I believe that is the active head restraint system for rear end collisions.

If you don't go on the race track, get the C6 as it is a much better daily driver with almost everything better (room/fuel mileage/power). On the other hand, the Z is much easier to drive close to its limit than the Corvette at the track. With all that said, the C6 is still a faster car at 85%

I went from an 04 350 to 05 C6, now back to a 370.

Yup this is probably the only thing that bugs the hell outta me too. Kinda sad that you have to put the seatbelts on for an empty seat, LOL!

That's a stupid feature. Of course the Nissan has a metal rod poking you in the back if you try to lean back

here a few pics..sorry not the best quality
funny, nobody ever asked for a pic of my 350!

I've never been on a racetrack, but still so far the 350 was more fun for me to drive..maybe I just need to get used to the size and handling of the Corvette

Please eloborate.

stratton.

the Z will always be more fun to drive because the Vette has numb steering. Hoepfully Chevy fixes this for the next gen Vette. We used to have an 06 Vette and that was my only complaint about the car, the steering input was very bad. As for the handling of the Vette it is no where as good as the Z. I've done autocross with both my 370z and the C6 vette and Z just blows it away. The steering of the Z is much better and for tight corners the Z is just much better. Now on long sweeping turns that you would see on a road course or ....um.. fwy.... the Vette is very comfortable there.

I'll say this, the Vette does a lot of things better than the Z, but what the Z does better than the Vette makes up for it. Driving the Z just feels so much better. I still miss the explosive power of the Vette though. And if Nissan doesn't do something like FI for the next gen Z I'll be getting the next gen Vette.

They already fixed it. 2008.
Yeah, it could probably be fine-tuned some, but with the size of the tires they are running up front, I dunno how much. The Z runs a lot narrower tire up front, so of course it will feel like it gives more feedback. They did re-tune the steering, though.

The headrest base is down around the middle of the seatback, so if you lean back against the headrest you will feel the base push out and poke you in the middle of the back!

yeah, wierd, felt it, too. Nissan say's it helps you out in a crash...

It can as it will try to push your body in a crash, but it takes little effort to actually move it and poke someone.

It's not the steering, it's the way the rear suspension is on the Corvette. You feel like you are in control of the 370, the Corvette can snap loose at any moment. The Z has quicker steering, but it doesn't hold the road much better than the Corvette. On the non Z06 C6, the suspension is way softer too.

Yeah, I know they revised the steering in 2008 but it's only marginally better. I'm hoping it will be Z-like for the next Gen Vette. Then again I also hope Nissan gives a 400+hp FI version soon too, which if thats the case it doesn't matter what the Vettes like.

If Nissan comes out with a forced induction Z any time soon, that will be my next car.
I've owned a 300ZX and a 350Z and so for the Corvette ranks behind both of those car in terms of the enjoyment I get from driving. The motor of the Vette is ridiculous, but the driving experience is less intimate. With the Z's I felt like part of the car.
Anway maybe the Corvette will grow on me.

Not to hijack the thread but...I thought that was weird, too. Then I read somewhere (manual?) that it's not because it's cheap, it was designed that way for a reason...:stirthepot:

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Read the rest of the thread and see now the same thing I had read (but forgot where...).

Yeah, I remember reading that it was designed to help you, but I don't remember how.

My opinion is "whatever". It doesn't bother me, and it was made that way, so I don't much care. It's not like it's a flaw.

Yeah, that was my thinking on it to. It's obvious it was like that for a reason so I was not worried about it.

:iagree: I had a 2006 C6 and I got to drive Modshack's 2008 C6 several times and the steering was better in the 2008, but nothing close to the steering in my 350Z much less my 370Z.

IIRC it's an anti-whiplash measure in case of an accident. The idea being that your back being forced into your seat from a rear end collision will keep your neck from violently jerking back.

Then again, I've drunk a lot since I read my owner's manual. I also remember a section on Hobbits and a section about taking the CHFI test.