Sliding, Slipping, Drifting

Mt Tam I am · 08-18-2010, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cunnos

So I've had my 370z now for almost 5 months and have yet to really get a "feel" for the car in terms of how it handles. I do drive it to work everyday but I have yet to "push it " to see what the car is really capable of. IN NO WAY am i condoning wreck less driving or exceeding the speed limit, but with every car I've owned I've always tested the handling to make sure I fully understand what it can do/cant do-which in my opinion believe makes people better drivers. I have yet to take the Z to the track to test out its handling, but does anyone have any stories of how the Z handles? A few examples that I would like to hear about it, include

-did you lose control and then regain it, what happened?
-were you at a track testing out the handling of the Z
-were you drifting with the Z, is it particularly hard to do this and regain control?
-were you driving in inclement weather and the Z did not handle well in a particular situation
-Any general stories about testing out the Z and its handling......

What I am trying to do is figure out from other peoples stories how the Z will handle when I go to the track and test it out for myself. I would like to be prepared so I figured i would start this thread. Thanks

RE: Any general stories
Within 24 hours of driving my new Z vs older Z, I comfortably took all turns 10% faster than previous personal best. Then worked up from here.
I am in the minority about the VDC. I think it a fine feature in wet weather. I turn it off all the rest of the time. It is faster out of the sharp turns. The VDC triggers when you are in no danger too, so off it stays. The VDC to me feels like an automatic transmission driving downhill when you don't know when it will shift.
The car recovers easily when you make a mistake. I am not a big drifter but it does it well.

I was initially timid to turn VDC off because of the way people on this site revere it and fear the alternative. A poll here at the 370.com shows 60% of members are under 30 years old. 30 years is how long I've been driving rear wheel drive sports cars, none of which had traction control so I learned to become the VDC and apparently prefer it.

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