The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) VI

blackcherry20

Hello ZMan!!! how are you!?!

Loving the FB pics!!



TRAKIE!!!! HI!

My Z too (maybe), very weird you would mention this, I need to be more aware of starting mine...I wasn't sure if it was me not pushing the start button correctly or if the car was doing something weird....I have been placed on notice...

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Pintsize725

Hello MSNBC!

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Tracie

blackcherry20

sooo-you had an epic time huh?

I am looking forward to another autocross weekend coming up!!
this time I am eating and drinking lots of water all day....Mt. Tam tried to prep me but noooooo, I did not listen. Now I know. LOL!! Tam is the master at this stuff!

PS> love the pic of you and hubby on FB <3

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Pintsize725

I give you props for the autocross girl! I was far too nervous to even try it a second time. Had that sinking gut feeling all day lol.

I loved that pic too, thank you!

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Tracie

JARblue

I was thinking and mine will do this if I don't have the clutch pushed in all the way (a message comes up on the leftmost display telling me to push the clutch pedal). The next time this happens, see if the display tells you apply the brake (for 7AT). There's a chance it's this simple - you're finger is just slightly ahead of your foot

Haha I like that rule

I didn't eat a whole lot (just a sandwich and some fruit and a cookie for lunch), but I did drink a lot of water throughout the day. I probably had somewhere around 8-10 20oz bottles of water, and I still felt slightly dehydrated when I got home.

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gurneyeagle

From Boy Scout experience, I drank water (and pee'd) all day! If you aren't peeing at least once an hour, you aren't taking in enough fluids.

I know, a little too much information.

It was an incredible time on Saturday. Glad that we all got to participate. The thing that struck me the most was how much easier the GT-R's are to drive than the Z's.

I don't think I got over 120 mph in a Z, but easily hit 165 mph in GT-R on the back stretch, and it was effortless.

My biggest problem was that I had never driven a manual Z before; mine is a 7-AT. It wasn't that I couldn't drive it, but I had to think about my gear changes; they weren't natural to me. That was a bit distracting.

I was fine in my car until the oil temp got too hot to paddle shift - I was right above 255. I could definitely feel a bit of a loss in performance as it got hotter. In full auto mode, it just doesn't shift quickly enough. Matt has a 7-AT, but also has an oil cooler so he had no problem.

The instructor came up to me after one of the sessions in my car and asked why I started falling back. That's when I told him about the overheating/paddle shift issue. After that, I just stayed in a Nismo 370 and then the GT-R and had no problem staying up with him when it was my turn.

Again, what and amazing day.

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