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Originally Posted by JAOz
I noticed you have a 15 nismo! nice! I never would have considered a previous year nismo because of their spoiler alone. However, for 2015, the spoiler is PERFECT! So, you have the nismo tech? Again, sweet. I didn't even test drive one (I did sit in one); perhaps I should have test driven one. The reasons I didn't initially consider one were 1 the cost. 2 the stiffer suspension (my partner wouldn't even ride with me in my FR-S cause of the firm ride - he's cool with the Z, mostly cause it feels more upscale and heaver / safer to him. Before we always took his stupid optima - the nismo might have pushed the limit on stiffness) 3 I preferred my rims over the nismo (the rims on the nismo are still badass.) 4 I wanted red and red on the nismo negates the cool red striping (I would haven chosen white (for a nismo) though - white nismo looks sweet  .) 5 the recaros should be electric (my friends cts-v as AWESOME gazillion way electric recarros- they are awesome!) --- ALL that being said there is something especially awesome about this years nismo!! I may have a little regret on not at least test driving one. Though maybe it's good I didn't cause they do stretch the budget quite a bit. Did you get a good deal on one? I did get my sport tech auto at a $4k discount (it has all the mats, z-lit kick plates, mud flaps) - I pd $36k even plus tax and license which I think here in California is a really good price (though it did have 99 miles on it :/)
Anyway, congrats on your nismo - it is one VERY special ride - the 7AT even adds to that fact  the 2015 AT nismo will probably be a collector's item someday. |
Yeah, the suspension and seats
were both very stiff vertically. I swear the suspension is significantly softer now than when I first got it, so it might be necessary to find a broken-in car before judging suspension. I know that car magazines report better engine performance after the break-in (1200-2500 miles) on Zs; ride quality probably also changes.
The seats definitely are not what you would expect in a "tech" package optioned car, you usually get heated leather and 8+ way electronic controls. But they have plenty of support zipping around corners at high speed, if I actually had to reach for a stick shift then being firmly planted in racing seats while cornering would be a bigger deal.
I got the car for $48K w/ the 5 year Security+Plus Gold Preferred service plan after taxes, which was pretty much MSRP (and my budget) so I did not bother haggling. I could have gotten a Sport trim, swapped out the suspension for something stiffer, changed the exhaust, etc. for less than the cost of a Nismo but an extended service plan/warranty would make zero sense when a significant chunk of the OEM equipment would be gone
That is how I justified the purchase, anyway.
Mine only had 4 miles on it, because it went straight from the trailer to the showroom floor
It was next to a base model GT-R and the Nismo styling on the 370z really made the GT-R look tame. They will probably never get a GT-R Nismo, but from what I have seen online the styling direction is pretty much the same for all Nismo models and would not show up on a solid red model. In years past Nissan offered magma red instead of solid red, and that would probably look nicer on a 2015 Nismo.