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From: dotto@winston.UUCP (Kim Dotto)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: request for info on 280Z
Message-ID: <164@winston.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 11:52:48 EST
Article-I.D.: winston.164
Posted: Wed Nov 20 11:52:48 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 21-Nov-85 14:41:08 EST
Organization: New Media Technologies, Burnaby, BC, CANADA
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I dont own a 280Z. I do own a 240Z.  I have had my 1972 240Z for 8
years (bought it second hand) and I now have over 182,000 miles on the
odometer (over 100,000 of those are my own).  I have driven many city
and many, many highway miles with very few problems.  I too am a
reasonably good mechanic, and have maintained the car on my own.  In 8
years I have had to replace a number of mufflers, brakes and
sparkplugs (normal maint.), but the only major repairs have been: new
rings and head gasket at 132,000 miles, a carb. rebuild (for
performance reasons, no breakdown) a new clutch (only 1 in 100,000
miles), a new radiator (rusted out at about 170,000), and misc nickel
and dimers (fuses, lights, wiper blades) that dont seem like much but
get to be annoying after a while.  I still get  approx. 25 miles per
canadian gallon in the city and 32-34 miles per canadian gallon on the
highway (on a long drive (+6 hrs) just after tuning).  My only
complaint is that the body is falling apart (dying of cancer).

What has this got to do with 280Zs ?   Just to say that they come from
good stock (if you ignore the 260Z series).  The rusting problem has
been corrected on the 280Z and a few more extras have been added but I
know a number of people who own 280Zs and love them.  Talk to anyone
(almost) who has ever owned a 240 or 280 and they either still have
them or are sorry they ever gave it up. 

I would be interested to hear from other 240Z owners if there is a
+200,000 mile club for 240Zs (I have heard of ones for BMW bike owners
but never for cars).

					Kim