before I can make my decision, but I'll probably be on here for a while and try and get the most information that I can. Thank you again.
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Originally Posted by DVan8504
Welcome to the forum! The only thing I will add to what Davil already is if you are decided between a brand new base or a one year old enthusiast or higher trim, I'd go for the one year old car. Unless they have changed this since I last checked, base cars don't have cruise control or an LSD.
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Yeah, it'd be nice to at least have cruise control and LSD. I'll look into some higher trims (I was looking more into the 1yr olds, but I just don't want to go before an 07 but I'll see.) Thanks for the advice!