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shmokes:
No it doesn't.  It's just a cross between a minivan and a station wagon.  The next time you try to convince yourself that an SUV is rugged or grizzly beard (whatever that means) take a look at the statistics on who's driving them.  You might just find a few more soccer moms than you're comfortable with.   ;D

HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: shmokes on March 03, 2010, 08:29:27 pm ---grizzly beard (whatever that means)

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Grizzly Adams?

TOK:

--- Quote from: shmokes on March 03, 2010, 08:29:27 pm ---No it doesn't.  It's just a cross between a minivan and a station wagon.  The next time you try to convince yourself that an SUV is rugged or grizzly beard (whatever that means) take a look at the statistics on who's driving them.  You might just find a few more soccer moms than you're comfortable with.   ;D

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I always considered the 4Runner a truck. It was always based on the Tacoma, rear wheel drive when not in 4wd mode, with body-on-frame (truck) construction.

The Highlander and RAV-4 are unibody (car) based and front wheel drive when not in 4wd mode.

Who drives it really doesn't change what it is.

shmokes:
But it's not a truck.  It's an SUV.  And maybe it's a better SUV than some of the other SUVs, but it's still an SUV just like a Dodge Magnum is still a station wagon.

gavkiwi:
I have a 350Z, a 2005 model, its been a good car, got it when it had 26k on the odometer, now at 65k miles. 4 years ago this summer!

The depreciation is a real b1tch on this car, but as with any thing, they have come down in price.
I use to do a lot of grocery shopping in it, I could drop $200 - $300 worth of groceries and fill up the trunk quite nicely fitting everything in.

I've taken it away for a few weekend road trips out of town, and you can only really put 2 small travel suitcases in it, but it serves its purpose with a little room for some shopping.

As I am older (34) I dont have the lead foot I once had, probably bc I got a stupid speeding ticket last summer doing 10 over the limit. But I guess flooring it away from every stop sign or stop light doesnt do it for me anymore, So I usually drive slower (speed limit) to conserve gas. I typically can avg 350 Miles on a tank of gas....mostly city and some highway miles. When i consistently did highway miles I got around 440miles on a tank of gas.

BTW, since this is a performance car, you must fill it up with premium, other wise the engine will knock on a lower grade gasoline.

Check out www.my350z.com/forums

its a good website, been around since the three fity first came out in '02

damn its been that long, no wonder they are soo cheap

Obviously, insurance is a b1tch as well, and even more so if you are younger. Another thing to consider is costly maintanence, the 30k and 60k services run about $500 each from Nissan.

Overall, its a good car, not the same build quality of my Z32 (300ZX), its very plasticy inside, a little cramped, but great handling, 0-60 is pretty good  :angel:, a good, reliable little car

Gav.

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