Sold this for this...

Haha I had an 06 350z touring (silverstone) also. I had it for about a year before I started running into problems, and turned out to be a dealer buy back also. Just curious what were the problems you faced with your 06?

I'm currently looking to trade my ms3 for an sti, is it a smart choice financially, probably not. But i've come across a few sti's with low mileage for around 24,000. So it's in range, compared to a Veyron. Currently I can afford a better car, but with the hard economic times today it probably won't make any sense to do it. But I dunno...

And I totally understand the financial reasons for your trade. Anyways, beautiful sti btw...

Ha, yeah, mine was silverstone as well. After about 400 miles it started having electrical problems. Basically, it wouldn't start. It was completely random, of course, wasn't throwing codes, and would never happen at the dealership. Sometimes it would take 3 or 4 turns of the key for it to start, sometimes it would take 20, and then it would start up without an issue and it would be fine for weeks before doing it again.

I had to drive around with a video camera on the passenger seat for 3 weeks before getting it on tape and when they still couldn't find the problem, I took it to the BBB, showed them the video at arbitration and asked them who was going to be responsible if I stalled the car at a light, the car didn't start back up and I was rear-ended and killed. They almost immediately ruled to replace it, but when Nissan couldn't replace the car with the same model without a 6 month wait to order it, they bought it back and I bought the STI.

I have some gripes about Subaru interior fit and finish, but the one thing they will never do if you treat them well is let you down mechanically. It was a no brainer purchase after the 350z nonsense.

Oh yeah, and the 350z made 5 quarts of oil vanish in 1500 miles, but that's another story entirely. Heh.
 
ugh love the sti's

next time anyone that has an sti wants to trade it for an MS3, they better pm me lol... i'll do a straight up trade :D
 
LOL! I wouldn't have done it.

Maybe you explained why you did in the 5 pages, but who am I kidding, I'm not going to read all that. Nice pick up though.
 

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