Wheel spin in 2nd

kenchan

in these temps my slip light turns on when i punch the gas in 3rd from about 45 to get to expressway speeds.

i would get softer tires that work better in cold temps if you plan to do any real driving in the winter time (on a sunny dry day).

kenchan

import- you're lucky your G20 doesn't spin anything.

ImportConvert

It spins a good deal in the rain, lol (1 tire fire). It freaked me out the first time I entered a corner a bit too fast in it. Normally I would just blip the throttle and bring the rear around. Blipping the throttle in this just made things worse. It's a fun little weed-whacker, but I miss my RWD V8's.

The G20 gets great traction--until it doesn't, then the front end just pushes and I guess you reach for the hand-brake. It's totally counter to what I learned to drive with. Real cars you just goose the throttle or roll into it, as situation dictates, and the rear-end snaps on around and you slide through the corner.

It does bore the heck out of me though. I have to have a sick reaction time off a light if I am going to grab a lane, rather than relying on brute force to get the lane whenever I want it. Driving this car sucks. It's starting to feel kinda peppy to me, and that's not good. It's even turning out to be a shitty daily. I should have bought a civic, but I wanted out of my WS6 ASAP and this was what I found and I didn't know about all of Nissan's QC/design issues with this model.

Dan Z Man

dude..i still can't believe you got rid of your ws6 for the g20..i love g20's, i feel they make a very nice DD..but damn man, ws6 was one of my dream cars growing up..LS1 for the win! haha...but hey, in all seriousness, do you miss it at all?

ImportConvert

No.

I liked the car, but it kept breaking. Literally every 2 weeks. Not little stuff, but things like the rear-end, axles, fuel-pump shorting out (died randomly on the freeway in front of an 18-wheeler and almost got me ran over). ON AND ON AND ON!

I know why they killed that car. It was my dream car, too, until I actually had to put up with it.

When the A/C died, that was the last straw. I just got rid of it. I wanted to save money for something better and if I kept pumping $500 here, $1000 here, into that one, I never would.

When it really hit home was when I showed up for a job interview after I got stuck in a traffic jam. I had worn a dark green button-up and it was black on the back from sweat. It looked like crap. I still got the job, but I felt VERY awkward and self-conscious. It was then that I dropped the axe on my second dream car (My first is, and always will be a Viper, but I have never and will never own one).

370zproject

bottem line its cold.. slowly build upo your speed

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Cmike2780

Do a warm up lap before heading out and you'll be fine....

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370zproject

i can see it now vids of some crazy Z on youtube lol

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kenchan

yah, at sub-35F im not sure how much warmer the tires can get... i think best to get tires made for colder weather.

370zproject

$$$

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kenchan

gotta pay if you want to play...

Cmike2780

This guy knows how its done:

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ProfessorDave

I would NOT park my white Z there!

Nonetheless, his tires did appear to warm up nicely.

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jakoye

I think the dumbest people in the world are the ones watching this "show" behind those flimsy barriers. What, do they think they'll be able to jump out of the way in time if the driver of the doughnut car goes out of control?

The stupidity of people just continues to surprise me. I know I should be cynical by now and expect it, but man...

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spearfish25

There is no amount of street driving that you can do in 35F weather to get your tires 'warm' (meaning what you'd consider warm after a few laps at the track). Even if you did a burnout to smoke the tires before driving off, your front tires will still be cold and the rear tires will cool off quickly on the cold ground.

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