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Would you be willing to pay for an oil cooler as a factory-installed option?

Voted... I would be happy to pay labor if Nissan ponied up the oil cooler and backed it with a factory warranty. I do believe Nissan dropped the ball in

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View Poll Results: Would you be willing to pay for an oil cooler as a factory-installed option?
Yes, I'd be willing to pay up to an additional $500 88 61.11%
Yes, I'd be willing to pay up to an additional $1000 14 9.72%
Yes, and I'd be willing to pay in excess of an additional $1000 5 3.47%
No, I want an oil cooler, but I'm not willing to pay extra for it 18 12.50%
No, I have no need or desire for an oil cooler 19 13.19%
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Old 11-23-2009, 10:00 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Voted... I would be happy to pay labor if Nissan ponied up the oil cooler and backed it with a factory warranty. I do believe Nissan dropped the ball in a huge way reference this issue. It currently appears Nissan has zero intentions of even locating the ball they dropped.
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Did people even read the OP's post?
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Old 11-23-2009, 10:11 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Did people even read the OP's post?
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Old 11-23-2009, 10:27 AM   #19 (permalink)
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I have the NISMO which should of had it installed as part of the package. My answer is NO I would not pay for a Nissan option because it would probably be to expensive. There are many aftermarket oil coolers to choose from of very high quality.

Now if we are thinking about warranty on the Z as part of the package then that's another issue.
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If it's factory-installed, it will be covered under warranty. That's the assumption implicit in the poll, anyway. Sorry I didn't make that explicit.
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No, according to the OP: The sole purpose of this poll is to ascertain how many people would actually be willing to pay extra for an oil cooler
True, but also consider the test cars for magazine reviewers also had an oil cooler.

It's as if Nissan figured out that they could add some more profit to the cars and that they'd be fine without a cooler for 98% of the buying public, instead of having a slightly lower profit margin, and satisfy 100% of the buying public.

10000 370z's produced, 2% would be 200 cars. Actually, I think that's even a bit high. More like 0.5% would be the number of people who are unhappy that there isn't an oil cooler.

I'm not saying it is an issue, nor am I saying it's not. I do think it's a bit shady to give the magazine reviewers one thing, get the great reviews, then sell something different to the public.

Therefore, that's why I say it'd not be an issue if the car's price increased $500 or less, and came with an oil cooler "as advertised" by magazine reviews.

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I would have paid for the extra optional oil cooler for sure! I chose option 1... However, I have a huge 25 row racing cooler coming my way so I have no worries!
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It bewilders me to think how much time and money Nissan must have invested in developing the SyncroRevMatch while ignoring this oil temp issue that they are obviously aware of, as evidenced by the installation of oil coolers on magazine tested 370z. Living in South Florida, this is a deal breaker for me. I would gladly pay $500 for a factory installed oil cooler. Should be added to the Sport Package in my opinion.
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i dont need one. my oil temps dont get anywhere near that hot like some of you guys might be experiencing on the track.

imho, nissan should release a base Z with sportpackage, nismo sport dampers/springs, CAI/exhaust, and oil cooler installed and call it 'track' trim. no need for the heavy nismo decorations.
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[QUOTE=kannibul;292689]"True, but also consider the test cars for magazine reviewers also had an oil cooler".








That’s because every “merkin” face magazine reviewer is going drive it like it’s in a demolition derby!

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Living in South Florida, this is a deal breaker for me.
If that's really the "deal-breaker" for you, I think you should stay away from the 370. Come on... talk about an over-blown issue. If you're going to be driving your 370 hard enough to need an oil cooler (read: tracking the car)... then you shouldn't be buying one.
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If that's really the "deal-breaker" for you, I think you should stay away from the 370. Come on... talk about an over-blown issue. If you're going to be driving your 370 hard enough to need an oil cooler (read: tracking the car)... then you shouldn't be buying one.

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An oil cooler is also another point of failure. It could be that the benefits of an added oil cooler could be somewhat offset by the occasional oil line/oil radiator failure. That said, I'd go for option 1 myself.
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I did the whole modshack oil cooler in about an hour and a half. Parts would cost Nissan less than 100. I voted #1, but I think 250 is more reasonable. There really is nothing to compare price to out there, but if you look at what they charge for trailering packages on pickup trucks, which normally included a LSD, trans oil cooler (closest to what we need), and a trailer hitch and wiring, its anywhere from 150-700 package depending on the vehicle.
$250 sounds about right for me for a factory install. It would cost them about $50 bucks with the volume they would do.
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considering the validation (testing and documentation) nissan needs to do, the unit price might be that, but the labor and admin costs will boot it up to about a $500-650 option.
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