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Originally Posted by IcedZ
No, the car FALLS ON IT's FACE. It's terrible. Civic, Prius, you name it will take you for at least 2 car lengths before you can catch up.
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Originally Posted by DIGItonium
Davey, these situations do not require full throttle. Let's say you're making a left turn, going across the street, or get the car moving through an intersection from the light. You get in 1st to get the car going as usual and give it the usual moderate throttle. The the car revs to 2k RPM and hangs for about 1-2 seconds before ramping up. Normally the car would simply rev up in a linear fashion. At this point you realize you have to give it slightly more gas than usual or it will bog 1st gear. It simply feels heavy, and it goes from slightly lacking power to having no power. It feels like starting out in 2nd gear. Better yet, it is a similar feeling to VDC/TCS kicking in. No difference with it disabled.
Your instinct tells you to give it more gas, right? So you'll go from 30% to 100% throttle the split second the car is hanging at 2k RPM, and it makes no difference. While holding down the pedal, the car will hang and start to rev up. It does not feel like 100% throttle. The exhaust sounds loud, but it does not scream and the car does not appear to move as fast as it sounds. Passenger would describe it as me lifting my foot and putting it back down. I'll even demonstrate with the foot down to the floor for a few seconds in 2nd to show them I'm really trying to floor it to their disbelief.
Normally the car is eager to rev, and it screams in 1st. Plus, it's easy to peel out from a roll in 1st past 3k RPM. When this power loss kicks in, there's no chance of breaking loose the tires from a roll.
There are cases where I'd like to get the car moving fast as traffic approaches, but it is scary to see it lag for a couple of seconds with the pedal to the floor. Even when it starts moving, it doesn't go crazy with the pedal to the floor. It feels like 50-60% throttle.
I've yet to hear anything from the tech at Baker Nissan.
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I drove mine around for about an hour and a half after driving it home from work yesterday, maybe 15 minutes of cooling in between. Oil temps were up near or slightly over 220 the whole time (77 degrees out) and I was on and off the throttle in every gear and I could not say I felt ANYTHING like what you describe.
Every car will get heat-soaked and lose a little power and feel kind of laggy in heavy traffic but a little cruising at speed should clear it up, and it shouldn't be as bad as what you describe! That is crazy!
The only thing I can think is, I tend to roll into the throttle rather than tromp it. I ran mine to redline 3 - 4 times in 1st with the tires warm and I am not feeling it break loose or the VDC come on, but it's definitely going to redline in a big hurry, feels about the same as my old '08 350Z, which is what I'd expect, it's not like an extra 25 hp and 65 lbs less weight makes much difference especially with a passenger in the car.
I also got into it from 2500 RPM in 4th and 5th several times, for short periods, and obviously it wasn't really "fast" even once it got up past 3500 RPM or so but it definitely was pulling harder than the "average" car.
Do you have this stuff happen when you aggressively roll onto the throttle or is it mostly when you stomp it to the floor?