From Coupe to Roadster
 

Today I traded in my 2009 370Z coupe for a 2010 Z Touring Roadster. She is magnetic black with wine leather interior and bordeaux canvas top. 7AT with nav package too. Drove it out of the dealership with the top down.........60 degrees and clear (cold for south Florida). Perfect for the top down.

Congrats! 60f is not bad with the top down with the heater on and the seats toasty warm :)

from roadster to coupe
 

Congrats! Lucky you with top down in fla. Nice that you're actually driving your Z. Mine is just sitting real pretty in the garage with the top up in in NY. When people stop by, they head for the garage and stand around looking at the Z. Hardly anyone comes in my house anymore! The pizza delivery guy automatically comes to the garage door now. LOL

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What did they give you in trade on the coupe?

I drove mine away from the dealer about six weeks ago with the top down. It was about 50 on that day.

Congrats on the conversion. I came really close to buying a coupe last year myself, but dug down deep for some will power to wait for the Roadster. You will love this car.

We're looking at partly cloudy and about 67 degrees here in Texas today. Great day for a drive.

The dealer gave me $30,500 on the trade. The pix are old then new.

i've never driven the coupe, can you do some comparisons?

- cabin noise level
- cabin space
- power (ours are 200lbs. heavier than the coupe, can you tell?)
- handling
- there's a space in the trunk for a jack but i didn't get a jack...did you?

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Thanks for the response! When I first drove the Roadster home, the interior cabin sounded like I had a rear window slightly open as cars were passing by. I just attributed that to being in a soft top. The cabin is really snug even for me and I'm only 5'8", 160lbs. I remember I felt like I had a lot more room in my '06 350Z but then that was years ago and I'm a lot older (read: fatter) now, lol...

btw, i think you and i have the same car! i have PG, black leather, touring, sport, 6MT with navi =)

how's that stubby antenna? reception ok?

Congrats !!! Yeah get the stubby antenna

Yeah, stubby works fine, though I gave up on terrestrial radio years ago and almost never use it. I switch over to FM when I pull the car into my garage for detailing and the satellite reception goes out.:tup:

stubby looks soooooooo much better. found the stubby available in black carbon fiber, white, blue and silver trim with black carbon fiber.

Where did you purchase the stubby from?

muhahaha that looks funny:icon17:

Bought the antenna from ESR Performance 7878 NW 103 Street, Hialeah, FL
305-231-3388. Paid $14.

I got mine on Ebay. It came as advertised in less than a week. I believe I paid around $10 for the Vision carbon fiber version. It looks great -- IMO, the first thing any new Roadster owner should get.

Do you know if the coupe sport or Nismo spoiler will fit our car?

I don't believe either will fit. Both mount on the portion that rises on the hatch -- the part that our cars don't have.

Newbie here--old guy too
 

So, I live in Bend Oregon where I went skiing this morning and golf this afternoon. I have a Volvo C70 Hardtop Convertible but the Volvo dealer also sells Nissans and I drove a 370Z Coupe--pretty sweet car but I like convertibles. He had no Roadsters for me to look at. The Volvo is a 'sporty car' but certainly not the sports car of the 370Z. My Volvo has back seats so put luggage in there and in the trunk and actually take road trips in it. SO, how much room is there behind the seats?--my wife needs to put a knitting bag and maybe a cooler--she is not a convertible enthusiast so she needs to like the car. Hated a Vette I had once...

Also, I would want a MT (Volvo has stopped making the MT for model year 2011--can you believe it). So I need selling points to convince my wife that the 370Z would be perfect for us!!!!

First let me say Bend is a beautiful area. My son lived there until he moved to Eugene a year ago. There room behind the seats is really non existant. I store a baseball cap and an umbrella. Not much more room there. I can't see a cooler fitting there. My wife hates convertibles too but this is the 5th convertible I've owned and the first Z vert out of the 7 Z's I've had. Just take her for a test drive with the top down on the Bend Parkway.........it's not a Volvo.

looks great! I'd personally get new wheels 19+ really set the Z off

Their is more than enough room for a knitting bag and a small cooler. Also some small storage compartments - but it IS a vert. I'm still pondering the fact that I'm gonna HAVE to learn to travel a little lighter...<grin>

A medium soft-side cooler (picnic size) will fit perfectly behind the seats. A hard-side one will probably not. The trunk is pretty roomy for a convertible, though (thanks for the ragtop, Nissan).

I've driven several verts and this one has as much storage and utility space as any I've owned. All my storage space is empty, however, because I've learned over the years not to carry anything. Ever.

Even though the convertible doesn't typically come with a spare, it still has the wheel shaped well under the trunk carpet. New it will be filled with a wheel shaped piece of foam with little cubbies for the portable air compressor and tire repair kit. You could take out that foam and use that area for additional storage.