350z are awesome cars. Come to life with an uprated clutch, exhaust, remap and tune. Can really crank out power on them.
Abbey motor sports are great for their remaps, improves mpg as well. Nice cars. Great cheap bang for buck.

Need For Speed Underground 2 nostalgia kicked in.

I dont think people understand how fun they are until they drive one. Very underestimated car

When they first came out, I thought it was ugly for some reason. It really grew on me after a while. I actually prefer the look of this over 370z

The 350 Z UK forum is a great community, tell Dan to sign up post haste.

I do miss my Z, great bang for your buck. Yes the interior isn’t great, but it sounds good, is reliable, very predictable on the road, and sound great.

Big V6 in the front, manual box in the middle, LSD at the back. Low & wide body, huge brakes, hydraulic rack and all the usable power you could wish for. Best affordable sports car money can buy.

I also sold my Golf for a blue 350z

Nismo exhaust. I had a azure blue with an official Nismo v1 body kit on it and so decided to top it off using the real deal; I saved up and imported a Nismo exhaust from Nissan USA to the U.K. It utterly transformed the car with the sweetest noise ever - it’s seriously up there with a Ferrari it’s that good. It’s never loud when trundling along, doesn’t give you a headache cruising along motorways or sitting in traffic but when you open her up...wow! it howls in such an amazing way.

The craftsmanship of the exhaust was superb, so much so that when I asked a zed tuner specialist to put it on my car they happened to have another 350z in for an exhaust swap before they did mine (believe a “cobra” exhaust, can’t remember). This other one gave a similar sound but the actual finish in terms of welding etc was no where near the Nismo exhaust. It’s pricey though...back in 2009 I imported mine for about £1600 and had to pay import tax. I think I lived in tunnels afterwards - think driving a Ferrari 430 spider sound where it barks past 3k revs and howls as you keep going. I urge you to find YouTube video of the exhaust sound.

You’re right about the 350...it’s a bit of a lump. It’s certainly not nimble and it’s heavy like a muscle cruiser GT. It’s not super fast but I wouldn’t say slow...it edged past my friends R32 golf when we gave it the beans on a straight empty road. It’s around that sort of speed. But that noise...it didn’t matter about going super fast...for me the zed was about cruising along on a summers day and when you feel like it, put it down a gear and make it go to 3-4K revs, the Nismo exhaust barks and you smoothly howl up the road in glorious sound. Everyone...passengers and those I past seemed to love it (thumbs up and smiles). People talking to me at petrol stations about it and really felt like I owned a super car at the time - most had no idea what it was. Others walked past pointing and asking me to give it a few revs when sitting in traffic followed by beaming smiles and camera phones out.

It’s such a good car for so little cash these days. People back in 2009 thought it was a £70k car when really at the time it was about £15k. Sadly a lot of them have ended up in tasteless moron chav hands putting hideous tat on them. Though if you do it right and spend money for official parts then they are amazing. Just avoid the idiots who stick big metal wings in the back etc...it’s really not the car for that.

One of my favourite cars i've owned. There's only one big problem. I've never found anything that's as much fun (and as sideways) as this used to be. Perfect. Sold mine with 125k miles and still wish I kept it.

Sold my RX8 for my 350z still is my favourite car I've ever owned still miss it. Fitted a cobra exhaust and a "popcharger" air filter. Car sounded amazing. Also used to get discounted services at an Infiniti dealership which gave me incredible service, team were amazing.

My all-time favorite car; love that unique design....

Would love to see the comparison with the Porsche!

If you are not looking for anything too shouty but a bit more fruity than stock, go for a Scorpion cat back system and a Cobra Y-Pipe, will do you a treat. Also the one you have...the middle uprev 296... make sure you keep an eye on your oil.

Great vid. Never driven a 350, but I have owned no less than four 370s including the Mk1 Nismo.  I had an A45 AMG for a while, which was technically a much ‘better’ car on paper, but it lacked the character of the Z so I sold it and now have a blue 370 GT.  The stock exhaust on the 350 actually sounds pretty good compared to the 370’s.

Just a FYI. If you plan on buying a 350z make sure the timing chain tensioners have been replaced. These VQ35 motors have crappy plastic tensioners and I wasn’t happy forking over 1500 on changing all the chains and tensioners....

I live in Richmond,va. I just got a 350zx 2007 covertible silver and silver top one owner garage keep still got that new smell feel car look older lady had it. Its like im the only one in Richmond has one people look at me like  im driving a Ferrari feels so good. Places i go people like thats my dream car. They are rare collectibles item value is going up i love the sound its powerful handles curbs like butter. Im blessed to found a good one

What you say about picking a car rings so true with me. I was looking at the RX-8 as I liked the styling, but I thought I should at least put a few more cars on the table to compare it with. I'd never even heard of the 350Z before when I asked for alternatives, and the looks didn't appeal, but it had the right price and performance so I added it to the comparison. The more I researched it the more it appealed, that big lazy V6 over the bike like high revving rotary seemed a better fit for my heavy motorway use. It slowly but surely won me over and now 60K miles of ownership later it still puts a big grin on my face :). I went for the HR mainly because I wanted a higher rev limit than my MX-3 had, and I found one with the V1 Nismo body kit which gives it a more aggressive shape that I'm very fond of. I love the grunt more than I love agility, my MX-3 and Celica probably hung on to the corners better, but my zed can hurl me up to 70mph in 2nd gear on even the steepest of slip roads.

Great video I too love the 350z purely for value for money the car is definitely crying out for a louder exhaust and some induction noise. Without doubt a future classic.

the 350z is damn beautiful, one of the best looking cars of the 2000s... the interior is a bit of a letdown, but you cant argue with the looks and the charisma... also the sound with a non-resonated aftermarket exhaust is giving me an erection... a very distinctive, mean soundtrack... also one of the greatest asses that you could find on any cars.

edit: airboxes are not a must, the air intake is one of the best designs, if you get one, you need to get something with a separator box, otherwise you are losing power. Exhaust, if you want power and sound, then it must be Motordyne Shockwave TDX2 exhaust, otherwise just choose by sound. if you can get a spacer for the engine, that works with the newer engine, get one, it gives approx 20bhp... a lighter flywheel is a must, the rest is easy.

Love my 350. Yea its got its DE probs but its definitely a driver enthusiast oriented car, you feel very in control. Gearbox is great and I find the power is definitely there when you need it