Z Cargo Capacity - Guitar players?

awesomez

If you have to put things in the trunk on a daily basis, this probably isn't the car for you. The trunk door has not been designed to deal with daily opening and closing. G37 might be better designed for that.

molamann

Explain how its not designed to open on a daily basis?

awesomez

I had to replace my 350Z struts after I opened and closed it about 200 times over 4 years. All of my other hatchback sport car struts had similar life time.

spearfish25

Sorry, but not true. It's supposed to be opened when you choose to open it. I routinely open my rear hatch at least 4-8 times a day. So far it's fine and I've certainly opened it more than 200 times. If the struts fail, Nissan has three years ahead of them replacing them for me.

Can anyone post a pic of a guitar hard case back there? I have a plastic bin and bungee system going right now so all my loose items don't roll around. I'm quite happy with it, and it's pretty quick to take it apart if my guitar would fit back there.

RoccoSiffredi

Thanks for the pics and the input. I will not be using the car on a daily basis. Weekend only car. I live in the city and either walk to work or take a bus. The back looks a little tight, but I could probably make it work. It definitely won't fit the King V case.

I am a little bit worried about fitting two roller board suitcases back there if the wife and I went to Tahoe or something. Need to check it out at a dealer.

awesomez

You can say whatever you want but that still doesn't change the fact that I only opened my trunk after every wash to dry any water that made it under the lid and the struts still failed miserably. I have also owned a 240SX and same thing happened on that one. Out of the 3 nissans I have owned 2 have failed one is a little more then a month old so I guess it's too soon.