New Owner - Calgary, Canada
 

:happydance:

2011 Touring Coupe with all the goodies. Only 7000 miles. Pristine.

Took the family (one at a time of course) out driving tonight. My daughter squealed. My wife screamed, my son laughed excitedly then just got jealous.

You know, there is really something to be said for a mid-life crisis.

The engine and power are what I expected having driven several highish horsepower cars.

But the handling... I know its an oxymoron, but brute-finesse.

Friggin' nice car.

The best part though, is being able to sell the bloody geritol-infused Volvo. I've hated that damn safety-first car for 5 years. It spoke to me every day. "Slow down, SLOW DOWN" it said. Good riddance.

Look forward to chatting with you folks. And to the nice folks at Stillen. The last fun users group I belonged to was Contour SVT owners (don't laugh. That was a raucous, angry, go-fast little tuned BMW killer. Loved it.) Look forward to conversing with passionate owners again. I put a sign on the road in front of my driveway letting my neighbours know there is something new in the neighbourhood. A 15 foot long black number 11.

I'll exit this intro note with my 15 year old daughters warning. "Dad, if I were you, I'd watch out for the po-po." Good advice.

Well, there goes the neighbourhood.... :roflpuke2:

K, um, two very newbie (SORRY) questions.

1. With a start button, how does one put the car into accessory mode to listen to the radio without starting the engine?
2. AND I DID SEARCH THE BLASTED OWNERS MANUAL FOR THIS) - I get how to set the clock in the nav screen, but how does one set the clock that is the third dial on the dash (and really, why the heck didn't Nissan just synchronize these. They seem to know how to synchronize everything else. Har har.

Thanks guys. Forgive the newb.

Love the write up...welcome!

Bump

Assuming you have a standard you just dont press down the clutch when you go to hit the go button. The car will only go into ACC. Not sure what the method is on a automatic.

The clock on the dash is set on the same screen that shows the temp outside. Go into the settings on that and you will find the clock settings. You can turn off the clock on the NAV (I did back when I had my triple gauge clock because if they were not synced 100% it would drive me crazy.

Welcome to the club!

Mitch

Hi

Wow. Good advice. Well written. No newb flaming. I like this place!

Welcome to the forum. Nice to know there's another Z owner in Calgary.

Wel-come to the club ... :hello:

Indeed! Where in Calgary are you? I'm in windy/snowy Hawkwood.

Thanks for the greeting ZilverZ. Please don't come near my house. Creepy.

You can also go into accessory mode from the engine on position. Just push the Start button twice quickly and the car will stop the engine but stay in accessory mode.

The NAV clock and the triple gauge clock are NOT synchronised... :icon14:

Welcome. I'm a fairly new owner myself and look forward to opening the garage door everyday. Pics or it didn't happen. :beer:

--Sent from Galaxy Note while driving with eyes closed.

Have fun with your Z, you will.

Sorry spent a few mins in the StarWars thread this morning. haha

I reread my post and yeah it sounded like I was thinking they were. They are not, and try as you want to get them the exact same they will eventually wander off one another, which if you are like me will drive you crazy.

I'm in the Lower Mount Royal area. There are 2-3 other owners who either live in or visit the area frequently. We suffer less from the wind and snow, and more from the sand, stones and/or slush that the roads in the area are loaded with from November to May. My Z stays inside during that time. Again, welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the Z side.

Yeah that drove me nuts as well, so I just ended up disabling the clock on the NAV. Btw, the clock gauge seems to have been put there just to be replaced by a turbo gauge... :stirthepot:

If only Nissan hadn't built the tri-gauge as a one piece cluster.....

What happens when you turn off traction control
 

So, I'm a newb, getting to know the limits of my car. Showing off. Being a jerk.

My daughter and I were driving back from school. So I thought I'd impress her (I am am admittedly irresponsible father and will never post my real name because I don't want to visited by child protective services). I turned off traction control, and turned (fast) onto a long on-ramp, then hit it in 2nd. I was more than a little surprised at how fast oversteer kicked in and how much oversteeer there was. As the car turned fully sideways and as my daughter was looking straight down the road by looking out her side window (and maybe screaming just a bit) I thought, "my daughter might get hurt and my wife is going to leave me and I MIGHT DAMAGE MY 370!!".

Needless to say, I got off the throttle, but too quickly. The back end snapped around hard and started a reverse slide.

But, for only a split second. Then, I felt the hands of an angel take hold, and somehow speed was quickly reduced and the back and forth sliding just stopped - fast. Peacefully - gently.

So, this long preface leads to my question: Even with traction control off - it isn't ever REALLY off is it? There is an idiot emergency traction control isn't there? Something saved me from a bad situation the other day. I suspect it was computerized. Thoughts?

VDC is your friend.... leave it on! The reaction your car had was probably more just coming back under control with the gas off than anything. The remnants of VDC after turning it off are more to do with wheel slippage under throttle.

welcome

To get into accessory mode, just push the start button without depressing the brake pedal...:ughdance:

Great replies - great forum
 

Thanks all. So, what are the best mods???

Kidding!

Look forward to picking all your Zbrains though.

There's a few here...lol

VDC, i ALWAYS turn it off, as soon as i get in my car, everytime.

CBE, CAI are the first 2 to do, from there, up to you...depending on how crazy you want to go. driving in the mountains here you don't need much more then that since the truns are sooooo nice.

Oh and better rotors, if your going to play in the mountains wouldn't hurt, just did Power slot rotors and hawk pads on mine last weekend.

Stillen exhaust
 

Quick newbie question.

I'm going to get the Stillen exhaust. I think that will be my only mod (well, maybe K&N filters).

Do I need to do a tune after installing new exhaust? Or will the car's computer figure it out?

Thanks all!

I would look at other CBE for the money, but you should be fine with out a tune, but if you want a tune you should gain a few more hp, it's just up to you if the 6-10 ish is worth the money for it. Depending on how soon you are planing a CBE i've got a Magnaflow on its way in for my car, your welcome to have a listen once it's on, and it shouldn't be more then a G w tax for it...

As part of initiation and to have your posts mean any god damn thing you must send me Smarties and Old Dutch Ketchup chips as the Canadian Embassador in America

Any particular reason you're going with the Stillen CBE? I also expect to go this route only because my understanding is that it is "relatively" quiet (... much like stock) unless you open it up.

Welcome! You just bought one of the coolest cars ever invented :tup:

Ahhhh, experienced advice (this is a great owners forum). Do tell me more. And, I will bring a six pack, or a nice bottle of pinot noir to listen to your magnaflow. Very nice offer fellow Calgarian. Thank you.

Geez eh, happy to. Send me a mailing address and I'll send those staples of a good life to you ASAP. Seriously though, you can't get Old Dutch and Smarties state side?? What a cruel, empty and god-forsaken place.

Move.

Quite right. I live in Canada. Loud exhaust will cause neighbors to look at me angrily. That would be disrespectful and a show of poor manners.

Ah screw it. What the better CBE in terms of power gains then?

no problem, i'll let you know when i've got it on.
For now i've got a Stillen G3 intake and Hypertech programmer, with new software that has a setting for the Stillen CAI, gains about 6 hp, 10 Tq IIRC.

Congrats!!

:happydance: :excited: for you!!!
Lol on the 11s :roflpuke2:
I save those for places OUTSIDE my neighborhood ;) just sayin' :tup:

This forum is not only informative but the members are fun and helpful (for the most part)
Looking forward to chatting it up :tup:

Oh yeah:
:worthless:
:p

Congrats and Welcome!

Hello!