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Originally Posted by jazz-Z
The brakes aren't any good. Really, I feel like I can rip a hole in time with my brakes. So what if some bozo from MotorTrend caused the brakes to fail by doing repeated 100-0 stops. I watched Jeremy on Top Gear set the ceramic brakes of an exotic sports car on fire the other day. Any brakes can be made to fail if one pushes them beyond their limits.
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I do not recall many/any complaints about the breaks being bad, just that they fail very quickly when in comes to taking the vehicle to a track. Even then, simple changes have been pointed out that basically alleviates this problem.
Can you point to some specific assertions where people are saying the brakes are categorically bad?
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Originally Posted by jazz-Z
The car over heats and needs an oil cooler. I live in the humid, hot East Coast and I have never had my car go into limp mode. BTW guys, your car is supposed to run between 180 and 220 degrees even 230 or 240 is fine. My car was broken in according to factory guidelines and it has never burned oil.
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Above 210*, oil temps start having adverse effects on this engine. It begins losing power and my gut tells me some fuel efficiency as well. Continuing to increase oil temps will only amplify the problem. Over the past couple weeks, my engine temps have crept northward of 220* which does not sit well with me. I typically baby my car, but even with my driving style, I still get oil temp spikes up to ~240*. I will be looking into getting an oil cooler put on my car in the coming weeks to alleviate this problem. While an oil cooler may not be a necessity, it will help with peace of mind.
Also, if oil temps are truly not a problem, why do the newer Z's have them then? [EDIT]I left out a not, so went back and fixed it...
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Originally Posted by jazz-Z
I have never had fuel starve. I don't drive slow, and I have the speeding tickets to prove it ( That's a topic for another thread) but I don't drive like an anal cavity either.
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Driving fast does not cause the fuel starvation...
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Originally Posted by jazz-Z
My car isn't as fast as this car, or as fast as that car. When the Z came out it beat the Porsche Cayman S around Willow springs in a direct head to head comparison by Road and Track (Google it) So Porsche came out with the Cayman R in order to put down a faster time than the Z, but they cut weight in that car by taking out unnecesary items like door handles and AC, and then charge extra for no door handles.
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It faster than some, slower than others.
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Originally Posted by jazz-Z
The fact is the Z is loaded with edgy technology and engineering. How about appreciating some of what you got for a very reasonable price, and stop nitpicking the car to death.
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How do you know they don't appreciate all these things?
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Originally Posted by jazz-Z
Okay I know this is the internet, and this post isn't going to do a blankety blank thing to to change much of anything, but I had to get this off my chest.
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/rant