Originally Posted by BrianMSmith

I just got out of a 9 year old Camaro, and the Z is not a "fast" car folks, not in the way most of us experience it. Get out of the GT500 or Camaro SS and you're wondering where Nissan left the engine. The Z is not a fast car, but it doesn't need to be, and it's not trying to be. On a track like the Lightning, it's gonna get whipped by 450hp no matter how great it steers. The Z is about the driving experience, and the Z has a Royal Flush on that trick. The Europeans, with all their sophistication, love the Miata MX-5 for chrissakes, for exactly this reason. And they love the Z. I miss the power of my old SS, but the Z offers much more, and for a road driving enthusiast, that's what I care about. Track times mean didly. I still ride an old Ducati 748 that has half the power of a new Duc 1198, and I prefer it that way. The drive is more about the connection and the rythm, less about staying attached to it.