i love this about the 370

brucelidat · 04-09-2012, 05:12 PM

It makes sense for the GTR to get more mag time publicity than the Z, it is their big thing, world challenging super car. The Altima will get more air time advertising-wise because it is their biggest volume seller. I think it is America's #2 selling car now behind the Camry. If the Altima is getting more mag exposure than the Z, though, that's tough to explain other than maybe because there's a new one coming out. I would only expect to see the Z on enthusiast magazines. Also, I freelance pretty regularly at the ad agency who does Nissan's stuff and I never hear anything about the Z. I think it's too niche and small in terms of sames for them Nissan to throw money at it. The peole who would buy a Z mostly probably already know about.

FL 4Motion · 04-09-2012, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Oh, I concur. The Z is gorgeous. You'll get no argument there.

Well, those specific limitations effect the track-ability of the car. In stock form, it is rather dangerous to take to a race track. And while that may not be a concern for many performance car buyers, it certainly is an issue to some. I'm getting ready to track my car. I've addressed the braking issues and oil heating issues as best I can. I'm hoping not to run into fuel starve on my first time out.

/\ shado, just make sure you top off and have a completely full tank before every session and on street tires, you'll be fine, esp if you are a novice. Annoying problem, but workable.

Despite having listed all the serious shortcomings of this car in an earlier post, my wife and i are very big Z fans and have owned quite a few over the years, however, I am not so blinded by my love for my Z that I don't feel we shouldn't take nissan to task on some very very blatant cost cutting/poor developmental shortcomings with this car. Let's hope the next gen (if there is one) will address them and then some.

shadoquad · 04-09-2012, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion

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/\ shado, just make sure you top off and have a completely full tank before every session and on street tires, you'll be fine, esp if you are a novice. Annoying problem, but workable.

Despite having listed all the serious shortcomings of this car in an earlier post, my wife and i are very big Z fans and have owned quite a few over the years, however, I am not so blinded by my love for my Z that I don't feel we shouldn't take nissan to task on some very very blatant cost cutting/poor developmental shortcomings with this car. Let's hope the next gen (if there is one) will address them and then some.

ty will do

sonic370 · 04-09-2012, 08:46 PM

yeah in my area the 370 would be considered a rare bird also.
i might see 2 or 3 in a good week. in an area of about 170,000.

but that' fine with me. iv'e owned both cars a z and a vette
both are head turners. and attract a lot of attention....

best way to judge how much people love these cars is the used car lots
at the dealership. around here you can't find one even if you wanted to by used.

but every lot around here has used mustangs, camaros, etc. and i'm talking about
2010 and 2011

04-09-2012, 05:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
brucelidat A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: temple city, ca Posts: 2,432 Drives: 2011 370z 7AT GM Sp Rep Power: 33	It makes sense for the GTR to get more mag time publicity than the Z, it is their big thing, world challenging super car. The Altima will get more air time advertising-wise because it is their biggest volume seller. I think it is America's #2 selling car now behind the Camry. If the Altima is getting more mag exposure than the Z, though, that's tough to explain other than maybe because there's a new one coming out. I would only expect to see the Z on enthusiast magazines. Also, I freelance pretty regularly at the ad agency who does Nissan's stuff and I never hear anything about the Z. I think it's too niche and small in terms of sames for them Nissan to throw money at it. The peole who would buy a Z mostly probably already know about. __________________ Works Emotion CR Ultimate - FI CBE w/ 18" resonators - Ecutek - eibach sways - Quaife - FI LTH w/race cats - kw v3 - spl - Topgunz SC - 488whp 398trq

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04-09-2012, 08:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
sonic370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orange Texas Posts: 1,574 Drives: 09 370Z Sports PGK Rep Power: 20	yeah in my area the 370 would be considered a rare bird also. i might see 2 or 3 in a good week. in an area of about 170,000. but that' fine with me. iv'e owned both cars a z and a vette both are head turners. and attract a lot of attention.... best way to judge how much people love these cars is the used car lots at the dealership. around here you can't find one even if you wanted to by used. but every lot around here has used mustangs, camaros, etc. and i'm talking about 2010 and 2011