First Problem With my 370Z

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A friend of my drove a used FR-S today. 14K miles on it. He said no rattles. Could the BRZ be different? Anyway, my 370Z developed rattles early on, too. By 5K miles it sounded chintzy going over any bumps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUhLXvxlQR4

^That guy says EXACTLY what I've been trying to say about the 370Z. I can't get the steering wheel close enough to me without me crowding the pedals was a HUGE! complaint I've long had about the car. YOU NEED A TELESCOPING WHEEL if you're actually going to drive, vs. lounging around like a thug in the car.

Aside from that, yes, at the limits, the 370Z really does fall apart. It's a fun car for someone who will point it in a safe direction and pull the trigger. I'm sure I could change that if I modified it, but I didn't buy a new car to rip its guts out and replace them. Stock, it wallows unsurely when you put it hard into corners, and it bounces relentlessly when you take it over bumps. The video I linked above does a GREAT! job of mirroring my experiences to date with it, and illustrates them very well visually.

The 370Z is a numbers car. It did well on the slalom. Well on the skidpad. Well at the drag strip.

It's not a driver's car. It does very poorly at settling into sweepers. At handling irregular pavement that is a reality off-track. At actually putting the driver IN the car (I cannot get comfortable in it with regard to steering, everything else is fine). Fore/aft weight transitions are horrendous.