anyone own a 350/370 Z car?

[OneSickPsycho]

I love those fuckin cars.

[JoJoYZF]

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

[Dave]

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

[derf]

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

[Adeptus_Minor]

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.

[Quick281]

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.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by derf

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

trying to get smoked?

[smileyman]

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.

[fnfalman]

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