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You Might Own A Z Car If...
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1) you know the salespeople at the auto parts store / mail order Z shop by name.
2) you've ever heard the expression : "You oughta drop a small block in it!"
3) you have no idea what the car in front of the car you're behind is.
4) you've been asked: "What is that, an RX-7?"
5) you've had young girls ogle your car, and older women roll their eyes at it.
6) people can tell if you drove "your baby" by smelling you.
7) you drive a Nissan with parts from at least 3 different model cars installed on it.
you search and search the net for a plastic or die cast model of your car or any other Z.
9) you have a stock pile of extra parts sitting in your shop or garage.
10) you have tons of photos of every kind of Z on your hard drive.
11) you have looked up everything you could find on Wangan Midnight.
12) when playing Gran Tourismo 2 you strive to get the 240: also goes for Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero.
13) you have to tell the kid at the parts store to look under NISSAN for your parts.
14) you know where almost every Z car (and its condition) in every pick and pull is in your area.
15) you get raped every time you see your local dealer.
16) you wanna hurl every time you see a "STILLEN" logo.
17) people start talking about cars when you walk into your local barber shop/auto parts store/church...etc.
18) you know the specs on at least 5 other performance cars.
19) you imagine that you?re driving an exotic when motoring through the twisties.
20) you are always passing because you hate following traffic with your fiberglass front end.
21) at least every weekend at the "lot" where the local hot rods, and rice and imports hang out little girls.. like 13 or 14.. don?t know what it is.. it?s just yellow.
22) you know the whereabouts of all S30 Z's in a three county area and the story behind each one because one day you will own it when the current owner just throws in the towel and buys something else.
23) the guys at the local Nissan dealer find old Z car parts that won't be sold to the public in the back of the stockroom and they just give you the parts and ask questions like "When is that Z you towed out of the junkyard gonna be ready?"
24) you take delivery of a new base model 350Z (brickyard) and the same night you drive from Nationwide Nissan in Timonium, Md. to Lawrenceville, Ga. to buy a set of mesh wheels for your '86 300ZX hardtop; rationalizing the whole trip as a way to break in the new Z.
25) you get your ace ex-Nissan Master Tech. to perform a 4spd to 5spd swap and change a whole mess of coolant hoses, fan belt, and so on finishing at 10 P.M. on a Thursday night so that you can start the all-night pilgrimage to Daytona Beach to see the Rolex 24 in your newly acquired 1977 Datsun 280Z with 164k on the clock and the S.O.B. still gets 26 mpg with an '81 5 speed trans. w/ 149k on it.
26) since 1990 you've owned 35+ Z and ZX cars and the family wonders why you're still single at age 32.
27) you find a random bolt on your driveway and can tell exactly where on your Z its supposed to go.
28) you have three boxes of bolts, nuts, and washer in your garage...all from the Zs that you bought and or parted out to make your one good 240.
29) your girlfriend starts to spot Z cars for you on the highway just so she can say it first.
30) every time friends see or hear of a Z car for sale they call you because they "thought you might be interested."
31) your wife answers the phone and says, "He has enough already," it's usually one of these calls.
32) you can estimate the build date of a Z with an accuracy of plus or minus 6 months before it gets within 100 yards of you.
33) spotting the word "Turbo" on a low-mile Z at the wrecking yard elicits the same heart-pounding thrill as finding a couple of bags that have fallen out of the back of a Brinks truck.
34) you actually ENJOY the smell of gas fumes.
35) the Franklin Mint collectibles don't seem like quite so much of a rip since they came out with the 240 model.
36) someone says "Z car" you never, ever, think they mean a Z28 Camaro.
37) you can spot a Z in someone's backyard while your just driving by. Usually the car would be under some type of shed or barely visible at all.
38) you get physically ill when you see a salt truck.
39) you personally know the owner of every Z you see around town.
40) you finally got that killer brake upgrade.
41) when you drive down the road and see a Honda boy and think ?I wish I was driving my car.?
42) your wife complains about all the money you spend on the car.
43) your wife comes out to the garage and most of the time she is talking to your feet on the side of the car.
44) you assure all the people you know that it is just a car that you like to have fun with to see just how fast you can make it.
45) everyone you know always asks about your car.
46) every time you call the auto parts store you have to tell them this is a custom application.
47) when you get emails from people who have been to your web page.
48) you live in a country (Belgium) with only 40 z cars and you are working hard to register them all.
49) people seem to stop 10 feet from the crosswalk when they pull up to next you at a light on Friday nights.
50) your twin brother owns a 240SX and people refer to you as the one "with the nice car."
51) you start wishing your car would get a job so you could have a little money left over for yourself.
52) people ask "is it turbo??" and you just sigh and change the subject while simultaneously making future plans for ridiculous performance upgrades in your head.
53) people ask if your z is a 96 when its a 90.
54) it takes twenty minutes to relax that smile from your face from the ride to your destination.
55) you're logged onto the forum at zcar.com when you're supposed to be working!
56) you look at the middle of the dash for vital engine information.
57) someone pops the hood open on their car for you to look at the engine, and you're expecting the hood to pop up from the rear.
58) people are impressed by your 160 mph speedo.
59) you've ever looked at a Viper, Jaguar XKE, BMW M3 hatchback, etc., and thought " Hmmm, that kinda looks like a Z."
60) you drive through the local speed trap 5-10 miles under the limit, 'cause you know they're looking for you, not the grey sedan whizzing past you.
61) you've ever been beside a semi's trailer on the highway, looked through to the other side and thought " I could make that!"
62) instead of being greeted with "How are you?" people say "How's the Z?"
63) you can turn a 5 minute gas station trip for a Coke into 30 minutes of driving.
64) you have each and every extra dollar already allocated to which Z part it's paying for.
65) you've driven more than 4 hours just to meet somebody else with a Z.
66) you?ve driven more than 4 hours out of your way just to catch somebody else in a Z.
67) stopped to look at cars on a lot and the dealership asks you to leave because people are trying to buy your car.
68) you've considered building a shrine to Mr. K. in your living room.
69) you can't stay mad at her.
70) driving without a stereo doesn't bother you.
71) your hood doesn't latch all the way down ("it's because of the monster under the hood")
72) there's a Vette at the light and everyone's eyeing your car, especially him.
73) you have a 4 speed and still get better gas mileage than your friend's F-body.
74) everyone's jaw drops when you tell them how much you paid for it.
75) there is NO such thing as a "destination." All you want to do is keep driving and driving.
76) you get pulled by a deputy, for doing 80 in a 55, who asks you "What IS this?"
77) you know the name of your local UPS driver, and he asks.."another part for the Z?"
78) your UPS driver curses you for shipping ANOTHER differential that he has to pick up!
79) your mechanic refers to you as his "residual income."
80) your vacations are always Z car related.
81) you spend more on your Z than you do on rent/mortgage.
82) you continually get into arguments over whether its a "Zee" or a "Zed."
83) while cruising you know for a fact that your Z or ZX looks sweeeeeeeeeeet.
84) you notice virtually every other vehicle on the road resembles a jelly-bean.
85) you always rationalize your next upgrade with the thought "Gee if I had a car payment then I would be out this much every month."
86) people you passed earlier are staring hatefully your way as you meet at the stoplight.
87) every rattle gives you pause and every noise a search and rescue mission.
88) people shake their head when they find out how much you spent but you just don't care.
89) you have browser bookmarks on Z car topics that outnumber all other bookmarks combined.
90) no matter how perfect your car is and no matter how much you have spent in time, money, aggravation, frustration, and alienation, you still have that next improvement project in mind for your car.
91) you wouldn't dream of selling your Z car unless there was another one you wanted more than your "baby."
92) no matter what car is beside you, you want to race it!!!
93) you tell the wife after not driving the Z for two weeks due to vacation - "Honey I'm just going to go out to the garage to make sure it starts," then don't come back for an hour.
94) someone tells you ?I used to have a car like that once.?
95) your buddy calls it a 24 oz'er.
96) every time you get frustrated with the car and think about selling it, you go out to the garage and she's smiling at you.
97) you change your mind and add another $500.00 to your almost maxed out credit card.
98) you smile whenever you tell a couple of friends that you can't take them because your car only has two seats.
99) you've driven fast enough for red traffic lights to appear green.
100) your idea of a coffin (when your old and grey) is your pride and joy Z car.
101) you are getting very familiar with the way different performance cars look in your rearview.
102) you can figure out why your car is acting up within minutes, while in the driver seat, as you limp her home.
103) you get irritated when people get her name wrong.
104) you have removed creature comforts such as your heater, to outfit the center console for more gauges and switches.
105) you own more than 2 sets of wheels and tires for her.
106) all you have to tell people your giving directions to is "just look for all the Z's."
107) people in your neighborhood (that don?t know you) refer to you as the Z guy.
108) your wife hates riding in the Z so you arrive in separate cars.
109) you whine and bitch about having a car with only two doors, and then go and sell it to buy a car with only two seats.
110) you find you can no longer manage your money.
111) you have more invested in your Z than in your home.
112) you find something wrong with it everyday, but love fixing it and seeing those new parts shine.
113) you see another import, you think, "I can take it."
114) you have a little sticker on the bottom of your rear view mirror that says "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE LOSING."
115) your friends are jealous of your Z.
116) you get good remarks about your car at an auto store.
117) your parents or relatives just wish it was their Z.
118) you do a brake stand and your rear end stoops down telling you that you have lots of power in the car.
119) you'd rather clean your car than take your girlfriend to Checkers.
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