Hi everyone, been lurking for a while on this forum and have learned a lot about the 370Z.
I finally went for a test drive today in a 2011 sport auto and was lucky enough to have the salesman give up his seat for the wife.
Thought I would give my impressions as my first post. First off I found the power delivery was great. Definetely a little flat off the bottom but opened up quite nicely in the upper revs and pulled hard to redline. Car felt solid and handled well but unfortunately in the city there wasnt a lot of opportunity for cornering.
Interior fit and finish was good, I see why everyone complains about the silver fuel gauge but it didn't look as bad as I thought it would. Stereo was the Bose with nav and sounded just OK. I would buy it just for the integration as my hearing is blown from years of too loud stereos so I don't care as much. Finally road noise and NVH. This was to me nowhere near as bad as every tester and several forum members have indicated. Probably the blown hearing again here LOL. Most noise to me came from the rear tires and only on rougher pavement. I went over some brand new asphalt and the tires were silent so different tires would be a fix. The engine and exhaust sound great to me! Overall I'm totally impressed with this car and hits all the right spots at its price point.
I will be ordering a 2012 next week and then a 3 month wait begins.
