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-   -   Wife drove my Z in 1st gear on the highway (http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-general-discussions/2955-wife-drove-my-z-1st-gear-highway.html)

tvfreakazoid 04-22-2009 04:16 PM
well let us know when you get it closer to 50k to 100k. It's only at 3k.
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Originally Posted by GP370Z_Funk (Post 47702)
Got 3000 miles on my 370Z here in Seattle, no problems. Like they said, drive it like you stole it. worked on my sport bikes (R1,R1, R6), seems to be working on the car. Got to love Japanese engineering. I've had 33% tint on my windows, and 3M clear bra on the front, and the Jim Wolf POP charger intakes on my car since February 17 (ordered car Jan. 11, Received Feb 2). Not disappointed with any one of my purchases.

Enjoy your car and maybe I'll see you around. I haven't seen any other 370Z's on the road here in Seattle, but my friends say they have, maybe they say yours. :tup:

Got you beat, I was the first in Seattle with tinted windows, and 3M clear bra on the front.:driving::icon17::yum:

tvfreakazoid 04-22-2009 04:19 PM
WOW so if u were speeding i guess the insurance agencies can say well u were driving recklessly and we don't have to fix your car. That sucks. The gov't always wants to know everything that goes on. I wonder if there is a way to disable this.

juan05 04-22-2009 10:07 PM
get manual then girls wont drive it...cuz most dont know...=)

m4a1mustang 04-22-2009 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by juan05 (Post 61406)
get manual then girls wont drive it...cuz most dont know...=)
My GF knows.... ugh. :owned:

2bits 04-22-2009 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by tvfreakazoid (Post 61123)
LOL WOW does she not know how to drive? It is a automatic. WOW 7k. Don't let her drive it again or at least educate her before doing it again. Well i'm sure that's already been done. What mode did she have it on? That really sucks. Hope everything is ok.
If you move the selector to the left from Drive, it's in Manual mode. It will hold the gear to redline until you shift. If you don't realize your are in M mode, and are also clueless about transmissions like my wife was, you can drive around in 1st all day long... Fortunately, my wife at least had the good sense to pull over and call me after a couple miles. It could have been much worse.

armensti 04-23-2009 03:03 PM
the burning smell is usual from the new car. when i got mine i didnt rev it more then 4rpm until 1600 miles and i floored it today, i think that broke in the engine because when i park it now there is no burning smell. the burning smell went away after 1100-1200 miles.

i got mine stick because i didnt want my mom or gf to drive it. the funny thing is now they want me to teach them how to drive stick lol

Brandon26pdx 04-24-2009 01:48 PM
Time to buy her her own car

CrownR426 04-24-2009 01:56 PM
Right when I saw wife drove my z, I knew this wouldn't be pretty...
If you really love your baby you would never let anyone drive it!
You should always ask if anyone has questions before they take your car out especially if it's new like this one!!!!
I'm glad your wife was smart enough to actually stop and call you though, huge relief!
Good luck!

Dwain65 04-26-2009 09:59 PM
Good grief! Not that I would want to test that wide open throttle in first scenario but I would figure they (Nissan) would have added some programming forcing an upshift in a situation like that. The CVT I had in my Altima had logic that would keep a higher range if the transmission is overheated.

theDreamer 04-26-2009 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Dwain65 (Post 63635)
Good grief! Not that I would want to test that wide open throttle in first scenario but I would figure they (Nissan) would have added some programming forcing an upshift in a situation like that. The CVT I had in my Altima had logic that would keep a higher range if the transmission is overheated.
The problem is that this car is suppose to be full control when in M mode for automatics, so if she did not know she was in M mode then the car will not shift. Gives more control to the driver, but I could see a fail safe system where if you are riding at red line for X amount of time the car will shift.

Dr. Acula 04-27-2009 07:14 AM
how many miles should I put on my car before I open it up?
I'm not liking the "drive it like you stole it"
I feel that I should slowly do this for example after 1000 miles or so.
any suggestions?
thanks :)

theDreamer 04-27-2009 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Acula (Post 63769)
how many miles should I put on my car before I open it up?
I'm not liking the "drive it like you stole it"
I feel that I should slowly do this for example after 1000 miles or so.
any suggestions?
thanks :)
The current break in period is about 1,200 miles. Keep shifts under 4k, no heavy breaking, etc.


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