What's wrong with the 6MT?

pulpz

Agreed. Honda makes incredibly smooth shifting gear box. one of the reasons why i got my TSX. But the clutch is really light. Not my preference, but does have its advantage for everyday commuting in heavy stop and go traffic.

The 350Z/370Z clutch pedal has a "heavier" feel than most. This was a complaint on the 350Z (check the forums you'll find many threads a and a few how-to's to adjust). And could be deterrent to someone who would prefer to have a manual shift for a daily commuter.

One thing i don't like about the 350/370 Z is the feel of the accelerator pedal. I think its too light. Makes for a mismatched feel between the mechanical resistance of the clutch and accelerator pedal. I think this is why some people have a hard time adjusting to the driving style of the Z and/or feeling comfortable with it at first drive.

I test drove an '09 cayman. The mechanical resistance/feel of the Cayman clutch and accelerator are very comparable and give a balanced feel.

Personally, i liked the feel of the 350 Z clutch. And when i test drove a 370Z was surprised that Nissan retained the heavier clutch considering the complaints.

The 370Z gear box is much improved over the 350Z, has a more exact feel. Not as good as a cayman, but definitely in the ballpark.

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wstar

Agreed on the accelerator. It's drive-by-wire, so obviously it's just an electric actuator rather than a cabled-up traditional accel pedal. But still, they could have put some effort into engineering the thing to feel more traditional. As it is now, it's so light that it makes it hard to make fine adjustmnents at times.

On the same topic, the other thing I dislike about our accelerator pedal is that it's too "digital". If you play with it in neutral at a stop, you'll notice it's not at all smooth like a real pedal. Mechanically it feels smooth, but in terms of its effect on the engine, it adjusts in little notchy steps.

In effect it's like having a 32-way throttle switch (I don't know exactly how many settings there are, 32 is a random-ish guess). You get these 32 throttle settings and that's it, nothing in-between.

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wstar

Adding more thoughts to the above: this is probably why I find it hard to put/keep the accel pedal on the "neutral torque" spot for a given gear/speed at times (as in, just the right amount of gas to neither accelerate nor decelerate). Eventually you settle in anyways, by landing slightly high or low and then letting the car's speed adjust until that neutral torque point is achieved. At low revs you'd hardly notice (like attaining a cruising speed in top gear), but at high revs I notice it a lot (like when you accelerate up a gear hard, then want to hold neutral torque for a few seconds there before engine braking back through the same gear).

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Trips

Sorry can't comment but ahh nice avatar...

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Sashimi

Heavy? I've driven Everything from Civics, BMW's, to Rx7's I can't say the clutch is heavy at all, me personally I would love to have it a little heavier

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Minicobra1

No, not a heavy clutch, coming from Mustangs, this clutch is much lighter, I think it's even lighter feel then my Mini Cooper S. My biggest complaint is that it's noisy, you can search for vids on here regarding that. Seams to be part of the design from what I've researched, so not too concerned about it. No mechanical problems and I just past 11K miles. Drive both before you buy, but Syncro Rev match is awesome in the MT6.

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ssqpolo

the problem is the driver....not the car

spearfish25

Most reviews rave about the 6MT and how it's perfectly matched to the 3.7 VQ engine. I think the author of that review mixed up whichever transmission or car model he was mentioning, confusing it for the 370Z 6MT.

xfrgtr

Edmunds.com

havasuwiley

either trans is a good choice,edmonds mt car was probally a magazine test mule,they beat the hell out of them!! if a clutch blows its usually because they do lots of 5k-6k drops to get 0-60 times & 1/4 mile times,normal car drivers usually don't abuse their cars like that. my

Modshack

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Blown32

I have to agree with you 100%! Who ever drove the new Z for Edmonds.com and felt the trans or clutch was a problem is a wimp and should be layed off immediately! lol! Bad report on there part.

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6MT

I believe it's one of the smoothest manual gearboxes I have ever driven. Coming from a 2008 Accord 3.5L, the Nissan gearbox is amazing. The Honda's was good, but tempermental. It took me a couple of months to feel comfortable and to get the shifts anywhere close to being smooth. The Nissan gearbox was very smooth right from the start. I love it. The clutch has a great feel, the shifts are almost effortless. (But, I have missed a few shifts from second to fifth instead of third on hard accelerations.)

Not sure what the reviewer is talking about... maybe not a manual gearbox kind of driver (?)

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