Hey everyone,
As many may have seen from some of my posts, I sold my s2000 back in late February. Loved the car, but the market for them had gone up making it hard for me to justify a $25k summer toy. I decided the "adult" thing to do was sell it, buy something a bit cheaper and pocket some cash to furnish our new house (if our townhouse sells that is).
I always keep an eye out on kijiji, even when I'm not shopping for anything. I had a handful of cars I was looking at, but there haven't been any great deals lately. I was looking at Z4 3.0 and 3.0Si's, 335i, E46 M3 (really wanted one of these), another s2k, Boxster S, 135i, Mazdaspeed Miata, and 350Z's. There had been one or two decent options listed since my car sold, but nothing that got me really excited.
I saw an ad pop up in Vancouver, really liked it but it was priced fair, and a bit out of my price range so I didn't bother inquiring. A few days later, I get a response to my wanted ad. Sent me a link to his FS ad, turned out to be that car. Mentioned it was nice, but I was in Calgary. Turns out, he was moving back to Edmonton. Well damn, then said it was out of budget. He asked what I was looking to spend, I told him what my ceiling was, turns out that was his floor and we agreed. Between me going on vacation and him moving. we had to wait a few weeks and I was hoping someone wouldn't reach out and offer him a bit more. Thankfully he was honest to his word and met me in Red Deer on Saturday and I drove it home.
It's a 2007 Nissan 350Z Grand Touring. Newer top, newer leather, fully maintained, double DIN screen already installed, and 2 sets of wheels. Being the top trim, it's got all the goodies including Brembos, which I really wanted but had accepted I likely wouldn't find due to my price range. It's also the first year for the HR engine, which was a huge plus. Love the colour too. I've only driven it a few 100 kms, already put it into storage till the weather clears up. Can't wait to bring it out.
On to the pics:
Quite different than an s2k, but I think I'm going to really like it. The cash in my pocket is nice too.
Thanks for checking it out!