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KaienZ34 10-28-2011 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed (Post 1381834)
I'm always around to back up my boys.


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FL 4Motion 10-28-2011 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1381688)
I just know the stock F1 G:2's on my Z06 are worthless below about 70*. They HATE! the cold, and they require a good 20 minutes warm-up even in moderate temps. Was scared the Potenza's sucked too, glad to hear they do not.

NISMO brake-pads a good buy, or not? I read where the base/sport pads absolutely die if you use them AT ALL.

/\ IC, you mentioned pads, the stock sport package pads are fine for dd on the street, very quiet, low dust etc. Won't hold up for sh!t on track, and if you were to do some "spirited" street driving, ie. tail of the dragon type stuff, If it were me, I'd swap them out.

That said, I run carbotech xp8's (see sig), they're good for the track and so far (5K miles or so), jsut fine on the street, they dust alot, but have actually been fairly squeak free, a bit of surprise as I was expecting worse.

I haven't run the Nismo's but those that have report significantly more dusting over the stockers and they are NOT up to handliing the rigors of an HPDE day. However, I would imagine that they'd do okay for some "spirited" street driving.

JrumMusic 10-28-2011 10:42 PM

Good post! I say get what makes sense, right now the economy is a little shaky. But if your set with a good savings then GTR all the way. =]

ImportConvert 10-28-2011 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34 (Post 1381744)
If you wanted to make the drive and not be a douche we meet up fairly often and there are many different setups to see/hear, stock nismo, nismo with HFC's, stillen, etc...

http://www.the370z.com/southern-regi...ml#post1381715

Just reading your posts whining about my thread and your little anime Justin beiber avatar prevent me from wanting to ever meet up. Pass.

Skeeterbop 10-29-2011 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion (Post 1382542)
/\ IC, you mentioned pads, the stock sport package pads are fine for dd on the street, very quiet, low dust etc. Won't hold up for sh!t on track, and if you were to do some "spirited" street driving, ie. tail of the dragon type stuff, If it were me, I'd swap them out.

That said, I run carbotech xp8's (see sig), they're good for the track and so far (5K miles or so), jsut fine on the street, they dust alot, but have actually been fairly squeak free, a bit of surprise as I was expecting worse.

I haven't run the Nismo's but those that have report significantly more dusting over the stockers and they are NOT up to handliing the rigors of an HPDE day. However, I would imagine that they'd do okay for some "spirited" street driving.

Stock sport package brakes are plenty fine for spirited driving on mountain roads. I did plenty of spirited driving while i was home on leave (East tennessee) to include a couple days spent at the dragon and a trip out to Devil's highway in eastern arizona, not once did I ever experience any brake fade. Now i'm not foolish enough to say the brakes will stand up to any kind of track day. But as long as you keep things sane on the street i don't see the brakes being an issue.

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by JrumMusic (Post 1382807)
Good post! I say get what makes sense, right now the economy is a little shaky. But if your set with a good savings then GTR all the way. =]

I'm just not an automatic fan. Very nice car, but I like 3 pedals. I will probably be in a c7 if gm makes the interior as nice as they claim once the bugs are worked out after a few years of production.

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Skeeterbop (Post 1382861)
Stock sport package brakes are plenty fine for spirited driving on mountain roads. I did plenty of spirited driving while i was home on leave (East tennessee) to include a couple days spent at the dragon and a trip out to Devil's highway in eastern arizona, not once did I ever experience any brake fade. Now i'm not foolish enough to say the brakes will stand up to any kind of track day. But as long as you keep things sane on the street i don't see the brakes being an issue.

road and track claimed the nismo pads cut ten feet off their stops on initial performance. True, or skewed data?

KaienZ34 10-29-2011 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1382827)
Just reading your posts whining about my thread and your little anime Justin beiber avatar prevent me from wanting to ever meet up. Pass.


I see where your interests are guy.:eek:
I also see why you have no friends and can't handle a relationship as you've said in the past.:tiphat:

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34 (Post 1382958)
I see where your interests are guy.:eek:
I also see why you have no friends and can't handle a relationship as you've said in the past.:tiphat:

Haha, no, but it's nice to know I tweaked you a bit, Beiber. :roflpuke2:

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Zemurray (Post 1381782)
Ive owned my 40th 370z for about a month and a half now. I can say that they car is very solid and has a nice quality feel to it. It's a very comfortable sports car. The power is plenty for the street for me. I think as you do and plan to keep the car mostly stock. I've grown out of having to have the most power possible, no car really impresses me power wise anymore and you get used to whatever you drive. I've been road racing motorcycles for a few years, so I'm used to a much quicker acceleration than most cars within a common mans reach can provide. For me, a good smooth power and, and a modest amount of torque are all that is required to have fun driving a car. The z has both. I've also debated the exhaust upgrade, but I think I will stay stock for now. It's quiet on the interstate, but it does have a decent growl when accelerating hard. Are you going to hear it while the stereo is blasting Metallica? No, but I don't think thats what I want.

For what it's worth, I've owned 2 camaro's. The last was a 98 SS (which had the same ls1 motor as the c5). After the shitty interiors rattled me to dearth, and that car started having significant problems at 65000 miles, I swore off Chevy for life. I primarily buy Japanese now, I've got a pilot, an FJ cruiser, and 3 Honda motorcycles. I get a lot more reliability out of the imports. The pilot haas 160,000 miles on it and the FJ 96,000. Both drive like new cars. The 370 is my first Nissan

Nice. I had '95 and '01 V8 F-bodies.

For comparison sake, how do you feel your 370Z accelerates compared to your old SS?

My '95 was rock solid, but my '01 developed "serious problems" at around 75K miles.

Zemurray 10-29-2011 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1383004)
Nice. I had '95 and '01 V8 F-bodies.

For comparison sake, how do you feel your 370Z accelerates compared to your old SS?

My '95 was rock solid, but my '01 developed "serious problems" at around 75K miles.

My 94 z28 felt better than the 98 SS, so I'm with you on that.

When I first got the 370 I told my wife that it felt like it out accelerates the SS we had, she didn't think so but she's a woman and it's been 7 years since we had that car.

So just to solve our argument, I looked up the 0-60 times and the 1/4 mile times, the z is definitely faster. At least according to this site
Nissan 0-60 Times & Nissan Quarter Mile Times | Nissan Skyline GTR 0-60, Maxima 0-60, Altima SE-R, Murano, 350z, 2012 370z and 2011 Titan 0 to 60 stats!

Besides, the quality is like 10 times better :tup:

Your thread here caught my attention because my boss is constantly giving me grief on how I should have bought a corvette like him instead. He says I'm missing two cylinders, lol. I could use the same argument on him I reckon and tell him he should have bought a Ferrari or a viper because he's missing two cylinders lol

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Zemurray (Post 1383038)
My 94 z28 felt better than the 98 SS, so I'm with you on that.

When I first got the 370 I told my wife that it felt like it out accelerates the SS we had, she didn't think so but she's a woman and it's been 7 years since we had that car.

So just to solve our argument, I looked up the 0-60 times and the 1/4 mile times, the z is definitely faster. At least according to this site
Nissan 0-60 Times & Nissan Quarter Mile Times | Nissan Skyline GTR 0-60, Maxima 0-60, Altima SE-R, Murano, 350z, 2012 370z and 2011 Titan 0 to 60 stats!

Besides, the quality is like 10 times better :tup:

Your thread here caught my attention because my boss is constantly giving me grief on how I should have bought a corvette like him instead. He says I'm missing two cylinders, lol. I could use the same argument on him I reckon and tell him he should have bought a Ferrari or a viper because he's missing two cylinders lol

Performance-wise, regarding acceleration I love my 'vette.

Problem is, I can only floor it for a few seconds before I'm doing double the limit on any freeway in my area.

Then I stop flooring it and just cruise around, and for that, it flat-out sucks. Interior is very Cobalt. Except the Cobalt's sound-system is better.

I looked up C&D's numbers, and the C5 'vette and the 370Z are identical within the variance of car-to-car in EVERY acceleration aspect I could find. For whatever ricer-math it's worth, I never lost to a C5, or a 2010 SS in my bone-stock 6-speed WS6 (2001). I am expecting similar to the 370Z, and they felt the same to me.

A lot of people say once the C5/F-body hits 3rd gear, it's over, but looking at the 370Z's dyno-charts, I don't see why. It pulls hard right up to red-line, and has a table-flat torque curve and very well-matched gearing.

Methodical4u 10-29-2011 09:26 AM

Vettes are for geriatrics

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Methodical4u (Post 1383044)
Vettes are for geriatrics

Meh, I disagree. That's like saying 370Z's are for kids.

Zemurray 10-29-2011 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1383043)
Performance-wise, regarding acceleration I love my 'vette.

Problem is, I can only floor it for a few seconds before I'm doing double the limit on any freeway in my area.

Then I stop flooring it and just cruise around, and for that, it flat-out sucks. Interior is very Cobalt. Except the Cobalt's sound-system is better.

I looked up C&D's numbers, and the C5 'vette and the 370Z are identical within the variance of car-to-car in EVERY acceleration aspect I could find. For whatever ricer-math it's worth, I never lost to a C5, or a 2010 SS in my bone-stock 6-speed WS6 (2001). I am expecting similar to the 370Z, and they felt the same to me.

A lot of people say once the C5/F-body hits 3rd gear, it's over, but looking at the 370Z's dyno-charts, I don't see why. It pulls hard right up to red-line, and has a table-flat torque curve and very well-matched gearing.

I think if you look at 1/4 mile times it should show any differences in the "3rd gear" argument. Beyond that you are way over a sane street speed anyway. The c5 is nearly identical in performance as you said. The standard c6 is only slightly faster in a 1/4 mile, close enough to make up with driving skill.

I've owned a half dozen chevy's, and I'm just completely over american cars. The Corvette used to be my dream car for a long time, but I got over it. Way over it. I think once you get used to the power of any car, what you are left with is what starts to really eat at you. If the fit and finish is terrible and it starts feeling like a piece of crap, you won't be happy with it even if it does 0-60 in 3.5 seconds.

I think it boils down to what you want more. A nice quality well built fun to drive car, or just all out power. If you want a muscle car, then the 370 will probably leave you wanting for more eventually. It's a tough spot to be in because I don't think you can get a car off the show room floor that's going to give you a **** ton of power and get quality at the same time for under 60,000. Sure, a GTR might get you there but from the sounds of it you are wanting more of a "touring" type package anyway, and I think a GTR or even a Vette isn't going to fit that bill.

Just reading your thread and your comments over the last few days it really sounds like you want a 370, but you are just skeptical if it will be fast enough for you. I say get it. If you find it's not fast enough for you, then you can easily sell it and get the latest and greatest 600+hp muscle car is out a year from now. Personally I don't think you will find any significant complaints about the 370. If you do, there probably isn't any car that you will be 100% satisfied with.

For me, Ive wanted a new Z car since the 350 debut in 2003. It wasn't practical for me at the time because I couldn't afford a 2nd car (i can't use it as a DD since I have two boys). Now I can afford it and I'm glad I waited because the 370 is a much nicer car than the 350. I could have bought a vette, or a mustang gt350, etc.. but besides preferring a japanese car I also took some satisfaction in that there aren't a million 370z's out there running around like there are vette's, camaro's, and mustangs. I like having something different. Add to that the fact that I have a 40th anniversary edition makes it even rarer. Heck, the guys at the local Nissan dealer had never even seen a 40th when I took it there to get it serviced last month.

KaienZ34 10-29-2011 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1383003)
Haha, no, but it's nice to know I tweaked you a bit, Beiber. :roflpuke2:


You wish roid monkey.:p

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Zemurray (Post 1383066)
I think if you look at 1/4 mile times it should show any differences in the "3rd gear" argument. Beyond that you are way over a sane street speed anyway. The c5 is nearly identical in performance as you said. The standard c6 is only slightly faster in a 1/4 mile, close enough to make up with driving skill.

I've owned a half dozen chevy's, and I'm just completely over american cars. The Corvette used to be my dream car for a long time, but I got over it. Way over it. I think once you get used to the power of any car, what you are left with is what starts to really eat at you. If the fit and finish is terrible and it starts feeling like a piece of crap, you won't be happy with it even if it does 0-60 in 3.5 seconds.

I think it boils down to what you want more. A nice quality well built fun to drive car, or just all out power. If you want a muscle car, then the 370 will probably leave you wanting for more eventually. It's a tough spot to be in because I don't think you can get a car off the show room floor that's going to give you a **** ton of power and get quality at the same time for under 60,000. Sure, a GTR might get you there but from the sounds of it you are wanting more of a "touring" type package anyway, and I think a GTR or even a Vette isn't going to fit that bill.

Just reading your thread and your comments over the last few days it really sounds like you want a 370, but you are just skeptical if it will be fast enough for you. I say get it. If you find it's not fast enough for you, then you can easily sell it and get the latest and greatest 600+hp muscle car is out a year from now. Personally I don't think you will find any significant complaints about the 370. If you do, there probably isn't any car that you will be 100% satisfied with.

For me, Ive wanted a new Z car since the 350 debut in 2003. It wasn't practical for me at the time because I couldn't afford a 2nd car (i can't use it as a DD since I have two boys). Now I can afford it and I'm glad I waited because the 370 is a much nicer car than the 350. I could have bought a vette, or a mustang gt350, etc.. but besides preferring a japanese car I also took some satisfaction in that there aren't a million 370z's out there running around like there are vette's, camaro's, and mustangs. I like having something different. Add to that the fact that I have a 40th anniversary edition makes it even rarer. Heck, the guys at the local Nissan dealer had never even seen a 40th when I took it there to get it serviced last month.

Solid advice. I have now owned my 500+ hp car, and while fun as hell, it doesn't have the quality I was seeking. Sadly, I think 500+hp in a lightweight car + quality = $120K+

Planning on trading in the Z06 when the '12 370Z is available optioned how I want.

My main concern was...is it as nice in 50K miles and a few years as it is on the showroom floor and test-drives? Does that nice interior and body hold up, and is the driveline known for having problems?

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34 (Post 1383067)
You wish roid monkey.:p

:ugh2:

That one dropped out of left field, lmao

Zemurray 10-29-2011 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1383071)

My main concern was...is it as nice in 50K miles and a few years as it is on the showroom floor and test-drives? Does that nice interior and body hold up, and is the driveline known for having problems?

Not sure on the 50k mile question. I would be inclined to say definitely, but as this is my first Nissan I'm not sure. I can tell you my wife had an exterra that had 75k miles on it and drove like new. And my experience with the other two big Japanese manufacturers would indicate it should be very solid. I've been completely happy with the quality of the other two cars.

It seems it will be hard to quantify how well it will hold up in this crowd. With so many guys hacking them up, lowering them, throwing turbo's on them, and tracking them, it won't get a fair analysis for how well it holds up as an OEM sports car driven on the street by normal people. I haven't looked at your other thread, but I would think there should be a number of people who drive the cars stock or mostly stock that should have valid input.

KaienZ34 10-29-2011 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1383072)
:ugh2:

That one dropped out of left field, lmao


Same as your beaver reference. It's cool if your his biggest fan and can see his face in eveything like those church freaks that see jesus face in food and the like.:tup: I for one couldn't pick beaver out of a line up if i had all day to get it done.

Skeeterbop 10-29-2011 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1382892)
road and track claimed the nismo pads cut ten feet off their stops on initial performance. True, or skewed data?

I can't say one way or the other, but saying the sport package brakes aren't up for spirited driving isn't true.

Zemurray 10-29-2011 10:23 AM

I can tell you that mine isn't using any oil as some have reported with the 2010. And on the brakes question, I haven't taken mine down to the mountains but the brakes feel great on mine for street driving. I'm especially pleased with the low dust that makes keeping the wheels clean a breeze. I won't be changing the pads out.

KaienZ34 10-29-2011 10:24 AM

The sport brakes are fine for the street. They won't do well after a few laps at the track.

KaienZ34 10-29-2011 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Zemurray (Post 1383083)
I can tell you that mine isn't using any oil as some have reported with the 2010. And on the brakes question, I haven't taken mine down to the mountains but the brakes feel great on mine for street driving. I'm especially pleased with the low dust that makes keeping the wheels clean a breeze. I won't be changing the pads out.


:iagree: All around i've had mine since early 09 and zero oil burning problems and i check the level at least once a week.

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Zemurray (Post 1383077)
Not sure on the 50k mile question. I would be inclined to say definitely, but as this is my first Nissan I'm not sure. I can tell you my wife had an exterra that had 75k miles on it and drove like new. And my experience with the other two big Japanese manufacturers would indicate it should be very solid. I've been completely happy with the quality of the other two cars.
Friend had an Xterra. Fell apart rather fast and she dumped it.
It seems it will be hard to quantify how well it will hold up in this crowd. With so many guys hacking them up, lowering them, throwing turbo's on them, and tracking them, it won't get a fair analysis for how well it holds up as an OEM sports car driven on the street by normal people. I haven't looked at your other thread, but I would think there should be a number of people who drive the cars stock or mostly stock that should have valid input.

It seems everything is hit/miss now days.

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Zemurray (Post 1383083)
I can tell you that mine isn't using any oil as some have reported with the 2010. And on the brakes question, I haven't taken mine down to the mountains but the brakes feel great on mine for street driving. I'm especially pleased with the low dust that makes keeping the wheels clean a breeze. I won't be changing the pads out.

That sounds nice. I can literally take my Z06 around the block and the comp-gray rims are reddish/brown from all the dust.

Skeeterbop 10-29-2011 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34 (Post 1383085)
The sport brakes are fine for the street. They won't do well after a few laps at the track.

:iagree: 100%

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34 (Post 1383088)
:iagree: All around i've had mine since early 09 and zero oil burning problems and i check the level at least once a week.

How does the rest of the car feel? Feel nice like new, or starting to sqeak/flex over bumps? I know from experience the 350Z's were horrible. Worse than my F-bodies, but the 370Z is supposedly much stiffer.

KaienZ34 10-29-2011 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1383092)
How does the rest of the car feel? Feel nice like new, or starting to sqeak/flex over bumps? I know from experience the 350Z's were horrible. Worse than my F-bodies, but the 370Z is supposedly much stiffer.

I do hear some sqeaks but it's comparable to my wife 09 G8 GT that was bought just a few months before my Z. Although me being 20's and rubber band tires i feel the road more and hotchkis sway bar makes it a bit stiffer.

Zemurray 10-29-2011 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1383090)
That sounds nice. I can literally take my Z06 around the block and the comp-gray rims are reddish/brown from all the dust.

Yeah, it is real nice. I can drive it all weekend and my wheels are the 40th anniversary graphite colored, and you can't see any brake dust. I usually just wipe them down with some detailing spray once a weekend and they keep looking brand new.

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Zemurray (Post 1383101)
Yeah, it is real nice. I can drive it all weekend and my wheels are the 40th anniversary graphite colored, and you can't see any brake dust. I usually just wipe them down with some detailing spray once a weekend and they keep looking brand new.

I wish Nissan still offered that color of interior in a coupe. Or some of the other colors. They killed yellow, and the persimmon is only available in 2 or 3 color combo's now.

Either way, I keep hearing nothing but good about the interior, which is my motivation to trade. Lots of complaint over the drive-line, though, regarding NVH.

How bad is it, really? Sucks compared to your Honda, or have you driven 'vettes/F-bodies/Mustangs, etc?

KaienZ34 10-29-2011 11:02 AM

My offer still stands, if you wanted to ride in some 370's and compare stock to nismo to springs to coilovers. Different exhausts and power setups, wheel and tire combos, base models, touring, sport, nismo, we've got quite a few different things going on your call.

Zemurray 10-29-2011 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1383104)
I wish Nissan still offered that color of interior in a coupe. Or some of the other colors. They killed yellow, and the persimmon is only available in 2 or 3 color combo's now.

Either way, I keep hearing nothing but good about the interior, which is my motivation to trade. Lots of complaint over the drive-line, though, regarding NVH.

How bad is it, really? Sucks compared to your Honda, or have you driven 'vettes/F-bodies/Mustangs, etc?


How bad is what? The accelaration? I haven't driven a modern vette, I've owned two camaro's as mentioned previously. I've driven a lot of muscle cars. I've also raced motorcycles for a few years and have ridden a bunch of them, including the new BMW on the race track. That's 180 rwhp in a 439lb package, so I definitely know what fast is. I find the 370z to be plenty fast for me, but I'm not looking to blow up every stop light. The car will light up the traction control in first and second gear with ease. Turn off the traction control and you can hang your *** out in the wind all day long. In a nut shell it's got enough power to have fun. Go test drive one and get on it a bit. There isn't any reason not to find out. You don't have to take it up to 7k to feel it out. Surely the salesman won't mind you reving to 5k in a couple of gears. That will show you what it has.

roplusbee 10-29-2011 04:37 PM

I like the one about how will the car feel after 50K. I have owned all Nissan vehicles with the exception of 2 Chevy's (used 88 Celebrity, used 93 Beretta) and a Mazda (new 04 3i, which I returned cause it had problems). I had a 96 Altima, 04 Sentra Spec V, 2 89 240SXs, 90 200SX (Euro S13 Hatch), and a 96 240SX. All of them were rock solid except the 200SX and that is because the owner installed a LPG tank in the hatch and did absolutely nothing to the car except add fuel (and that rediculous LPG system). With about half a year, I nursed that car back to life with a lot of parts and countless hours at the auto hobbyshop. Then it too was rock solid. I expect my 09 NISMO to be pretty much the same I remember it on the drive home from the dealer (AR to TX), which was rock solid.

I have mixed feelings about VDC. I prefer to drive with it off, but I have learned to drive "spirited" with it still on. Just no quick shifts from 1-2 or 2-3 at high RPMs. Again I usually leave it off except for inclimate weather situations. I also only use SRM only when I use VDC.

For my purposes, the brake have been awesome so far. I have not been to the track yet, but have done plenty of "spirited" driving throughout various interesting areas. I have the NISMO Pads as well.

The sound system sucked bad in the NISMO, but I am used to having somethng custom in the car anyway, so that was not an issue to me at all. Now I have Kenwood DNX6960 and a Wicked C.A.S Magic Box. Problem solved.

The exhaust was so quiet, that I had a hard time getting in tune with the car. Now I have a F.I TDX and it is what I imagined a Z to sound like all along. Things may be different once I get my car back, as I took the TT plunge and may need to revisit some things in the future. But time will tell.

The stock tires on the NISMO are Yokohama ADVANS and they are outstanding all around. Treadware was rated at 180, but I got 25K out of my rears and used them in the snow (while driving back to Texas after the holiday season) with no issues.

Are the better cars out there? Definitely. With this car put a big grin on your face? For sure! Sorry for the book, but I just had to get all that out. Hopefully it is meaningfull to you. If not, meh......... :twocents:

Rob

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34 (Post 1383115)
My offer still stands, if you wanted to ride in some 370's and compare stock to nismo to springs to coilovers. Different exhausts and power setups, wheel and tire combos, base models, touring, sport, nismo, we've got quite a few different things going on your call.

Where/who is "we"?

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Zemurray (Post 1383339)
How bad is what? The accelaration? I haven't driven a modern vette, I've owned two camaro's as mentioned previously. I've driven a lot of muscle cars. I've also raced motorcycles for a few years and have ridden a bunch of them, including the new BMW on the race track. That's 180 rwhp in a 439lb package, so I definitely know what fast is. I find the 370z to be plenty fast for me, but I'm not looking to blow up every stop light. The car will light up the traction control in first and second gear with ease. Turn off the traction control and you can hang your *** out in the wind all day long. In a nut shell it's got enough power to have fun. Go test drive one and get on it a bit. There isn't any reason not to find out. You don't have to take it up to 7k to feel it out. Surely the salesman won't mind you reving to 5k in a couple of gears. That will show you what it has.

I was referring to Noise/Vibration. I did not hear anything nasty at 6K on my test-drive, but then, I wasn't listening for it.

cossie1600 10-29-2011 05:50 PM

You will get a lot of engine roughness at that RPM, really not much different than a LS engine at the 6000+ RPM range. It's not a rotary or inline 6

Zemurray 10-29-2011 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1383432)
I was referring to Noise/Vibration. I did not hear anything nasty at 6K on my test-drive, but then, I wasn't listening for it.

I don't notice anything. Car feels fine to me at 6k. I don't know where these complaints about vibration come from unless it's guys who swap out there exhaust, put coil overs on etc.. The car from the factory is plenty smooth IMO for a sports car. The bridgestones are a bit noisy on the highway, but I can live with it until they are worn. The michelins are a lot less noisy in the views.

ImportConvert 10-29-2011 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by cossie1600 (Post 1383452)
You will get a lot of engine roughness at that RPM, really not much different than a LS engine at the 6000+ RPM range. It's not a rotary or inline 6

That's what I meant. I am used to some NVH. I have a 427 flailing around at 7K rpm for crying out loud. When I stab the clutch at 6K+, it's vibrating under my foot, etc. etc.

That's why I asked....noisy/harsh...compared to what?

As to tire noise...325's out back, I cannot hear myself think over the shitty goodyear's.

KaienZ34 10-29-2011 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1383431)
Where/who is "we"?


We meet in baton rouge mostly. "We" is just the other 370 owers around the state like NO, BR, Covington, Lafayette, and all srounding areas. We do meet/greet and eats some track days and of course cruises usually once a month or so. The guys in BR meet up and grab dinner like once a week or so. Last one i went on we met up in BR and ran over to st. francisville where we had mapped out a very nice twisty empty road and it was a blast. The last one i didn't make but they ran from covington through NO and over to pierre park. Check out some of the links for a few details and pics.

http://www.the370z.com/southern-regi...talk-meet.html

http://www.the370z.com/southern-regi...er-cruise.html

http://www.the370z.com/southern-regi...-north-la.html

http://www.the370z.com/southern-regi...-car-show.html

http://www.the370z.com/southern-regi...louisiana.html


Many others in the southern region on the main page of the forum.


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