Car and Driver Crashes a Nismo 370Z

JonBoy · 01-22-2010, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by LaSeeno

So... someone took a 30k car (stock) and slammed on the brakes while doing 130mph+ into a turn?

Sounds like driver error to me.

You've obviously never been on a track. You don't brake gently and easily heading into the turns. Well, you do if you want to be slow, but if you're going for the fastest time (which is what the Lightning Lap is about), you're going to be driving the car as hard as possible and that means heavy braking.

My S2000 could easily boil the stock brake fluid after multiple laps on a racetrack that was heavy on the brakes. It's not at all uncommon. It is uncommon to have it happen so quickly and catastrophically.

They performed the same type of driving on all the other cars and they didn't break or fail this way. If it was all driver error, why didn't it happen in the other cars?

370Zsteve · 04-05-2010, 11:35 AM

The June 2010 issue will have an update of the Nismo track incident.

Apparently they finally admit it was not brake "failure". Seems the pads were worn down to the plates and they boiled the brake fluid. Question remains... were the pads worn when they received the car? If so, this highly publicized incident was very damaging to the brand and Nissan should sue their asses if this was the case

source: C&D May 2010 issue, Page 113

Modshack · 04-05-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

Question remains... were the pads worn when they received the car? If so, this highly publicized incident was very damaging to the brand and Nissan should sue their asses if this was the case

source: C&D May 2010 issue, Page 113

Ummmmm....Nissan generally supplies the press and test cars....No lawsuit there!

370Zsteve · 04-05-2010, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

Ummmmm....Nissan generally supplies the press and test cars....No lawsuit there!

haha, good point rofl but I'd wager Nissan left track prep to the magazine. If C&D didn't check the condition of the vehicle (esp the brakes), shame on them. After all the negativity published after the incident...if it turns out to be C&D's fault, it really makes them look like amateurs. Bring back Don Sherman!

kenchan · 04-05-2010, 12:27 PM

someone deleted my awesome post... must be racially motivated cause im asian.

Equinox · 04-05-2010, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

someone deleted my awesome post... must be racially motivated cause im asian.

kenchan · 04-05-2010, 12:42 PM

hahaha

MightyBobo · 04-05-2010, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

haha, good point rofl but I'd wager Nissan left track prep to the magazine. If C&D didn't check the condition of the vehicle (esp the brakes), shame on them. After all the negativity published after the incident...if it turns out to be C&D's fault, it really makes them look like amateurs. Bring back Don Sherman!

There is no track prep for stock cars - but they SHOULD have checked the brakes for safety's sake, thats for sure...

kenchan · 04-05-2010, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo

There is no track prep for stock cars - but they SHOULD have checked the brakes for safety's sake, thats for sure...

yah, that's wat posted earlier and someone zapped my post. common sense areas to check on a tracked car are condition of BRAKES AND TIRES... can't believe people forgot that and put a driver in the car.

370Zsteve · 04-05-2010, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

someone deleted my awesome post... must be racially motivated cause im asian.

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Originally Posted by Equinox

Absolutely no Asians on the Nissan board. No exceptions.

370Zsteve · 04-05-2010, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo

There is no track prep for stock cars - but they SHOULD have checked the brakes for safety's sake, thats for sure...

Ya Bobo, prep in this case meant simple common sense.

semtex · 04-05-2010, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

Absolutely no Asians on the Nissan board. No exceptions.

kenchan · 04-05-2010, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve

Absolutely no Asians on the Nissan board. No exceptions.

dang it, i knew something was up when i saw some mexican kid desigining the Z's cosmetics.

semtex · 04-05-2010, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

dang it, i knew something was up when i saw some mexican kid desigining the Z's cosmetics.

Filipino . . . Mexican . . . same difference.

Draco · 04-17-2010, 07:08 PM

Nissan needs to can whoever is supllying the test vehicles. I saw another review on a British automotive show, and they supplied them a stripped down version for comparison against a Porsche. No excuse for supplying a vehicle with burnt brakes to C&D.

I will say that the primadonnas at C&D would probably be the last people to admit they screwed up on the track

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Draco Base Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bay Area Posts: 12 Drives: 2010 370Z Manual Rep Power: 15	Nissan needs to can whoever is supllying the test vehicles. I saw another review on a British automotive show, and they supplied them a stripped down version for comparison against a Porsche. No excuse for supplying a vehicle with burnt brakes to C&D. I will say that the primadonnas at C&D would probably be the last people to admit they screwed up on the track