First road trip in Z.
 

I have a house in BC and another in Alberta, so I go back and forth a fair bit. For anyone who hasn't made the drive, I highly recommend it; those mountain roads in the summer are pure bliss.

(Here's the route)

I was a little apprehensive to take my new Z on such a drive. 2 seater, rough, heavy steering, etc. etc. not exactly a GT ... but I did it.

Colour me surprised; I had a hoot on those twisty roads! The smiles:miles ratio was off the charts.

To begin with, the seats are surprisingly comfortable for long drives. The suspension is much more civilized over road imperfections than I imagined, while still helping the car to remain composed at - dare I admit - law-breaking speeds. :) Also surprising, the Z has remarkable grip on wet highway at high speeds - I wasn't able to test it limits while driving (slightly) north of the speed limit.

Bottom line, I find the little Z is an extremely entertaining car to drive on the highway, yet still comfortable enough to make longer trips a joy.

The only thing I'd recommend first is to line the hatch some sound-deadener. That little thing does wonders to cut down tire-roar on more pebbly highway surfaces.

Cheers!

Looks like you had fun! Road trips in the Z are always fun! Except for rock chips on my hood.

Awesome. I love those twisties!

Haven't been that route but want to take the Z from Calgary to Kelowna this summer. Done that drive before in the S4 Avant and it was great. Am sure the Z will be even better :)

I put over 400k on my Z in 6 years...tell me about road trips. Lol If you want a fun drive...Van to Mexico on the coast!

I did toronto to halifax including a few loops of Cape Breton last year.

This yea did to.zdayz , several dragon runs and then to NJ and then home. Aside from a few hiccups that had nothing to do with the engine the z is incredibly reliable and fun as fk.

Muffler issues due to reasons unknown and a sidewall puncture :(

Any major repairs with that kind of mileage?

Not much out of the ordinary. ..ì made a thread about it a while back.

Next year I might try do the west coast drive. Need to coordinate an oil change over yonder Hahaha.

Road trips in this car are fun!

We're planning this this summer. Down to Tijuana!

I may do a post about the drive.

400k! How's the engine after all that? (Oh **** ... hearing the theme to Chariots of Fire suddenly).

East Coast, Cape Breton ... awesome twisty roads!

Muffler issues, hopefully not "washer mod" related. Hah.

LOL ... My Z had its first service while I was in Edmonton. :D

That dealership was awesome, much better than the ones I've visited in BC (long-ish, mostly boring, story).

Came.off the hanger and somehow the bolts were loose and muffler fell from y pipe. Got it back on myself in fontana with some help from the waifu mazoc and the village.

Had a sidewall nail on my re11. Fml.

Cape Breton was okay. The Highlands were fun since roads were empty and I got to get a bit spirited.

Nothing compared to tail of the dragon. The skyway was like a longer version of the Highlands in the Cape. Except longer, 5000ft elevation (vs under 1000 on breton) lol the car is fun.

Lol I'm anal about having dealers touch my car. In fact not one nissan dealer has during my ownership

Was not bad...http://www.the370z.com/engine-drivet...le-engine.html