Why are reviewers so hard on the z?

lemon-fresh

Agreed, and it sucks because it can hurt resale value. In my area an 09 370 will sell for roughly the same as an 11 5.0. I'd like that kind of trend to continue.

ZMan8

This sums up my opinion perfectly. Well said. biggest issue like You said Is sales and what Nissan does because of that

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ZKraken22

Well everyday I get on the forum and somebody is Having a problem with their car. Mostly the transmission

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Davey

Better buy a Mustang then, their transmissions are F-L-A-W-L-E-S-S.

Davey

Yeah, and also, I looked at a Corvette forum one time and people were complaining about the roof flying off, transmissions failing, door handles coming off, dealers giving them the runaround on repairs...

I guess my point here is that if you read forums you'll see that all cars are terrible pieces of crap that you should never buy... All of them.

lemon-fresh

UNKNOWN_370

I've driven quite a few sports cars and found horrendously annoying things about them. I know many others that complain about the same things. But they aren't really stressed in the reviews. If the Z has a 4inch long piece of plastic on the lowest part of the console that you can't see and looks cheap? That piece of plastic will get 2 paragraphs in a review of negativity. The whole FR-S interior is pretty chintzy, yet no one cares to stress it in summary length monologues.
When I see shyt like that, I have to call corporate politics. Remember, the Nissan corp is probably the only japanese car company that doesn't have a "Direct-Alliance" with an american automaker. They almost had one with dodge for the titan. But the auto-bailouts killed it. So now they have the Daimler contract instead. hmmmmm???? USA, angry for not sharing Nissan secrets with american companies? I have yet to see an american car with any type of DRM/SRM or serious dual clutch. Maybe they need help from Nissan and Nissan isn't helping? Maybe Nissan doesn't want American Corporations digging deep in there pockets and destabiling there Euro-Asian way of doing business???
And maybe the corporations are mad at that? Maybe they are using the car mag reviewers they have in there pockets to write trash articles on the Z??? Bad halo car press affects all models to some degree. Hitting the halo is the kick in the balls...

Mitsu, toyota, honda and mazda are all linked to american automakers. Subaru shares a lot of technology. Nissan isn't big on sharing with american companies and are always secretive in there business dealings toward the american market. I call "corporate american jelly".
BEFORE PRESUMING FANBOYISM...
I'm not saying there isn't any realism to most of the Z's issues. But other cars never get this much bad press when there are cars with more issues. BMW, Audi, Mitsubishi and hyundai have seen more reliability issues in there sports cars. Where's the laundry list on there complaints??? Just keeping it real.

A-Train

BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Jaguar, Landrover, etc., etc. will kill you when they break down. My BMW had something like seven onboard computers and four catalytic converters, plus an idiotic cooling system. Fancy-scmantzy, but more or less overpriced/overvalued garbage. Why the hell do you think that most of these cars are leased or traded in or sold before the warranty runs out. Im perfectly happy with my 370Z built in Japan with GTR pride!

cossie1600

Not saying you guys are wrong, but some of you are true fanboys

JungleZ

besides the 100,000 dollar gtr what is nissans secret?Theres really nothing special about using the same vq in most their cars, and making little sentras and versas will always be there as a choice but most people know Honda and Toyota for better reliability and resale.

A-Train

Hondas and Toyotas are synonymous with BORING. I had a 1995 Camry. Great car. Ran like a Swiss clock, but boring as can be. That car never put a smile on my face. How many cars are as fun to pull the wheel hard and floor it as the Z. It's a sexy and reliable drift king!

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UNKNOWN_370

There are a dozen cars that are better suited for drift over the Z. But i applaud your enthusiasm.

Read T

Too True. The Z isn't the best car of all time.

That would be a morgan.

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UNKNOWN_370

Yeah but the flipside is... Some of you guys have a couple problems with your car, and begin the self loathing for making the Z purchase. Then you expect the rest of us to lose enthusiasm. And all of a sudden, If we don't have any problems with our cars and are enjoying them... We are either:

1. Not driving our cars hard enough to have problems
2. We are making up or exaggerating our positive experiences
3. Plain old being fanboys.

I personally have been called a fanboy when i like cars out there equal to or more than the Z. Cars like the Corvette GS/Z06, GTR Porsche cayman, 135i,Mistsubishi EVO, subaru sti, and gencoupe 2.0

the Z imho opinion ties with the 135 and evo while is slightly eclipsed by the vette, GT-R and cayman. I rank the rest right below but all are close. The vette eclipses them all on a track and if we fo 911 and R8 status... thats a whole new game.

Fanboys can't see beyond what they drive. Many of us love our Z's first. there's nothing wrong with that. but we love other cars too. We are in our Z's. We respect and love other cars. But it doesn't mean we gotta suck someone's **** either for having something different. and guys that tend to call out FANBOY alot suck alot of other car ****... Self loathing- Reverse Fanboys.'

It is what it is...