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Originally Posted by Batwing
Hello fellow Z peeps, I have owned my Nismo 370Z for about 5 months now and overall I like the car but in my opinion the manual tranny falls short.
I been a mechanic my whole life and have owned motorcycles and manual shift vehicles and without a doubt this transmission is the worst I have ever encountered. The car has such great potential but the transmission feels sub par. 1st gear is a joke. On take off the car feels like you can only go twenty feet before shifting. It is really easy to miss shifts and the gear box sounds like a box of rocks and the tranny feels as though the design is inadequate to provide proper power transfer.
I wish the car would of come with a automatic because shifting manualy hardly seems to be worth the effort. Kinda bumed really because I do like the car but this manual is a disapointment.
Does anybody honestly like this transmission?
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I am right there with you.............I kept test driving the 6mts hoping I would change my mind as I really wanted a Nismo, the last time I spent well over 2 hours driving it. I kept thinking what great shifting trannies my B210, 280ZX and Nissan truck had and wondered why they made such a crappy MT for the Z? I went with the auto and I am actually very glad I did.