370z Driving Feel

Alchemy · 10-05-2011, 12:24 PM

Yeah I have def never gotten "cute" before but I actually have heard badass a few times. Especially after people have heard my exhaust

ZzzZz · 10-05-2011, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

See my sig for my mods. Handling is exceptional, power is not, just good.

RE: There is some sort of manufactured artificial feel to it that makes me feel disconnected from the road and driving experience.

Take the condom off. Turn off the VDC.

RE: Smooth roads are great but... There is a general lack of suspension/chassis tuning and refinement on non-smooth roads.

I am part of a Ferrari group. Your complaints are the same in a Ferrari, except refinement and they won't turn off their traction control. So this car is not for you either.

RE:
..... This 370z, while super quick and precise, feels cold - almost ghostly.

...... There's just a certain numbness and fakeness to it. I'm not sure if its the suspension or chassis tuning, engine/throttle response.

..... Something's missing... like the body is there but the soul is not.

A lady in the Ferrari group owns a 430 a 458 and another 458 on order, a Lamborghini 670 SV and more, including a GTR as her daily driver. A very impressive list. I asked her about the GTR and if she felt it soulless (my experience). She laughed and said no.

A few weeks later, she thanks me, then tells me she bought a 370Z and loves it. It has all the things the OP ( ZzZZz) says it doesn't. Now it is her daily driver.

RE: Or is it really just me?!

I believe both you and the other ladies experiences. I just do not think you are cut out for a modern sports car. Perhaps an older one is more to your liking. They tend to have soul and lots of character. My XKE has everything you want, including an unbelievable smooth ride. No ABS no nannies. Total connectivity.

Good luck.

The fact that Nissan got it to where a driver coming from a Ferrari would say that speaks volumes. The 370z is just so close to being perfect and it's all the little things that's holding it back. That's the disappointment.

More solid motor mounts, smoother, quicker and smoother shifting transmission, suspension tuning, engine note, throttle response, removing the clutch pedal spring, lighter flywheel and pulleys, etc. I don't think it's all that difficult or unreliable for Nissan to tighten up this type of stuff. Whether it be a business decision or that someone from the dept. of luxury engineering got their hands on it mucked it up, it wasn't a great decision.

I understand that's where modding comes in but it should come from the factory a sports car and not a more "sportified G37 coupe".

Cell · 10-05-2011, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

I've heard "exotic" or "cool", but never "badass" about the Z.

Usually "badass" is reserved for domestic muscle, though. I haven't heard too many german cars called "badass"

Some stranger on the sidewalk called my car a "Ferrari"...

shadoquad · 10-05-2011, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ZzzZz

The fact that Nissan got it to where a driver coming from a Ferrari would say that speaks volumes. The 370z is just so close to being perfect and it's all the little things that's holding it back. That's the disappointment.

More solid motor mounts, smoother, quicker shifting transmission, suspension tuning, engine note, throttle response, removing the clutch pedal spring, lighter flywheel and pulleys, etc.

It should come from the factory a sports car and not a more "sportified G37 coupe".

You may be disappointed, but I and a number of others are not. We love driving the Z.

Neither you nor I are right or wrong. The car meets my needs. It apparently does not meet yours.

birdmanx1 · 10-05-2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Masa

Yup, my female friends say its "cute" all the time...

Nonsense, nonsense nonsense dude, I get the total opposite, looks like you need a Nismo

and the proper attire when driving.

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

If that's true, how come most Z meets are sausage fests?

I have no idea how to reply to that statement Shado. I'm actually scared to come up with a statement with words like "Z drivers" and "metrosexual tendencies" in the same sentence. so I will bow out with style.

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Masa · 10-05-2011, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by birdmanx1

Nonsense, nonsense nonsense dude, I get the total opposite, looks like you need a Nismo

and the proper attire when driving.

I think I need a hat... Al's hat.

RoshDawg · 10-05-2011, 12:53 PM

lol

birdmanx1 · 10-05-2011, 12:59 PM

You do need Al's hat, just the sight of him in that hat would make a lesbian turn straight in a blink of an eye.

kenchan · 10-05-2011, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Masa

Makes me think twice about coming out to the meet this Saturday now...

lol!!

kenchan · 10-05-2011, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ZzzZz

More solid motor mounts, smoother, quicker and smoother shifting transmission, suspension tuning, engine note, throttle response, removing the clutch pedal spring, lighter flywheel and pulleys, etc. I don't think it's all that difficult or unreliable for Nissan to tighten up this type of stuff. Whether it be a business decision or that someone from the dept. of luxury engineering got their hands on it mucked it up, it wasn't a great decision.

I understand that's where modding comes in but it should come from the factory a sports car and not a more "sportified G37 coupe".

do you need a tissue?

ZzzZz · 10-05-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

do you need a tissue?

Dear Mr. Kenchan,

F8ck you too.

ZzzZz

kenchan · 10-05-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ZzzZz

Dear Mr. Kenchan,

F8ck you too.

ZzzZz

reported for the use of the f-word!

onzedge · 10-05-2011, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ZzzZz

Dear Mr. Kenchan,

F8ck you too.

ZzzZz

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Originally Posted by kenchan

reported for the use of the f-word!

ZzzZz · 10-05-2011, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

reported for the use of the f-word!

You succeeded. If that somehow satisfies you; I can only feel sorry for you.

11Thumper · 10-05-2011, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Davey

The S2K really does have great, sharp steering, but you don't get much feedback from the wheel due to the electronic power steering and I tended to wander all over the road because I couldn't tell I was steering the car. I had the same issue with my EP3.

Never had an issue with the steering on my S2k.

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