Prequel To A Prius? 2006 Nissan 350Z
I know a guy who purchased a (new or almost new) Nissan 350Z convertible that looked very much like this next car. It had a manual gearbox and a ragtop and he loved that car. Drove the daylights out of it. Until the day he rolled his topless Z somewhere up in the mountains and ended up with a massive headwound (broken collar bones, broken arm, broken everything, released from the hospital still with dirt in his bloodied head because they couldn’t find his insurance card or ID and he didn’t know his name, so they thought he was a deadbeat) and doesn’t remember 24 hours of his life. But here is the kicker, because after he got out of the hospital he took the insurance payout and purchased a Toyota Prius. No joke. I guess what I’m saying is…don’t drive a 350Z and bash your head on a rock, unless you want to drive a Prius. Find this 2006 Nissan 350Z offered for $6,500 in Lake Forest, CA via craigslist.
From the seller:
2006 nissan 350z convertible
fuel: gas
odometer: 158000
title status: clean
transmission: manual
2006 Nissan 350z convertible
6 speed manual transmission
Runs excellent, fully functional
Pass smog check recently
Title under my name
Current registration jun/2022
any question let me know
serious enquirers please
$6500 asking firm
No trades
I <3 our health care system: show us your insurance card … or we'll do the bare minimum or possibly nothing at all.
We love our TR6 but drive it knowing it's one step above a Vespa for crash safety. A rollbar would be nice but every Triumph I've been in so far with one has compromised seat ergonomics.
DS- that can be remedied quite easily. Bring your off-she-shelf bar to a
known automotive welding shop and let them have at it.
I was working on making a TR3 that’s been sitting around for the past 30 years or so drivable because my daughter had expressed an interest in it. I mentioned that the seatbelts were important on account of the doors opening when going over bumps, around corners, or just because.
“So Dad, is this safe?”
“Compared to what?”
“A Vespa for instance” ( I had expressed the opinion that Vespas were bad ideas but had offered that I would be up for a motorcycle when she wanted a Vespa)
“It’s probably about as safe as a Vespa except that the Vespa probably won’t catch fire and doesn’t have as many sharp edges”
She immediately decided that she didn’t want the car and expressed misgivings about my parental nurturing instincts.
Really need to unload that TR3…
Vespas are the ISO standard international yardstick by which safety is measured.
I remember driving from Montreal to Toronto one snowy December in a Midget convertible with a hardtop (for winter) attached. We got into a slippery road and ended up in the median upside down. The cat was walking on the roof and the driver’s door would not open. We got out on the passenger side but the fuel was running out and I was afraid of a fire before we got it turned over. I have avoided ragtops ever since.
The bump on his head must have been pretty severe to go and buy a Prius 🙂 At least he had auto insurance. These later iteration Z’s just look awkward as a vert………..