370Z review by a BMW snob

Nick911sc

Man, they have a lot of ammunition on that forum lol

this made me laugh pretty hard

theDreamer

I want to say something about that video, but first I have to stop laughing so hard, maybe tomorrow.

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Daishi

this video is pretty true lol i know plenty of people who have broken axels and even fried clutches at the strip. people who have been driving stick for years.. had a buddy with a 335 that broke his axle twice. car had less than 20k on it. wow great quality bmw.. how many times have you heard of a 370z breaking at the track.. 0 so far.

rsximus

I'm betting your friend's 335i was manual transmission right? He was probably tuned with either DR's or slicks? 400ft lbs of torque will do that.

There are lots of 11 second steptronic 335i's running around with no problems with axles. If you want to drag race your 335i, the automatics are the ones to get.

Zsteve

So we are ricers because we have a loud car and we track it at the 1/4 mile track. So what does that make BMWs who track thier cars then if its suppose to be a course car? Looks like the bimmers are trying to be ricers too.

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Matt

As others have said, the above comment got me the most, especially after seeing that intervew with our member who designed the 370z. My God, that guy personifies passion.

I did enjoy several BMW drivers chiming in and saying that they love the 370z, and even one guy, NYFellas, talking about being a member here and thinking of buying a 370! Love it!

From my own experience, however, the original review did hit the mark on some points (but he missed the mark on many more points). The harshness of the VQ37, especially during early break-in, is horrendous and alarming. 5k was about my stopping point, not due to break-in, but due to my own sense of self-preservation in fear that the car would blow up.

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