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This past Saturday I saw a 2006 Convertible at a local dealer and went to check it out. they offered $2000 for my car in trade in but would not reduce the price on the Z. Upon further check in I found that2006 Zs have a oil consumption issue on earlier manufactured models. Also have CSC (Concentric Slave Cylinder) failure issues due to plastic parts. So good thing that I did not buy that car. I offered a decent price but they would not come down due to low miles on the car. I had a strange feeling of betrayal.
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350Z's are actually pretty good cars with a couple of exceptions. 2003 and early 2004 models had alignment issues, which many people say a simple alignment solved. A few still insist that they have problems even after an alignment though. 2004.5 and 2005 models were largely problem free. All 2003-2005 6 speeds suffered from synchro issues in the trans but if the syncros have been replaced, there shouldn't be any more issues. 2006 6 speeds got the Rev-up engines, many of which are known for oil consumption. Those with the auto trans kept the VQ35DE engine and didn't consume oil. (I vaguely remember something about an anniversary edition that got the Rev-up engine anyway, so stay away from those.) 07-09 switched to the VQ35HR engine and CD009 trans, which got rid of the oil consumption in the Rev-up engine and syncro issues in the older 6 speeds. The CD009 is a very strong trans, so much so that a lot of people with 2JZ swaps in their cars are switching away from the expensive V160 to the CD009. All 350Z's across the board are known for power window motor failures but they aren't hard to replace.
Basically, avoid 03-early 04's and 2006's at all costs. 04.5-05 are good cars, assuming the syncros have been replaced or it's an auto trans. 07-09 are good cars as well. Now a 370Z on the other hand is another story. 370's actually aren't as good of a sports car as the 350. Nissan built the 350Z first, then changed a few things and softened it to turn it into a G35 coupe. But when it came time for a redesign, they built the G37 first then attempted to stiffen it up to turn it into the 379. It just didn't work all that well. In the Z/G community, a bolt-on HR 350 is a better car from the enthusiast standpoint. Not to put the 370 down, but it's just not quite as good as the 350's. (Bear in mind that I am disregarding Nismo's.) -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
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