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I don't consider this to be "in the wild", but I saw my first Z NISMO today when I dropped my car off for service. The visual differences between the NISMO and a Performance or Sport were much more subtle than I expected. The grille, the canards, the wrap around rear spoiler, the diffuser, etc. didn't pop as much in person as I expected.
 

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I don't consider this to be "in the wild", but I saw my first Z NISMO today when I dropped my car off for service. The visual differences between the NISMO and a Performance or Sport were much more subtle than I expected. The grille, the canards, the wrap around rear spoiler, the diffuser, etc. didn't pop as much in person as I expected.
I got a laugh when I had my Sport Z at the local Nissan dealer and one of the service advisors was puzzled why my Z didn’t have a spoiler. He’d never seen a Sport trim at the dealership, just Performance and NISMO’s.
 

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^^ what shade of blue was that Z?
In Japan it's Wangan Blue, same as the US Bayside Blue. I wished they kept the Wangan name here, it's way cooler, so JDM!
 

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Saw this while on northbound Hwy 1 thru Big Sur today

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Seen in SLC with WA plates.

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Did he even give a wave? We gave waves when the white Z came the opposite way this weekend (prev post), this is like the Jeep Wave we all do when seeing another.
 

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Passed my first NISMO (Stealth Gray) last week. Coming at each other, and we both flashed.

We're not going to start weird stuff like Jeep-aholics and their ducks, are we?
 

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Did he even give a wave? We gave waves when the white Z came the opposite way this weekend (prev post), this is like the Jeep Wave we all do when seeing another.
We went flying by In the carpool lane. We were in a Mazda.
 
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Two years, four months after getting my Z, I've now seen three on the road.

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And today around 11am at Poway Road and Pomerado, I saw an Ikazuchi Yellow turning from eastbound to northbound. I was behind it, and it was too far away to see if it was a Proto Spec or some other trim. Any club members in Poway this morning?
Now I've seen five (still in single digits). Spotted this one on northbound 5 in the carpool lanes right before the 5-405 split. Credit LeAnne for the photo. We were in her F-PACE.

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This one flew by me today, they were having fun for sure.

We were in the Escape, I felt bad.

3rd one I've seen outside of Z meet ups.

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Orange Heritage with black stripes in Fulshear, TX today!
 
 






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