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<blockquote data-quote="JoeUSooner" data-source="post: 4208348" data-attributes="member: 55109">&#039;86 Nissan ZX. Maroon red, 2-seater, white interior, with a wrap-around all-electronic dashboard (like sitting in an airplane cockpit, which was a state-of-the-art wonder back then). Gigantic engine with 5-speed manual. Talk about a &quot;rocket ship on wheels&quot;! Never hit the tach&#039;s red-line, but I once got near it. Found out the hard way that the front end tended to &quot;float&quot; about 168 or 169 so I shut it down, and never made that mistake again.The &quot;shock factor&quot; came from the insurance company. Monthly premium matched (therefore doubled) the monthly purchase payment. After almost a year of that extravagance, I came to my senses and sold that beast... for more than I had paid for it new... to a college kid who was wide-eyed and breathless after a test drive. <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="JoeUSooner, post: 4208348, member: 55109"] '86 Nissan ZX. Maroon red, 2-seater, white interior, with a wrap-around all-electronic dashboard (like sitting in an airplane cockpit, which was a state-of-the-art wonder back then). Gigantic engine with 5-speed manual. Talk about a "rocket ship on wheels"! Never hit the tach's red-line, but I once got near it. Found out the hard way that the front end tended to "float" about 168 or 169 so I shut it down, and never made that mistake again. The "shock factor" came from the insurance company. Monthly premium matched (therefore doubled) the monthly purchase payment. After almost a year of that extravagance, I came to my senses and sold that beast... for more than I had paid for it new... to a college kid who was wide-eyed and breathless after a test drive. :D [/QUOTE]

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