Daily sports car?

I agree. I used to be a big Nissan fan, as a kid I remember bombing around in a 510, then a 620 pickup. Later I drove a 95 SMZ, a 2000 Pathfinder, an 05 Q45 -- all excellent cars. In 2013 I traded in the Q45 for an Altima -- that ended my fling with Nissan.

Those 90s Altimas were actually pretty compelling for their time. The early Q45s were amazing as well.

Around the mid 2000s is when Nissan lost their way
 
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I loved the interior of my 1990 300ZX. It and the original NSX's were so timeless they wouldn't look out of place in a brand new car today. Can't say the same at all for the later Z models.

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One of my customers has one of these that he’s selling very soon.Original owner, low mileage (50k kilometres) never winter driven,Real nice original car in original yellow paint. I’m thinking of offering him $7500-$8000. Any idea what something like that would be worth? It’s the non-turbo manual version.
 
It's sad they don't come as manuals anymore. I find BMW these days are less ultimate driving machines and more bored housewife pose machines.

Shame on BMW. They should be more like McLaren, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche (911 Turbo).

 
One of my customers has one of these that he’s selling very soon.Original owner, low mileage (50k kilometres) never winter driven,Real nice original car in original yellow paint. I’m thinking of offering him $7500-$8000. Any idea what something like that would be worth? It’s the non-turbo manual version.

I sold mine way back in '95 and haven't kept track, so no idea. Maybe check Kelly Blue Book for the low end, and a Z-car forum for the high end. The condition of your customer's car ticks all the right boxes for a collector, that's for sure.
 
One of my customers has one of these that he’s selling very soon.Original owner, low mileage (50k kilometres) never winter driven,Real nice original car in original yellow paint. I’m thinking of offering him $7500-$8000. Any idea what something like that would be worth? It’s the non-turbo manual version.
Considering he is a customer of yours I would let him price the car before you make any offers. Quick way to insult him if he is thinking big numbers and cars like that everyone has a different opinion.
 
Considering he is a customer of yours I would let him price the car before you make any offers. Quick way to insult him if he is thinking big numbers and cars like that everyone has a different opinion.
Especially now with the COVID premium and every toy skyrocketing in price over the last year.

Only reason the customer may want to sell it is they think they can get premium for it.

I would assume the Turbo version would be the better and more sought after model?
 
Especially now with the COVID premium and every toy skyrocketing in price over the last year.

Only reason the customer may want to sell it is they think they can get premium for it.

I would assume the Turbo version would be the better and more sought after model?
There would be a significant premium for a Turbo over the N/A version.

However with a manual transmission and 50k km I would expect there to be a pretty good following for the car.
 
One of my customers has one of these that he’s selling very soon.Original owner, low mileage (50k kilometres) never winter driven,Real nice original car in original yellow paint. I’m thinking of offering him $7500-$8000. Any idea what something like that would be worth? It’s the non-turbo manual version.

Here's another data point worth checking. I was surprised to see what a Turbo recently sold for.

 
One of my customers has one of these that he’s selling very soon.Original owner, low mileage (50k kilometres) never winter driven,Real nice original car in original yellow paint. I’m thinking of offering him $7500-$8000. Any idea what something like that would be worth? It’s the non-turbo manual version.
What you are describing is worth easily 2x what you are thinking. Japanese sports cars from 80s - 90s has been appreciating faster than GTA real estate in the past decade or so. That price range you cited could've got that car a decade ago.

Turbo is more valuable, but a low mileage, local, well maintained N/A is rare, too. Like all of its contemporaries, it harder and harder to find unmolested and unthrashed ones.

One of my colleagues sold his Z32 not too long ago, I can ask him what he sold his for, but his was Turbo, modded, and auto. :oops:
 
Just ask what they want for it. They may not know the true value, or if they don’t care will sell it for a song.
 
@Gary

See that king of the hill 95 ZR1 on BaT? Badazz in black. The way God meant it to be.

I'd take that along with my GN-X you gift me.
 
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@Gary

See that king of the hill 95 ZR1 on BaT? Badazz in black. The way God meant it to be.

I'd take that along with my GN-X you gift me.
I love the Buicks, but the C4 never did float my boat.
I'll get you a gnx right after you replace my vet (which I sold at exactly the wrong time).
 
Hopefully the museum across the road from that plant survived unscathed this time. Here’s a photo I took of the cars pulled from the sinkhole.
The museum was closed for one day.
The track took a hit. New car storage is there, and there was (repairable) damage on some new ones.
 
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