Why does the 370z get so much disrespect...

SouthArk370Z

I don't care what somebody else thinks about my car. If you think your car is better, maybe it is. I can live with that. All I care about is my smiles per gallon.

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Akurei

As long as you know what your car can do and can not do, do not worry about it. Like everyone said, there is always gonna be fan boys. Obviously someone with a Corvette or Masarati wouldn't be comparing their cars to a lesser car. If they aren't dumb as a brick they would just not say anything.

The BRZ and FRS, is a nice car. From my understanding a long time ago the FRS was suppose to be the new Supra but obviously it was a rumor or changed, now it is suppose to be the new Corolla GTS (AE86) successor. If that is even true. The car has a nice body, great job in that part however, like FRS/BRZ owners say, it does not have enough horsepower. It runs somewhere in the 14's (seconds in the quarter mile). Sadly, my 1990 (25 years ago almost) CRX with only a b16a stock swap (Replica of Japan's CRX SiR stock) and some bolt ons, runs pretty close (14.76). 14 seconds isn't a big deal anymore. With that being said, I hear it does good in the corners though.

kenchan

yah, if you're a "car guy" and have sat in a frs/brz and dont like the seating position, then there's something wrong with you... thing reminded me of a s2k and cayman a little bit.

Read T

I'll just leave this here. Much cooler than that yellow thing someone posted earlier.



Amazeballs.

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kenchan

yah, that looks like a fun toy im liking that fender mirror too

Bking

lmao this whole thread is like a giant circle jerk.

But whatevs, 370Z > BRZ/FRS/GT86 any day.

Skyscraper

I looked pretty closely at the FRS when I was in the market. it did handle quite nicely and when living between 3k and 6k on the tach the lack of power wasn't too bad. But when comparing it to the Z, I had to go Z. Mine was around 38K when it was new, I got it for 21K five years and 54,000 miles later. IMO the Z is just higher quality in basically every aspect and I got my Z for cheaper than any FRS that was on the market in my area. I didn't want to shoulder the depreciation of buying brand new.

But if some guy thinks his car is better than mine then that's fine with me, I'm happy and that's all that matters.

Bad Boy

They are nice to look at, but the 370Z has MORE power. All I care about. Plus they are too small for my taste. Like fiat 500's but with a longer nose. Girl cars.

Read T

So then why don't you have a 5.0?

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JAKES Z

People have the same lack of power complaint about the 370Z, and rightfully so. In 03 the 350Z was putting out 287HP and that was ~10% higher than the 03 Mustang GT. From 04-08 the 350Z was pushed up to 306HP so it stayed close to the other cars in its class in power.

With the 370Z in 09 it was ahead of the Mustang GTs. But when the 11 GTs came out with the 412HP V8s and then bumping it to 420HP, the Z was left behind. Then the Camaros and Challengers came out and both offer more power than the Z. Even the Genesis can come with a NA V6 pushing out 348HP.

Needless to say the BRZ/FRS is below this tier of vehicles that the Z is in. But much like the Z owners compare their car to the performance of the lowest end Porsche, the BRZ/FRS owners compare their car to the sports car on the next price tier up. People just like to feel they got good value for the money spent, in my opinion.

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Tadpole

Have you ever raced them at the drag strip? I smoke the challengers and beat the 5.0's often. The look on their face is priceless and I have only seen one BRZ there with a turbo setup. He wanted to race me and stated that he ran a 13.8 with it. He asked me what I was running and I told him my best time for the night was a 13.3. He shied away after that with no interest in running against my Z.

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brucelidat

From everything I have read, the 5.0 should be faster than our Zs in the 1/4 mile. What were their trap speeds compared to yours?

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scorp38

The coyote 5.0s should beat the 370z in a straight line I think they run 5 sec 0-60

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MJB

A 13' 5.0 weighs 3622lbs, 0-60mph in 4.3sec and 1/4 in 12.7sec @ 111mph. They come with an actual LSD, and handle alot better than what you guys think.

Specs came from MT, and testing was done with 6mt. I'm sure their auto is a little faster.

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Tadpole

By paper the 5.0 is faster. It's launching then that kills them at the strip. For all the average Joes it's a drivers race. The automatic Z launches hard and quick while the stang hops and jumps out the hole. The challengers are overweight and can easily be beat. Camaros are the same too. Once they put a few mods on them it's over tho but stock for stock the 6 banger Z will win more than you think.

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