I test drove the 370z!! Haaaa!
 

Yep guys, today I did a Test Drive to an Nissan 370z Touring with Sport Package, Chicane Yellow!!! Price.... well hold on.. 40,500...
What can I say, first impression, WOW...

Physically:
Car looked Smaller, Wider, and shorter at first sight. Looks incredibly better in person than in pictures. Boomerang Head lights looks smaller than in pictures, just fit perfectly to the car. The rear bumper look so wide body, just impress in a positive way, love it. The best view is from the side, which you can perfectly see the new 370z design. The hood looks very wide and long, but perfectly to match the design, very aero design. Just looking the car parked, looked fast. No Antenna, big up. no rear whipper, nice. Splash guards looks very nice on that car, not big to be noticed, but give this particular detail that you will love. The front bumper looks very clean, the mustache look in front bumper looks nicer in person than in pictures. The 19" Rays Engineering Rims, just perfect, in my personal opinion, they are just perfect, never to be changed. Those 275mm tires looks incredibly amazing, very wide and aggressive for the ride and the 245mm in the front, just perfect for the incredible feeling of the ride, by the way, the car just ride smooth as butter, but let me keep going with my personal impression first.
The height of the car; it looks perfect. At the pictures you can notice that the car need a drop, of a minimum of 1", 1.5" but in my opinion, it is not needed, just maybe, mayyyyybe .5 or 1" if you want to play.
The weight of the hood, is more or less like the 350z hood. The rear spoiler, nice and clean. In overall, the car, in my impression, looks, amazing. No picture can describe what you can see in person. They will give you the idea and yes that is a 370z, But in person, the Volume of the car, cant be described in person.

Interiors:
No words to describe the big upgrades. The materials are incredibly better than the ones used on the 350z. Leather is great and the suede on the inside of the doors, feels ok, but not at the quality that you might be waiting to feel, but give a unique and different touch. The center console feels and looks good with the materials used, the small detail of the thread detail looks nit. The center cup holder, with the plastic aluminum color rim, give a luxury detail look. The colors of the lights inside the cockpit, very cool look and fresh to the eye, the color matching is most likely to the Audi's A4 (Red, Orange, White colors). Key is a cool feature, Push to start bottom, cool, at your pocket. :) leave the car on, get a cup of coffee, close the car while is on, then come back and you are the governor of the world, opening the car because you hold the key. The inside view is ok, not that hard to be used to. Front view is excellent , the hood looks very wide from the interior also the tachometer looks smaller but higher, well in my position... The Trunk view, is kind of smaller... The trunk size just looks remarkably bigger than a 350z.
In overall the car materials, colors, details, gives a very new design of the 370z, luxury.

Ok ok!!!
Test drive impression!!!!
NO WORDS!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!
Clutch, smooth, smooth, and smoother!!! At first glance I felt wired but very quick to get the clutch weight. The gears are very short, in my opinion, and smooth. The ride was very very quiet in comparison to my 350z. Kind of a stiff ride, center of gravity is by your body, you can control very easy the car, The rear drive nothing different to the 350z.
The Transmission,,,, Love...ly..... LOVE THE AUTO REV!!!! Sport mode off, Normal Drive, the clutch is very very but very smooth, I haven't felt any clutch that smooth in my driving experience. Sport Mode On,,,, yes, Let me hear the reeving soooound!!!. just at the moment the car is in Neutral, if you move the stick to the left the car just rev automatically without hitting any gear. I was driving at 65mph in 6th gear, hit clutch and set the gear in 3rd and just by passing by the 3rd gear the engine roars as a demon, love it!!!
Tires have a very great grip, 140 Tread ware. great feeling on the road, a great daily driver car and great track car just as it is.
Nissan Breaks, excellent!!!
Love it, love it!!
The car gives the value for the money.

Tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 3/09 I will give another test drive to this yellow bullet and will bring my camera to record an inside driving video for you guys and some pictures for you.

I will get mine very sooooooon!!! Base w/ sport package, 6 MT!! :tiphat:

Please, let me know what type of pictures you want to see of the car and what do you want me to record on the video for you guys. And yes,,,, things that can be possibly caught on a dealer test drive.......;)

Thank you!!! pleaaaase, give some rep. points when you see the video, pics and this review if you want jejeje.
Thanks!!!!

Pardon my slobbering!! I am watching the Sugar Bowl with ad after ad on the new Z and then your great post! I cannot wait.

OOjavioo what's with the harsh review - wasn't there anything you liked about the car ? ;P

Can't wait... :)

Yeah, I agree that was brutal. lol :D

Is it the clutch that is smooth or the gearbox? I've never had much issues with the clutch, but there's quite a bit of play with mine (half way down before it actually does something mechanically). Do you hear the clunk and whine in 1st and 2nd? I wonder what's different with this transmission compared to the '08 besides sensors and rev matching.

No it doesn't. I can tell you that every time you hit a gear, you wont miss it. Every gear runs very smooth, they are short. It is just the hydraulic clutch is very smooth.
The only thing that I notice kind of wired is when the sport mode is on, every time you put Neutro and you move the shift stick, w/o even setting a gear, the engine works through the auto rev match. I will have to get used to it.
Damm, I love that Manual Transmission....
I will be getting Base, Sport Package 6 MT Platinum Graphite, and considering White....:rolleyes:

video, pic? where are they?
but i'll rep ya for the review...

Its Alive!!!! Alive!!!!

Thank you!

And yes, I will post videos and pictures later today.
I will go again to the dealer w/ my wife and we will have another test drive. so
I will get some pictures and videos as well for you guys :tup:

Lucky guy...haha...I can't wait to test drive it myself...but I've got to say...for a guy with "No Words"...you had quit a few to say...haha LoL j/k mang :tup:
I'm just jealous :D

Here in some of the pictures that I took at night side to side wit my 350z. They are not in good quality, neither in perfect geometry with my car, but they offer another type of perspective.
This is the same 370z I drove. I am working on the Video while giving a Passive Test Drive.
Hope you like some of them.:tiphat:

From Behind
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...o/DSC04150.jpg

Front Angle
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...o/DSC04152.jpg

HeadLights
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...o/DSC04154.jpg

Kick Plate
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...o/DSC04159.jpg

Interiors Details with Kick Plate in Contrast
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...o/DSC04163.jpg

Rear View (No Zoom)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...o/DSC04165.jpg

Interiors
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...o/DSC04162.jpg

Nose
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...o/DSC04164.jpg

Blurry Price:370z Touring with Sport Package, $500 more for Chicane Yellow.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...o/DSC04157.jpg

That is so ridiculous. :icon14:

yep. so if you want yellow, keep that in mind.

Nice write up on the test drive!! Can't wait to test drive one. Good comparision pics vs 350z.

I believe I read that Yellow would only be offered for one year. Seems odd to me.