i do think the clutch/transmission is difficult in this car.
i've never had issues matching revs or stalling, but the damn transmission rattles and shakes on clutch-in in first and second below 3000 rpms. all the time. regardless of smoothness or clutch depression speed.
it conditions a driver to always shift out of first and second at well above 3k rpms, but that's not always possible in traffic, and honestly.. should a driver have to do that? if you're in traffic and have to let off the gas in first or second and clutch in quickly, there are rattles and shakes under the car that have nothing to do with the quality of your clutch-work. sometimes those situations just happen in traffic. it's the one huge pet peeve i have about the z.
i understand this is endemic to 370z transmissions and it's a trade-off i'm happy to make in exchange for the serious performance of the car. but.. does it make the z harder to drive? i think so, definitely.
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