you were probably light on the gas and shifted kinda early. theres not much power below 4k, especially if you are light on the gas, which i imagine you would be if you were not used to the car and nervous with the salesman in the car.

...and once you get an aftermarket exhaust you'll never shift below 4k again! Huge improvement in power and throttle response with this mod (well, Fast Intentions anyway).

The 350 is a nice car, by the way.

You want power, get a Mustang. You want refinement, handling and looks, get the Z. The 350Z is dated and has been for 2 years now, its time for an upgrade :tup:

Don't ever let a salesman prevent you from pushing a car when you test drive! It's ur money and ur insured, drive it like you stole it and then report back if you feel the same way about the power. I came from a 350 also and it wasn't even close, didn't sit back in the 350 after I tested the 370, we went straight from the car to the bargaining table.

Lol I test drove a used 370 last week. Unfortunately to say... it had the 5th gear grind issue just like the 350/G35. It wasn't a problem when I shifted slow into 5th, but IF i were to shift anywhere from slightly fast to fast, I'd hear a slight grind. All the other gears were butter smooth tho.

But anyhow, I thought Nissan would have fixed this by now?

I was starting to get the 5th gear grind when I traded mine in, not on the upshift, but downshifting from 6th at highway speeds made me cringe.:shakes head:

werd, neither my G35C nor my 370Z grinds in 5th or any gear for that matter... :confused:

:facepalm:

The torque output between the 350z and 370z engines are about the same. The difference is the top-end power. You have to push it and keep on pushing it to sense the difference.

Also, you have to toss the 370z around in the corners to really appreciate the differences.

It's really night and day between the 370z and 350z if you push the car this way.

In my opinion, the 370z performs very well (numbers and all) but it doesn't communicate that performance to the driver well.

This...not sure how the auto is faster? I have driven both autos and manuals and never felt like the auto was faster.

a lot of normal folks in general are saying auto's are faster because they dont know how to drive MT and want some sort of justification.

the AT's might be faster on paper, i dont know and dont care, but why not learn to drive MT and not halfarse yourselves? it's one thing to be able to drive MT and yet choose AT vs not being able to drive MT and settling on a AT.

if you're going to settle on a car just get a toyataha

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Maybe 1 or 2 milliseconds... :shakes head:

Red Z's are the fastest.

Truth.