MotorTrend: 370Z Roadster SynchroRev
 

small article from motortrend.

That's pretty much why I decided I did not want syncro rev match; this is my first car with a manual transmission and I want to learn how to dance without any "cheating" temptations. That said, I was shocked at how well it worked when I was test driving Zs and can think of quite a number of times it would have come in handy.

I started to learn how to do it as soon as I started driving. Watching the old Option and Best Motoring videos got me into it. With that said I've been doing it for years now and it's really fun, driving around town and on the track.

When I got my Z it turned it from being a pleasure into somewhat of an awkward transition. I still do it but the SRM really is nice to have... it is actually one of the reasons why I bought the sport package.

I loved SRM and used it a lot, but I also loved to heel-toe. Now that I have the Mustang I have no choice but to heel-toe (and I'm perfectly OK with that) but SRM was pretty fun.

I was also more comfortable letting my girlfriend drive the Z because I knew she couldn't screw up a downshift as long as SRM was enabled.

I love the SRM on the track, but not so much on the street.

SRM is cool in my book. :tup:

mustang- ive been heel toe'ing in my snow boots all winter long driving my honda. :icon17:

I am giving it a try in mine. Sometimes I hate it, other times i like it.

I love my SRM. It stays on at all times. I tried it off once and things were smoother but I like to be able to down shift into a corner with less foot work and coming up to a stop sign/light i can brake and down shift at the same time.

I'm the opposite, I like it on the street but turn it off on the track (auto-x).

What's there to gripe about..... If you don't like it... Turn it off! It's not like you have to keep turning it on and off. It remains from the last position you left it in. BTW it's awesome the SRM.

i had heel toes down in my bucket (86 accord hatch LOL) but this damn pedal pivot on the bottom makes it kinda awkward for me.

Loved the SRM! If you're using this kind of logic why have ABS? I mean sure the computer does it faster and better, but it's cheating not to pump the brakes the old fashioned way!

^LOL...I thought the same thing while reading the article.

While Auto-X I'm not doing a whole lot of downshifting so that's why I leave it off. Plus there were some other weird things going on like the car accelerating when it shouldn't. I'm not blaming SRM but it only happened when SRM was turned on.

(Nothing crazy like a stuck throttle...just a fraction of second where my foot was off the gas and the car accelerated)

I disliked SRM, and that's mostly why I bought a base model. It doesn't jive with my shifting style. I move the shifter around a lot. When I was test driving a Z with SRM on, the engine was having a fit. "blip blip VROOM blip :engage gear: vroom"

I love my SRM, its just awesome besides the point when i'm coming up to a light and other people think I'm revving on purpose and think i want to race them. lol

I have driven manual cars for the last 15 years and I really like the SRM. Sometimes it's nice just to cruise around and not have to work so hard. You can always turn it off and go back to heel-toe. IMO Nissan hit a home run with SRM.

Well for the $3000 you get a lot more than just SRM.

The 3000 package for me was the bigger brakes, lsd, and better wheels.. srm was an extra. Yeah I want to go aftermarket but for now I'm satisfied with the brakes lsd n wheels

brakes, lsd, and a couple of aesthetic touches. Yes, I know. Still wasn't worth 3k to me.

Well that's all well and good.

My thoughts exactly. I prefer to rev match myself but how can you gripe about SRM?! There is an off switch and it remembers your last setting :icon14:

I didn't like it. I didn't feel that the sport package was worth the money for my needs.

It's a subjective thing.

where the hell is this thread going :wtf2:

i like my SRM, when i'm lazy at 2 AM coming back from somewhere it comes in handy, when i'm too sleepy to realize i'm not driving my DD.

i do need to turn it off more often though. i forgot how to heel toe nicely :rofl2:

It looks like the people who didn't want it just got the base model without sports package. Wow. Why not just get the sports package and turn SRM off? The 19" rays, BBK, and spoiler are worth it alone...

In your opinion. My opinion is different. The rays rims and spoilers are aesthetic, so I could care less. I like how the car looks without them just as much. The BBK is an improvement, as is the LSD. Wasn't a 3k package to me. Opinions can differ on the subject.

id get the base without sportpackage if i knew i was going to mod it with my own bits.

the Z's sportpackage is just a conveninece package for people like me who want the bits without the hassle of modding. i do a lot of DIY on my cars, but on the Z i thought the stock setup with sport package was good enough for street.

the package is actually pretty damn good imho...especially if you bought the car at invoice like me. :p