Anyone else not too impressed?

LakeShow

Wow, cool story bro!

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NuffZed

Someone's teen hack your account dmh?

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UNKNOWN_370

For this car to actually "feel fast" you have to drive consistently in the high rpm's. that means your driving around @ normal speeds @ 3300-4000rpm's in 3rd waiting to make it happen. if your driving this car in the standard method of driving. it will feel like any other car. This Z is quickness driver skill dependent. I will leave it there...

TongMan

Should've gone turbo if you wanted that thrust, push you into your seat, feeling.

ERZperformance

I think it takes a lot more HP for a car to gives you that "pulling back" effect on your body. At least a car that have a turbo.

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TongMan

For reference, my Mazdaspeed3 had that effect of pushing the driver into their seat when it accelerates, but my 370z would still go right past my mazdaspeed3.

shadoquad

I've driven both and this is exactly what I noticed.

OMGiGOTaZ

Come take a ride with me

She sometimes gives me more than I ask of her especially from a rolling start to dip over into the next lane and get around

buddyZ

Im very happy with the Z, but there are still things on the base model that are suspect. oversteer/undesteer,weak brakes for this engine,clunky shifting,horrible sound system, horrible gas mileage,horrible visibility,oil gets hot as hell even with 2012 oil cooler.

On top of all that though, its still 3.7 business and a good driver can do damage.
Im leasing the thing so i cant do what i want to it...

Telephone

I am somewhat disappointed as well. While I do agree that the linear powerband masks some of the 370Z's quickness, I feel that the 370Z is gutless below 4K RPM. This makes the car frustrating to drive sometimes. Perhaps it's just a shortcoming of the 6spd manual...I've never driven the AUTO. The gas pedal/throttle delay also frustrates me. Sometimes this car is just not as fun as it looks.

Even though I might get flamed...perhaps it's time for Nissan to put a small V8 in the Z. .

Zoren 370

[QUOTE=Telephone;1853370]I am somewhat disappointed as well. While I do agree that the linear powerband masks some of the 370Z's quickness, I feel that the 370Z is gutless below 4K RPM. This makes the car frustrating to drive sometimes. Perhaps it's just a shortcoming of the 6spd manual...I've never driven the AUTO. The gas pedal/throttle delay also frustrates me. Sometimes this car is just not as fun as it looks.


I see that you just got your Z. I felt that way in the beginning disappointed in all after coming from a BMW. I was saying to myself I think I made the mistake.
But wait... while I drive the car more often...mile after mile plus a modification of the intake and the exhaust. Wow this Z has transformed to a beast and still getting faster and faster as miles racks ups the odometer.
Give it it some time and you will know her better.
I will never look back... rather look forward in having his double T.
someday or get his big brother with the G and The R .

bvl

No 8...but you need more seat time. If your 240 had a DE-T swap I can see you being disappointed in a lack of 'whoa!'. If its the stock KA, um...what you smoking over there?

Perspective is key here. As a car guy we have several different ones in the family here, all with different power bands. The Z has better torque then the G35 sedan that was recently replaced by a 2.7L Cayman.

Cayman feels relatively strong due to the fact the car weights 600 lbs less then our Z, but peters out a tad above 6500.

The old beater is a modified 2.0T WRX. Below 2000 RPM, that is a gutless car...the Z feels like a small block chevy in comparison

The Z is sneaky fast as others have said. Just took some getting used to. I feel the 0-5K band is the strong point on the car.

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TerribleONE

should of got a mustang

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KaienZ34

Getting a tune like uprev will fix that throttle delay and change the car completely.

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spearfish25

It's all about perspective. I've been a happy 370Z owner for years now, but my mind wonders about other cars after I read the car mags, watch YouTube videos, and go to track days with faster cars all around. It's easy to feel like the Z is chop liver as time moves along. So much so that I went and test drove an E92 M3 and a Cadillac CTS-V last weekend. At the end of the day, my perspective had changed once again. Both cars were great cars. The M3 was just one notch faster than the Z (read: slightly faster but not dramatically so) while the CTS-V pulled like a beast. But the steering feel of the M3 was good but not as connected as the Z (I know, I know, it can't be so). Also, the interior was lackluster and boring...nothing that makes you inspired and connected to the car. The CTS-V couldn't disguise its extra 1000 lbs and felt like a behemoth in corners and braking. Wrapping in the price of these cars being double the Z's, I drove home in my 370Z again assured that I had made the right purchase 3 years ago. I can enjoy my Z as a daily driver, track car, and autocross car and never feel bad about abusing a really expensive vehicle. The CTS-V and even M3 are less than optimal for autocross while the Z shines. The Z can hold its own in corners and braking zones at track days, only to be trumped on long straights. I definitely bought the right car.

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