Looking for some 370z information

kirakira

What's the amount of snow the 370z can handle?

MacCool

You have 3 or 4 inches of ground clearance up front. More snow than that, or lumps, or worse yet...slush, and your air dam is at risk.

noah725

I have driven my nismo (lower body clearance i think) all year round for 2 years. 18" winter tires and rims. I drove with summer tires the winter before last year. Kinda fun. Just drive carefully and dont get stuck in snow piles and you will be ok. But hate to see the chassis got rusty.

MacCool

I live in Minnesota, so...almost Canada. My Z gets put away in November, comes back out in March. The Z can be driven in the snow but you'll want different wheels and you'll have to have snow tires. In the meantime, bear in mind that although it can be driven in winter, by no means is it fun to do so. My daily driver in the winter is a 4wd Sierra.

Arrvaxx

The main reason I do as MacCool does is that in Minnesota we use salt. Winter destroys cars around here. If I lived in Denver, where they don't salt, I would be less anal about it.

The biggest issue with snow, salt aside, is how low your car sits. Snow plows are huge for a reason. The Z makes a terrible snow plow. So if you drive it in winter you'll need a heavy snow day car.

As far as whether you buy now or wait...I wouldn't hold my breath for the new Z design. I'm in the camp that thinks it is going away or that they will screw it up so bad that I will deny it exists. Honestly, I wouldn't buy a new Z but instead buy a used one that has low miles (meaning it was put away in winter) and no mods (meaning it was likely not driven by someone that is well aware they come with a rev limiter!

Buy a sport if you plan to mod the body or go Nismo if you don't.

But whatever you do...go Z and put a the370z.com sticker on it!

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zefaulter

I think he means when it's snowing it's not fun. I don't disagree. Although you can go to a parking lot with a little bit of snow and turn of traction and then you know how a rwd car drives. I'm not encouraging illegal behaviour! It's good to know how a car behaves in snow/ice if you'll be driving it in those conditions.

when it's dry you can have a lot of fun!

LMBmikeZ

VDC=off unless raining

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zefaulter

Yup, you're not buying a Jeep

MacCool

True. Although my wife's Murano is no jeep either, but is actually pretty competent as a Minnesota winter vehicle. Although drivable in some winter conditions, the Z is pretty low on the Jeep scale.

GRM1

I drove it all winter in Toronto with 19" lm-60's no problem at all.

MacCool

Didn't say it couldn't be done. Just said it's not fun to drive in the winter and significantly sucks as a winter vehicle in snowy climates.

LMBmikeZ

Off topic: no but certain ones will dust a non boosted Z……….buddy has a SRT8 Cherokee and it is much faster then us he has done a few things to it and it has to be well over 500whp by now…..

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N0SL3N

I wintered my Z for 1 year (luckily it was the one with no snow) then said fk it and bought a beater. I actually prefer it this way so I can do whatever the hell I want in the winter without worrying and then every spring it is like driving a brand new car.

That aside, with some proper winter tires it drives fine in light snow as long as you keep your foot out of it.

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LMBmikeZ

It is not that you can't it's just why the fück would you want to? If you like the feeling of a puckering a$$hole the entire time you are on the road then sure risk it……but once you start modding/seeing the rust you may have a change of heart.

Also downtown Toronto doesn't even get snow like we do in SW Ontario so you guys can ┌П┐(•_•)┌П┐

Once you lower the car I think wintering is also next to impossible if you have any or expect any accumulation……

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N0SL3N

On a side note, if anyone wants to but stock 18s with lm60 winter tires used for 5 months let me know.

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