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Old 01-05-2010, 10:14 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fisherg View Post
Great comments. One thing however, did you actually measure the legroom between the coupe and roadster? The published specs for leg room, hip room etc... between them on the Nissan web site are shown as exactly the same. I test drove both as well and did not notice any real difference.

On the road noise topic, I did drive a coupe with the 19" Rays and a roadster with the 18" standard tires and the roadster was noticeably quieter to my ears. I would agree the Coupe was a bit too loud for me.
Legroom was measured by butt dyno only. Perhaps the difference is in the seat, itself. Whatever the reason. I based my estimate on adjustment necessary to the seat position to get comfortable. I still had a little travel room in the Coupe seat. In my Roadster, I'm very comfortable, but the seat is pushed all the way back.

Both cars I drove had the 19"s they were identical in road/tire noise, which is to say it was about where I expected the convertible to be and louder than I expected the Coupe to be.
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