Touring NZ in a 370 Zed would be a dream! I had fun driving a campervan on the roads there even with left side manual, right side drive, and flipflopped turn signal/wiper (the hardest thing to master surprising!) The roads are perfect for a well handling car or bike and scenary absolutely amazing even by Colorado standands! Which island, town are you from?
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I just ordered the exact same car. Have to wait approx 5 weeks. Going crazy about now. I have alot of questions about the NAVI. I downloaded the NAVI manual but still have questions. That black cherry is the nicest color I have ever seen..... Al |
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My hometown is Alexandra near Queenstown,South Island.Really looking forward to the new car[370Z roadster],even though the 350Z coupe is great,never did like the aesthetics of the 350Z roadster,looked like a bathtub with a pimple on the top for a hood,but Nissan have got it right with the 370Z roadster it reminds me of something Aston Martin would have done!. Yes we have some great roads here in the South Island! also there are only 1 million of us in the whole island,and although the roads are well policed if one is careful and with the help of the trusty radar detector,you can extend it out now and again. Of interest we are getting an odd spec 370Z roadster here in NZ,auto only,no nav console etc,19" rays wheels and the sports brakes,and no cooled seats!!. We have ordered a solid red one,and it will be one of the first into the country sometime late February. Hope you guys in the States,keep up the reports on your roadsters over there. Steve.NZ |
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Cheers Mate,thanks for the kind words,if you are ever in this part of the world ,contact me.
Steve |
If I may add to the 370ZR impressions...
A couple of surprises (for me, anyway) -- The wind deflector is actually lightly tinted tempered glass. Very elegant touch for a piece that is typically clear plastic, or mesh plastic on other cars. The Bose system on the touring is very good in the Roadster -- it sounds better than the coupe version, in my opinion, for two reasons: a) shape and volume of the space with the top closed (also effects of sound deadening in the top itself and rear bulkhead for top storage. and b) positioning of the dual subwoofers -- I'm guessing they are under the seats or ported there, as very crisp bass can be felt in the seats at even moderate volume. I'm no fan of Bose, but this system is really good in this car. The flat tire repair kit includes not only a bottle of fix-a-flat-like stuff, but a small compressor, too. The synchro-rev feature works on a missed upshift (for instance an errant 2-5 shift), too, by blipping the throttle to keep from bogging down the car. Nice touch, and don't ask me how I know this. I drove coupe and convertible back-to-back. The road noise in both seemed equal (though a bit too high). Bottom line on this point, the road/tire noise, top-up or down, is pretty quiet for a roadster and a bit too loud for a coupe, in general. The Roadster gives up almost 1" of legroom, compared with the coupe. However, I am 6'2" and fit comfortably. |
Great comments. One thing however, did you actually measure the legroom between the coupe and roadster? The published specs for leg room, hip room etc... between them on the Nissan web site are shown as exactly the same. I test drove both as well and did not notice any real difference.
On the road noise topic, I did drive a coupe with the 19" Rays and a roadster with the 18" standard tires and the roadster was noticeably quieter to my ears. I would agree the Coupe was a bit too loud for me. |
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Both cars I drove had the 19"s they were identical in road/tire noise, which is to say it was about where I expected the convertible to be and louder than I expected the Coupe to be. |
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