Just joined the forums to help me make my decision on whether or not to buy a new Z

[370zKEV]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Definitely come on by! As long as you're not one of the types that insists it's an SRT-4, not a Neon, we won't have an issue.

As far as winter driving is concerned... the car is worthless in the snow. Whether there's a light dusting or a full on blizzard it doesn't matter. Without proper snow tires (check out AK370Z's winter wheel/tire setup) you don't want this car to see snow at all.

Even in cold weather it can be a bit dangerous. The stock Bridgestone RE050As (Sport package) lose a lot of grip below 50*F and can be dangerous if you aren't mindful of the absolute lack of grip.

That said, with a proper winter tire setup you will be perfectly fine with this car in a few inches of snow... you'll just have to worry about all of the NOVA SUV drivers who have no clue WTF is going on!

Welcome to the forums... hope to see you out at Starbucks soon!

it's an SRT4 dammit!

thanks for the info dude... the winter driving thing is really the only thing holding me back from picking one of these cars up right now... my mustang 5.0 was no fun at all driving in the snow, not looking forward to ever going through that again... too bad the G37's are not nearly as appealing as the Z's.

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by 370zKEV

it's an SRT4 dammit!

thanks for the info dude... the winter driving thing is really the only thing holding me back from picking one of these cars up right now... my mustang 5.0 was no fun at all driving in the snow, not looking forward to ever going through that again... too bad the G37's are not nearly as appealing as the Z's.

As long as you pick up a set of snow wheels/tires I think you'll find out the car will be fine in the winter... but ideally you'd snap up a beater for winter use.

Originally Posted by 370zKEV

it's an SRT4 dammit!

I prefer to refer to it as a turbo Neon

[JoeZ]

I like the Nav setup on mine. There are a ton of intergrated features thats I use. The Music box hard drive is pretty cool too. You rip CD's onto the hard drive and have access to them whenever you want. As far as snow I havent seen it in like 15 yrs. Yay Arizona!!

[370zKEV]

Originally Posted by JoeZ

I like the Nav setup on mine. There are a ton of intergrated features thats I use. The Music box hard drive is pretty cool too. You rip CD's onto the hard drive and have access to them whenever you want. As far as snow I havent seen it in like 15 yrs. Yay Arizona!!

cool, thanks for the info. mind if I ask, does the unit also give you traffic updates and plays DVD's or no? some other car navi units have those functions so I'm curious.

[JoeZ]

Originally Posted by 370zKEV

cool, thanks for the info. mind if I ask, does the unit also give you traffic updates and plays DVD's or no? some other car navi units have those functions so I'm curious.

It does traffic updates through the XM service. So far the map has been good with nothing I have had to ad yet. I do think I will have to update maybe next year. It cannot play DVDs but is equipped with intergrated Iphone/Ipod fuctions as well as rca inputs to play video on the screen

[370zKEV]

Originally Posted by JoeZ

It does traffic updates through the XM service. So far the map has been good with nothing I have had to ad yet. I do think I will have to update maybe next year. It cannot play DVDs but is equipped with intergrated Iphone/Ipod fuctions as well as rca inputs to play video on the screen

interesting info Joe. thanks again for answering my questions.

[JoeZ]

No prob. The guys on here are really helpful. Good luck hope you get a Z they are a blast