YES!!! Very happy, I drive it every chance I get. ("Fastest beer run ever!" -friend of mine).

I love, love, love everything about my car except for a couple of trivial things.
It gives me wood every time I walk out to it... or look back as I'm walking away from it.
Other people can't stop looking at it in admiration.
It's a joy to drive. It does the things I ask it it do effortlessly.
It feels tights and solid and I feel connected to it when I'm driving it.
It can cruise sedately or shred tires and attack corners in anger.
It's comfortable. The navigation and stereo are nice.

The trivial things I don't like?
It had a really bad rattle in the headliner that took me a month and tearing down the headliner 4 times before I finally isolated and insulated the rattle.But that's gone now.
The door handles are the Z's version of a stainless steel refrigerator. You have to touch them, so they're always gonna be all fingered up.
The trunk could be a couple of inches deeper and the cargo cover could have been placed better, but my storage expectations are skewed being that I came from a Mazdaspeed3.

Get one!
But not in white.

How do I feel about my Z? I don't think happy really explains it.

See, I'm a car fanatic. I love cars. Muscle cars, classics, tuners, exotics, etc. Restoring a 1968 dodge charger and driving it (in practically stock condition) is a very far cry from driving the Z.

The smells, the super light power steering, and the looks (inside and out) of the Charger throws you back to the late 60s (and early 70s), aka the peak of the muscle car era. After literally sitting at the light trying to gain traction, the strong torque pulls you out of the hole as the engine roars, tires squeal, and air wooshes through the vent window. It's always a treat and puts a smile on my face to get on it in the charger but the Z is quite the opposite.

Stepping into the Z you're greeted with a nice, neat and cool looking interior. The clutch goes in and you tap the push-start button and watch the gauges do their fancy movements. The car idles at a slightly higher rpm than normal idle and eventually sidles just under 1k rpm (or so lol). Putting it in gear is relatively easy and the comfortable steering wheel feels smooth and a little lighter than expected. When you're pointed in the right direction and throw it in first, it's invigorating to really see how fast you get off the line in a "little" japanese 6 cylinder compared to the muscular v8 of the Charger... but it's a different feel. It's a rush of excitement that isn't accompanied when you're just tearing down the drag strip but the reality that you're rushing toward the next turn on the track.

You see, the Z is different... the Charger gets to the end of the 1/4 mile and it's over. It's gone, the moment has passed and you run back to line it up again or go home. The Z doesn't stop at the 1/4 mile... it's ready for the next turn, the next slide, the next anything. Whether it be drag, autoX, drift, or a serious track, the 370z is ready to do all of those things. It can burn rubber, take turns, kick a good majority of the cars on the roads today in the 1/4 mile (it's extremely close to the Camaro, Challenger, and 2010 and under mustang GT), and most importantly: put a huge smile on my face when I drive it.

And about cruising? Sure the Charger looks pretty and can be fun to drive a boat but the Z just seems to slink around in a smooth and refined fashion.. it's a sports car that feels much more expensive than it really is (in my mind at least, however jumbled it may be :rolleyes:)

In the end of the day it's not what your car can do on the road. It's what your can do for you.

Alright, that was a bit cheesy but it's the truth. Satisifaction with cars is more than just a bunch of numbers magazines came up with... being truly satisified with an automobile is a personal experience and connection that the driver maintains with the vehicle. If the car can't make you smile... sell it.

Personally, I love my Z! :driving:

this is my first Z

if Nissan can keep it up, this wont be my last :)

Very nicely written, well said :tiphat:

its simple maths.

europe cant be bothered changing the numbers so they go

OH HAI 60 DOLLARS = 60 EURO

Yesterday I stopped by the Nissan dealer where I bought mine and went in and talked to the sales manager. It had been exactly one year to the day that I bought the 370z from him. I told him of all the cars I previously owned this car was the most pleasurable and fun to drive.

You can't go wrong should anyone decide to buy one.

:happydance: