anyone own a 350/370 Z car?
 

The new Z car is bad ass and I am seriously looking at it for a new car in a year (after the new car bugs are worked out) anyone here have one? what do they think?

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my buddy has a 350-he likes it. no probs so far that i know of, had it atleast 2yrs

check this Z forum out....

www.my350z.com

I love those fuckin cars.

I think smileyman used to have a 350, he was giving me a lot of his impressions on it a little while back.

sat in it at the auto show, shifter felt like crap. rubbery and notchy with long throws. im also against nissan's attempt to dumb down the population of manual drivers with an auto blip feature for downshifts. rest of the car i liked. not trading the nsx for it though and i should still spank em

NSX's are ghey. Its a pretty good car, but like was said above the tranny shifts bad, a short throw shifter fixes that.

Add to that, I always thought that they are very twitchy at the limit, one second they are pushing through turns, the next your deep into oversteer, with little or no warning. It definately takes a steady hand to keep them in line

If Edmunds is to be believed, the prices are even better on the 370's.
Assuming I had that kind of money to spend, I'd definitely own one. :dthumb:

Very nice car and fun to drive. But I had to said getting in and out of it was awful. And I am only 24.

trying to get smoked? :diitb:

I had a first gen. 350. First year they came out what in 03? It was awesome, handled very well, got good mileage (mine was the standard). They are 2 seaters so practicality suffered a bit, the race inspired suspension was rough on Arkansas roads but find a peice of smooth asphalt and eat it up. HP was adequate. By that I mean everything is relative. It didn't launch as hard as my big block Nova but could take off with any other street car I met. They have upped the HP each year I think it stands at 335 for the 370 Z, mine was 285 I think.

Build quality was OK, it did eat the stock tires pretty quick, but those were cheapy OEM tires and I did not get to drive thru the 2nd set. Overall handling was like I said above great, slight understeer, pretty firm. For the money I would say it would be the bargain of its class. More refined this year than the Mustang GT, more powerful than the Mazda RX, until the V8 Chevy Camaro and Dodge Challengers get out in force you have them all covered.

The 370 has had my attention since its debut. Full out electronic aids. Rev match shift to keep your engine matched to downshifts (like a slipper clutch for bikes), available tracion control (switchable), better handling (claimed), more ponies. For what it is worth I think a low mileage, well cared for 2 year old 350 would be quite a bang for the buck option unless you were street racing or track daying it.

Did they decrease the weight on the 370Z? Because the 350Z is a pig right now. Could easily stand to lose 400-lbs.

370 is a couple pounds lighter

Teehee, yeah but the pig can dance!

Yeah, If you think a dancing pig is a good dancer... :whistle:

BTW, I think they're nice looking cars, but they could use a few more ponies, and a diet.

Trust me! I have been full lock in a 69 Nova, an 83 Pontiac, and several Camaros, all weighing less than the Z and I would much rather race in the Z when 1/10 of a second is on the line!

I thought my 99 Z28 with some suspension upgrades was pretty decent handling, until I took my stock Z06 autocrossing...

Z06 is bad ass! No live axle going to handle with it. I was raised in a garage. Dad and I always suspension tested all the cars we fixed. Every gen of Camaro, Vette, Mustang, Even some exotics like Jaguars, Panteras, and Porsches.

Good times. We built quite a few of our own toys, dirt track raced for a decade or so, drag raced for another.

The biggest difference was in the front, it'd turn with little pushing at speeds way over what I was use to.

And then AH works great too, I got way sideways (power oversteer..), and was able to catch it with minimal fuss.

I read the Road and Track reviews of the base model Vs Z06 Vs ZR1. I so want to drive one. My brother had a 89 we tricked out. It was way cool. And we used it up good. It could run with my Nova 454 at the strip. I would launch him into oblivion and then he would scream by at 1000 ft. Good times.

I have driven the crap out of cars on the road, but never gotten one out on a road course. It is something I would love to do. I roadraced bikes for years and on those tracks I cannot imagine racing cars side by side!

The same could be said for the Mustang and Camaro.

Oh, the irony coming from someone w/ an M6! (I love 'em, but they're heavy)

The 370Z lost less the 100 lbs. vs. an identically equipped the prior gen - much less than had been rumored. Still a pretty cool car, and great bang for the buck.

and the challenger, i'd seriously consider any of them at 3/4 scale. not likely to happen though. explain to me a world where you pay more for a stripped out car?

From what I understand yes it did loose the weight from the previous car but the regulations of EPA and other shit required more crap which caused the weight to be a wash.

My M6 has 500-HP and it's not a sports car.