The Penguin Effect
January 31, 2006 / Tags: 350Z, Photo Outing, UCI
As you probably already know, I've been wanting a Nissan 350Z for a while now. It was on my Christmas list last year, and Kathy even went so far as to get me a die-cast model of one. But it's not quite the same as having the real thing:
Yup, that's right! As of Saturday, January 28, 2006, I am the proud owner of a brand new, 300 horsepower, 6-speed manual transmission, Nissan 350Z. =D
The way people turn their heads when I drive by is hilarious. It's what I call the Penguin Effect... small groups of people simultaneously turn their heads to follow the car. Tonight I was driving by these three guys, and when Kathy saw them turn their heads, she said to me: "you used to be one of those people." So true, heh.
I'm still learning how to drive it (I only have about a week's worth of stick shift experience under my belt so far...), but it is *so* fun. (Edit in 2009: It's still fun. =D)
And I am *so* broke. But that's another story. Enough talking... here are more pics...
Edit: A lot of people thought these were promotional pictures of the 350Z, but they're not! These are pictures of my actual car -- I took it to UCI's new Engineering parking structure and took pictures of it with Brad. If you look closely at some of the pictures, you can see our reflections. ;)