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

kenchan

hahaha your wife sounds very smart with $$ which is considering she is CPA, that is expected i suppose, huh? hahaha

yah, if that thing broke on my car i suppose i might let the dealer do it too since it lasted 5yrs already, a new oem one would last me the rest of the 4yrs 11months im planning on keeping the car. hahaha

JARblue

Yup lol

I got almost 60K miles out of the thing, so that should be ~5 years for most people. Or ~3.5 years for me. Or 15+ years for Kenchan

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mishuko

lol i hope to keep this car forever and ever and ever and ever... and then if it's true the next engine is being jointed with MB (i will believe once offical or on the nissan site OR mb site) then i will definitely be finding a shop that can rebuild engines... =( it makes me sad thinking about that.

but in all seriousness i'd like to keep this car as long as possible!

kenchan

yah im like trying to put butter on my wife's toast in the am and that butter is brittle out of the fridge and i make a loud KLANK!! noise cutting through it, bottoming out on the stone butter dish.

smooth as butter is overated.. or im just using it wrong.

one of the reasons why i bought a nissan was for the vq engine... it'd make no sense for me to buy a nissan with some benz engine which sounds like shittt imho when you add aftermarket exhaust... and reliabilty is questionable.

most benz and porsch sound like crap with aftermarket exhaust in my area...

mishuko

BANG ON!11!11!ONEe1!1ONEONEe1!111!!!! I go this engine because of relabilty and VERY high rev for such a large block.

Uhh... porche with aftermarket exhaust? Really? LOL uhh... Same with a benz? LOL like would you really want to change the exhaust of your c63? sigh

Each to their own I guess... and that's why we get the VQ so we can adjust this plastic mould to our own fit. Minus the fact the stupid 2015 nismo front fascia is way too expensive /end complaints

kenchan

yah, i dont know where the vq is 'harsh'... same with my G... her vq spins up to redline smoothly and effortlessly.

maybe the kid's just scared of reving the engine. especially when the kid says his 1-2 shift is rough, he lacks MT driving experience. we're not shy to hit the rev limiter from time to time. hell, i hit the rev limiter often in my dd.

mishuko

Definitely... it's like 'oh it's a rough tranny/clutch' WELL I said the exact same thing the first 2 weeks. Drove it a lot and then it was like.. yea... the clutch... right... (really it was my lack of skills) Same with the engine being rough... really? Just because there aren't a crap ton of dampers / noise reduction (queue the weight) insulating, fun sucking, boringness... yea. Okay sure comared to my Dad's 2014 is350 it's night and day (cant' even feel the idle!) Or as you said scared to accelerate lineraly and pushes/pulls back too many times causing a jerky ride? Heck I do it to make sure my GF isn't asleep!

Seems like people overrate their driving ability and after learning to drive manual I have a great respect for manual drivers. Anyone can drive a straight line, now do those same speeds around a corner with tending to correct gears and VSC off. Then you're really showing your skills.

LOL I try not to rev past 6 too often but once in a spirited moment I do. I tend to rev hard in first (5-5.5ish) and then start shifting until I hit my cruising gear... or depending on my mood sit in first or second because I'm being obnoxious.

kenchan