For those with Sport and Touring

spearfish25 · 05-05-2009, 08:51 PM

I've found the car to have a lot of road noise, particularly on concrete expressways. The Bluetooth phone tends to struggle a bit, and I have to speak up/yell for people to hear me at highway speeds due to the road noise. The Bose stereo however is great and easily compensates. If I wanted a quiet car, I'd still have my old Audi A4. The eye-water acceleration and mind-bending cornering of the Z easily compensate for the road noise for me. Every day I go to work, I look forward to the drive over.

I recall reading a thread about sound-dampening materials and many people found their addition didn't do much to help. Particularly, they couldn't dampen the resonating sounds made by debris tossed up by the tires hitting the wheel wells.

NRGSwing · 05-05-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

I've found the car to have a lot of road noise, particularly on concrete expressways. The Bluetooth phone tends to struggle a bit, and I have to speak up/yell for people to hear me at highway speeds due to the road noise. The Bose stereo however is great and easily compensates. If I wanted a quiet car, I'd still have my old Audi A4. The eye-water acceleration and mind-bending cornering of the Z easily compensate for the road noise for me. Every day I go to work, I look forward to the drive over.

I recall reading a thread about sound-dampening materials and many people found their addition didn't do much to help. Particularly, they couldn't dampen the resonating sounds made by debris tossed up by the tires hitting the wheel wells.

I'm in a C55 AMG now so I'm actually looking at coming down a bit acceleration-wise. Cornering... well, let's just say that's the main reason I'm looking at this car, something more engaging & more fun. I was able to test drive a base Z and it was good, just trying to figure out if the stereo can compensate on the daily grind to the office.

NotmyGTR · 05-05-2009, 09:25 PM

If you want more fun........get the GT-R. Cant get much more fun than that.

NRGSwing · 05-05-2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NotmyGTR

If you want more fun........get the GT-R. Cant get much more fun than that.

That's wishful thinking right there.

spearfish25 · 05-05-2009, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by NRGSwing

I'm in a C55 AMG now so I'm actually looking at coming down a bit acceleration-wise. Cornering... well, let's just say that's the main reason I'm looking at this car, something more engaging & more fun. I was able to test drive a base Z and it was good, just trying to figure out if the stereo can compensate on the daily grind to the office.

Looking up the numbers it looks like the Z equals or bests the C55's 0-60 time. Overall, you'll probably feel like you stepped down a few rungs in refinement and luxury but up a few in sportiness and fun to drive. I haven't been disappointed with the Bose stereo at all and can listen comfortably during all types of driving. Most of the time I prefer it off so I can enjoy the sound and feel of the engine.

NRGSwing · 05-05-2009, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

Looking up the numbers it looks like the Z equals or bests the C55's 0-60 time. Overall, you'll probably feel like you stepped down a few rungs in refinement and luxury but up a few in sportiness and fun to drive. I haven't been disappointed with the Bose stereo at all and can listen comfortably during all types of driving. Most of the time I prefer it off so I can enjoy the sound and feel of the engine.

C55 is about 4.7 0 - 60 (with rollout) which is right in line with the Z, but it's the 30 - 50 and 50 - 70 times (real world passing) that it smokes it. 376 lb ft is ridiculous, believe me. I had a WRX before this & had to recalibrate passes when I got this beast, I was on cars too quick. It's almost too much torque, especially in low speed corners. Difficult to feed it in gradually with the throttle tip in and the "tossability" factor just doesn't compare. C55 = autobahn stormer, Z = canyon carver. Canyon carver = fun to me. Z would be a bunch more fun on the coast roads around here.

05-05-2009, 09:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
NotmyGTR Base Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: TX Posts: 177 Drives: 09 370Z/Pearl 6speed Rep Power: 18	more fun If you want more fun........get the GT-R. Cant get much more fun than that. __________________ 1996 Skyline GT-R LM fully tuned by Mines/2006 Nissan Titan 5.6 SE Texas Edition/2009 370 Base w Sport Pkg

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05-05-2009, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1858	I've found the car to have a lot of road noise, particularly on concrete expressways. The Bluetooth phone tends to struggle a bit, and I have to speak up/yell for people to hear me at highway speeds due to the road noise. The Bose stereo however is great and easily compensates. If I wanted a quiet car, I'd still have my old Audi A4. The eye-water acceleration and mind-bending cornering of the Z easily compensate for the road noise for me. Every day I go to work, I look forward to the drive over. I recall reading a thread about sound-dampening materials and many people found their addition didn't do much to help. Particularly, they couldn't dampen the resonating sounds made by debris tossed up by the tires hitting the wheel wells.