Other Car Test Drive Opinions

shadoquad

Whoa, man. I'm just talking about the feel of the car. If you want me to admit I was wrong about torque, ok, fine

I was saying that what IC said about the Corvette was surprising.

If you're telling me that your Z hard launches at 3k, then fantastic for you, speed racer.

ImportConvert

I think what I said was mis-taken.

To me, the 370Z feels linear. You floor it, and your acceleration increases directly proportionate to RPM.

With the Z06, you floor it, and acceleration seems to be exponential. It explodes off the line, pins you back through the mid-range, and only gets nastier. I never meant to indicate that it felt "weak" down low or anything of the sort. Floor it at any rpm in first and you're going to light those 325's up. It needs to be rolled into so some weight transfer gets to take place. There is no torque shortage...there is just MOAR!!!! up top.

The 370Z just pins you back and keeps you there with roughly the same force all the way through whatever gear you are in.

That is how it felt *to me*.

I then looked at a dyno and said "hey...that's why!"

shadoquad

I never feel that the Z is pinning me to the seat. It's deceptively fast, but it never really presses me back.

I can see what you're saying now, though. Thank you for clarification. That makes a little more sense to me.

ImportConvert

I did notice that the Z is deceptively fast. Acceleration was linear, and I did not notice how fast I was going on my test-drive until I got a fly-by with the lights on from an undercover car. The 370Z felt very stable at...highway...speeds. I was also impressed with how compliant it was over harsh sections of roads. The suspension feels VERY well thought out in OEM trim.

*Try driving a slow car for a while. Your 370Z is a quick car and you need to be reminded from time to time. My Z06 feels like a jet going WOT down the run-way when I get in it after driving my G20. Conversely, I almost slide my G20 off the road after driving my Z06. Forgot about those skinny tires, floaty suspension, and iffy brakes, lol.

**When I was in highschool, I felt I had mastered my LT1 Trans Am. It began feeling sluggish. I could make it do what I wanted. Not fast enough. I began to feel complacent about it. It was then that the car did the most amazing thing. It gained about 200whp all of a sudden in a corner and threw me off the road when I blipped the throttle--that's my story, and I'm sticking to it! Moral is, you never know how much power you have under that right foot until it's not doing what you want, and then DAMN! is it a lot! just be careful feeling too comfortable.