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I spray it with ONR mixed with water and it wipes right off. Edit: the exhaust tips. I haven't tried the intake valves. 😉

I clean these when I wash the car, and (unscientific observation) I think I've noticed less soot as well. Age of the car? Summertime gas formulation? 🤷‍♂️

Making lemonade!

A reference to the "last" Z? There was a lot of speculation when the Z launched several years ago that this *would* be the last Z. Now several years on, what do we all think? Is RZ34 the "Omega"?

For me buying in AZ and bringing to CA. I paid the CA tax only.

These spaces were plenty wide. I'm parked next to a concrete post on the driver's side, and right up against the line on that side. Because the post is there, I had plenty of room to open my door, and thought I'd have a good buffer on the passenger side. Nope. I think it's just carelessness, or...

Not only do they suck, they don't know how to park. When I got there, I was the only car. Both the Tesla and the minivan seem parking challenged.

#7. Spotted a Gun Metallic in San Diego, southbound on Vista Sorrento Parkway around 1:30pm today.

It worked before...sort of.

It's been a minute since this thread has seen any action. Kicking it. Replaced the Jag with an X5 PHEV (last year of the G05). What color? Well, blue is best.

Nope. Living with it.

My inner nerd always comes out when I'm shopping for a car. I make a spreadsheet of all the contenders, and one of my criteria is bang for the buck (along with power to weight, range, etc.) If I was buying a new car today, the Z would still be right up there in the bang for buck category, just...

https://www.carsized.com/en-us/cars/compare/nissan-z-2023-3-door-liftback-vs-bmw-4-2020-coupe-m4/

Nissan seems a bit better at the turbo game.

We had a 2001 Toyota Tacoma 3.4L V6 (190HP) 5MT overlapping with our 03 G35. Very solid vehicle. Not a single issue. No idea about current-gen Toyotas. In Yomsemite:

Me too. My stance has been based on the reliability of the vehicles I've owned in the past (Pathfinder, G35, G37). These weren't perfect, but none of them had to have the intake system ripped out just before the warranty expired. If it had happened a few days later, I'd have been SOL (and much...

$492.57 performed on 3/13/2026 for a car that went in service on 4/28/2023. Fuel system finally repaired on final visit, in the shop on 4/27/2026, returned to me on 5/5/2026. I've researched extended warranties, but right now, I'm thinking no. I'll just pay for any issues until I replace her...

It's been going strong for a couple of months, so it seems pretty solid. Before that it would act up by the time I got home.

Update on this. I wanted to share this some time back, but I've been traveling, busy at work, walking the dog, driving the Z, blah, blah, and blah. It's been a couple of months since I got the car back and it seems to be fine now. No more gasoline smell, mpg is back where it should be, car is...

Forgot to mention: They also just look great.