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it will never have the nimbleness, the feel and balance of an FD. IMHO that is what makes the FD, everything else on that car is absolute garbage IMHO but it'll round a corner so finely you forget about all the grief that comes with the ownership. Looks are subjective of course, I think the FD looks better and sexier than the Z32. From the doors back especially, it lacks the fat boxiness of the Z32, very lean. With all that said, it's not a car you can live with on a daily basis. The air-conditioning often causes the car to overheat in the summer, it's very tight inside, not a car I'd want to take for a long highway trip. It has almost no room in the hatch, even less if you get the touring model with that stupid boss wave radio thing. The engine burns oil, needs a quart every 1500 miles and apex seals well before 100K (although from what I've heard, changing the apex seals is easy, albeit time consuming), and the slightest detonation will blow it up. You can't get even the most elementary maintenance items anywhere local, and good luck finding some bloke mechanic to even figure out where the spark plugs go. The choice is yours, if your check is fat enough, I'd consider an FD and a beater. If not, there's plenty of good TTZs looking for a home.
"It's been my experience that straight-line acceleration is probably the first aspect of automotive performance that any intelligent driver gets bored with." - Peter Gregg |
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