Z Safety? Girlfriend Refusing to Hop In. >_<

Push370zzz

I feel pretty safe in the Z actually, so I don't know what your girlfriends problem is. Mine keeps yelling at me to slow down, that's about it. Time to trade in your....girl. Also how can you "race around" in an ML350? Those are so slow!!

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maybe it is your driving another car kinda crazy like before you have and you met her in before the z. and now you have a sports car thats faster and smaller.... just a thought
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kevin.z

lightweight = high maneuverability. Doesnt matter if body made of plastic. FYI, 370z fenders are made of steel and doors are aluminum. It is only bumpers that is plastic.
I guess i just dont understand how s-class or ml350 is safer than 370z. Does she have documents to prove it? All the electronic safety gadgets are for people who dont care about cars. These people tend to be bad drivers.
I also had a girl who wouldnt sit in my car because she thinks it is dangerous. Just 2 weeks ago she t-boned someone else in her nice bmw 330ci coupe. That is her 3rd accident in 1 year.
Talk about asian women cant drive ....sigh....

flashburn

There is a bit more plastic than that. The entire hatch is plastic, as well as the pillars. The sideskirts might be too, but I'm not sure.

Jeffblue

the hatch=the trunk on a sedan=the hatch on an SUV etc. That flimsy door doesn't protect from anything in an accident. There is no way the pillars are plastic underneath. If the car rolled you would just get crushed.

flashburn

All I was saying is that there is more plastic on the car than he thought, nothing more than that.

kannibul

lolwut?

Hood, doors and hatch are aluminum. Aluminum is stronger than steel by weight...

Front bumper and rear bumper are plastic. Same with 99% of cars out there these days...side skirts are plastic, but there's steel underneath...they're decorative!

The rest is steel.

flashburn

lolwutreadingcomprehensionfail?

Never said anything about the doors or the hood, obviously those are aluminum. I still stand by that the Hatch is plastic though.

ChrisSlicks

The hatch door is aluminum. Plastic would be lighter, then we wouldn't all need new hatch springs!

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kannibul

Hatch is aluminum.

Cyberium

I think sports cars in general get a bad safety rap because people think that in order to shed weight that structual integrity is sacrificed therefore making the car less safe in an accident situation. Which is probably true to a certain extent... but I've seen some serious Z crashes and it appears that the "cockpit" of the car is usually untouched where as the front is completly smashed in.

With that being said... I still feel safe in my Z.

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SkyZ

haha crash safety is a deep subject and cannot really be understood by anyone but a pro, but if u need proof there are a few crashed Zs on this site, i the 2thextreme or w.e his name was wrote one off and bought another. he was perfectly fine after an accident that wrote off his car.

as for logic (argument for ur gf), the 370z has a very rigid chassis. lightweight does not mean flimsy. if it did, all sports cars would shatter at the first corner. lots of structural braces, lots of safety equipment lots of safety stuff.

if she has any more complaints show her the fifth gear crash test with a small hatchback renault with a 5 star safety rating vs a big *** volvo station wagon. the results speak for themselves. i'll even link you. here u go YouTube - Fifth Gear Crash-test Volvo 940 estate vs Renault Modus this proves that crash safety is not about who has the biggest car.

Vegitto-kun

we have that metal energy absorbing bar no?

think I saw it during the stillen intake install.

so I guess we shoudl get atleast 3-4 stars

m4a1mustang

And this is a problem how?

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