Originally Posted by ayrton88 (Post 3157394)

Who buys a sports car to drag race?

Originally Posted by jwick (Post 3157494)

:iagree:

Buy a pony car if you want to just line it up at the light

Originally Posted by ayrton88 (Post 3157568)

Exactly. A sports car is supposed to be all about cornering and agility. Straight line speed is really pretty irrelevant. Look at the great British sports cars, like Triumphs and MGs. They didn't have even 100 HP but were a total blast on the twisties. Buying a sports car to drag race is bringing the wrong tool to the job. How many F1 cars do you see at a drag strip?

Originally Posted by Datsun240Z71 (Post 3157400)

Do drag racers dress in drag?

Originally Posted by ayrton88 (Post 3157394)

Who buys a sports car to drag race?

Originally Posted by Bulletz4break (Post 3158020)

"Now in its sixth generation, Nissan’s iconic Z is a pleasing package of power and handling. It has one of the best V-6 engines in the business and a six-speed manual transmission with available rev-matching. The automatic, however, is not a willing partner in spirited driving, with slow shifts that detract from the fun." Quote from Car and Driver.

Originally Posted by jwick (Post 3158030)

Sounds like the guys at C&D are raining men :tup:

Originally Posted by jwick (Post 3158030)

Sounds like the guys at C&D are real men :tup:

Originally Posted by Tadpole (Post 3157987)

Kinda funny but our little 6 cylinder sports cars do very well out there Especially with the automatics.

Give it a try. You may turn hetro after a few passes. :nutswinger:

Originally Posted by ayrton88 (Post 3157568)

Exactly. A sports car is supposed to be all about cornering and agility. Straight line speed is really pretty irrelevant. Look at the great British sports cars, like Triumphs and MGs. They didn't have even 100 HP but were a total blast on the twisties. Buying a sports car to drag race is bringing the wrong tool to the job. How many F1 cars do you see at a drag strip?

Originally Posted by Bulletz4break (Post 3158020)

"Now in its sixth generation, Nissan’s iconic Z is a pleasing package of power and handling. It has one of the best V-6 engines in the business and a six-speed manual transmission with available rev-matching. The automatic, however, is not a willing partner in spirited driving, with slow shifts that detract from the fun." Quote from Car and Driver.

Originally Posted by C&D

Before we go on, we should note that, back in 2009, we tested a 370Z automatic and we didn’t hate it, calling its manual shifts “lightning-quick” and recording an even quicker zero-to-60 time than we did with the manual. But “lightning-quick” by 2009 standards is less so next to today’s intuitive and instantly responsive dual-clutchers.

Originally Posted by Jordo! (Post 3159041)

There's more to this...



From 2015 Nissan 370Z NISMO Automatic First Drive – Review – Car and Driver

In other words, personal preferences for a clutch pedal notwithstanding, they're arguing it isn't as quick as a PDK.

Ok... :ugh2:

Similarly, they make reference to the "...hero-making SyncroRev rev-matching technology (which, of course, is defeatable for actual heroes)," indicating that only sopping wet, large labiaed vaginas would ever have the rev match turned on. Of course, those walking menstru-bots would at least secrete more testosterone than anyone with a quintessentially girly automatic.

Also, they claim a 0-60 for the Nismo 7AT of 4.6 (.1 sec faster than the 2009 auto, incidentally), but I didn't see a comparison with the MT, so... :confused:

Anyway, my guess is that even if they verified that the 7AT was faster than the 6MT, they would have made the same case in support of the MT because: Engaged; thing in hand; left foot moves. And so on.