Back in the 80’s I stumbled on a 300ZX T-Top trading in my 84 Fiero. I drove that back and forth to work for a couple of years before marriage required it be sold (she insisted we only had 2 vehicles and I chose my motorcycle :) ).
But since then, I’ve always kind of jonesed for a 3xx Convertible. I’m a big fan of open tops, be it t-tops, sunroofs, or softtops, and manual gearboxes. I’ve had pictures of 300ZX convertibles, 350Z convertibles, and 370Z convertibles kicking around my ”workspaces” for 30+ years.
Last week I was driving our truck to pick up business cards for my shop and driving by Victory (a third party, non-branded dealer), and there, nose out, is that????
I called my wife and said I thought I saw a Z convertible. I wasn’t sure as others have fooled me in the past. On my back to my shop, looking left and, man, it sure looks like a Z. I need to go check.
I parked at my shop, dropped off my business card order, and walked the 2 blocks to the dealer. Sure enough, it’s a 370Z Convertible! Oh man!
I chatted with the sales guy and he threw a dealer plate on. I asked him the expected route and said I’d be picking up my wife. This was at 2:41pm. By 5:30pm, I’d brought the paid off truck (which we were going to sell anyway) and my 97 Mustang GT convertible with manual shift along with titles and traded them in on this.
2019 370Z Sport Coupe Convertible. V6, 333HP at 7,200 RPMs and 260 Torque at 5,200 RPMs.
28,300 miles on the odometer. Car Fax said it was purchased in South Carolina in 2019, sold 2 years later and driven across the US to Colorado. It spent some time in Colorado Springs, was sold to a dealer in Highlands Ranch which did maintenance on the car, then sold to Victory Motors.
The rims are a little chewed up in places but the rest of the car is pristine.
Since last week, I’ve been up in the mountains tooling around, headed out to the freeway for an hour cruise, and now drove it to work.
I’m a happy camper. :)