Things that annoy me driving my Nismo

Nithmo · 09-10-2016, 02:12 PM

The icing on the cake was when the wife and I were going for brunch on our anniversary. On the way to the place, two Lambos pull up beside me, and while I was drooling over their cars, I noticed those guys were looking at the Nismo! Pretty sure they could've easily bought 3 Nismos each, but hey, getting the attention of guys like that is a thumbs up in my books

ayrton88 · 09-10-2016, 05:37 PM

I have to say I have learned to dislike all the attention my car gets. I bought it because I thought it was a great combination of looks and performance. I really didn't bargain for all the attention it gets. My next car will be much more of a sleeper. Here in Chicago, I have learned that it is best not to draw too much attention to oneself.

ChiefPat · 09-10-2016, 06:06 PM

I drove by a school yesterday and all the kids were outside, staring and pointing as I drove by.

Sometimes I get the Mustang or Camaro guys that try and race, or the STis, but I don't race on the street anymore, I just let them waste their gas on stoplight launches. Besides, the Z is about corners and handling, not drag racing. If I wanted to drag race I would have bought something with a V8 and a solid rear axle.

NISMO IX · 09-10-2016, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiefPat

I drove by a school yesterday and all the kids were outside, staring and pointing as I drove by.

Sometimes I get the Mustang or Camaro guys that try and race, or the STis, but I don't race on the street anymore, I just let them waste their gas on stoplight launches. Besides, the Z is about corners and handling, not drag racing. If I wanted to drag race I would have bought something with a V8 and a solid rear axle.

One is a Sports car and the other a Pony car

slowman · 09-10-2016, 10:14 PM

Haven't really had any aggressive encounters. I live between a city and a hick town and go to the hick town gas station pretty frequently. I get lots of love everywhere I go in the Nismo. It's crazy, never had a car get this much attention.

Dude pulled up next to me at hick town gas station and was like "God damn man, that mutherfucker is badass dude!!" "How much horsepower?" "Oh damn! And it's manual too?? ******* sick!" In the typical southern/hick accent haha. People love these cars! Enjoy!

N1SMOZ · 09-10-2016, 10:50 PM

I've noticed that too. It's extremely annoying. Everyone seems the need to challenge you.

Louie cat · 09-11-2016, 12:57 PM

All too familiar daily annoyances here too!

hurahn · 09-11-2016, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by GMB14U2NV

Rather than try and quote a bunch of posts already, I'll just say the obvious.....
It happens everywhere and not just to Z's. All sport or fast rides get the "teenager to late 20 something (got something to prove) race-egger, gas punching, Folger Can exhaust rasping" boneheads trying to see if they can out run something known to be fast.

Here is a good one for the post:
Chery and I had a GTR until recently. (there is a story in itself......) Every D*$! time we took it out - Camaro's / Stang's / 4 Banger's with "bee stinger's" / Challenger's / Charger's / and Vette's wanted to run it. It's when we got stopped a few times and accused of racing that we knew - we had to give that dream up.

We are in our 40's and getting popped for street racing because of the numbnuts around us!!!???? (It comes with the territory of owning sports cars.)

Since we got the Z - we still see it - but different cars make the challenge's now.

My personal favorite's are the Acura's and Civic's that have 10" cans on them, but look like 200,000 mile cars and are at 6,000 rpm and just crawling away from stop light's. WTF!?!?!? is he/she trying to do???? LMFAO!!!!

As for our former GTR - It's one of these Civic's with 200,000 miles that took care of that disposal. He looses control, bashes the center barrier, and right back into my left side sending me to the right barrier. $100,000 gone in an instant. And his money bag parent's tried to get lawyers to pin it on us!!!! The witnesses in court stated he came from nowhere and started being stupid and only driving 6 mo's being wreckless.....

Needless to say - if my wife and I are fortunate to have had a GTR and other mid range cars at the time in our "stable".......

Yeah, in court - lil "money bags junior" and affluenza mommy & daddy were

BIOT@#$!!!!

He'll be 21 before he drives again!!!

Don't give up a car for douchebags. Get front and rear dashcams.

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Rusty · 09-11-2016, 08:53 PM

I get both the good and bad stuff.

The good. I've had people pull up next to me and give me the

People taking pictures and video of me going down the highway. Getting gas, people come up and start talking about the Nismo or talk about the older Z that they once owned. Kids in school buses sticking their heads out the windows.

Just had a little kid on a bicycle just about run into me. He was staring so hard at the car. He got target fixation.

I had to jump a red light to keep him from hitting me.

The bad. Fly-bys. Cruising down the road, and have some ricer blow by me at double the speed limit. Or have them come up next to me and rev the crap out of their motor. Bouncing it off the rev limiter.

Keep waiting for one to blow. Tail gaters. Morons hanging on the rear bumper for miles. Or have the idiot run up then back off, then repeat it. At a stop light. Get ricky-ricer who wants to do the GP red light race. Sits there and has the gas pedal mashed to the floor. Waiting for the light to change. Giving you the want to race look. I give him the yes look back. Rev the engine a little. The light turns green, and I sit there laughing.

Jsolo · 09-11-2016, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

...Rev the engine a little. The light turns green, and I sit there laughing.

That right there is key. The effect is even better when there's a cop around. Ricer ricky is too busy focusing on the light to notice.

TriNismo · 09-11-2016, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Kids in school buses sticking their heads out the windows.

Just had a little kid on a bicycle just about run into me. He was staring so hard at the car. He got target fixation.

I had to jump a red light to keep him from hitting me.

Even though I started this thread with negative reactions, there are also plenty of positive ones too. I do get a lot of love for my Z from kids. I'd drive through a neighborhood and kids playing ball or just outside would stare as I drive by, and/or yelling "WOW!" or "Nice car!" A few days ago, one kid sprinted after me yelling "STOP! STOP!!! I LOVE YOUR CAR!" as I passed him and a few of his buddies

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axmea? · 09-12-2016, 12:02 AM

I echo what Rusty said. EXACTLY! Every single day.

NismoGhost57 · 09-12-2016, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by BehindSpace

you chose to drive a a 'look at me, too cool for school' car.
the negative attention is not justified but should be expected.

i learned the hard way and sold my 2014 nismo for this reason.
the decision maker for me was having someone in an old pickup truck staring at me in his rearview mirror for over a mile on a 1 way highway. I wasnt tailgating by any means and knew he was staring because of the looks of the car (i was used to the attention by this point and had already been keyed). Then he slowed down about 20mph until i did close to him so he could empty his ashtray full of cigarrette butts and ash out his window directly onto my car.
I pulled off the road and realized it wasn't worth it, it was a no win situation taking the abuse or reacting to it.
car sold for a 14 thousand dollar loss after owning it for about 5 months.

a few hours before that i was waiting in line at a starbucks drivethru and had some guy glaring at me from the outside seating area, next thing i know he's gotten up walking directly behind my car to look to see what kind it is I guess then walks back and sits down while still meanmugging me.

a few days before that have some young kid trying to look hard in his mid 90's civic fly by and cut in front me almost clipping my front bumper pebbling my car with rocks and dust. we get to the light, i see him trying to say something to me and motioning to me so i roll down my window to hear "you feel my dust bitch?"

Those 2 low-life scumbags are mad because they will NEVER own anything nice in their lifetime and are to lazy to make an effort to do so.. I predict they will meet up with the wrong person soon who will not be as forgiving as you.. As far as selling your car and taking a 14K loss, well that's your choice but I would have gone a different route.

GMB14U2NV · 09-13-2016, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by hurahn

Don't give up a car for douchebags. Get front and rear dashcams.

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Oh I didn't give up the GTR idea yet. It was totaled. (The 1st GTR). The first mid equipped model we bought was dumb rich kid. Still waiting on their appeal to fail by year end.
The second one (replacement to unit 1) - (recently) is the one I mentioned in my join post. Dealer Tech wrecked it when I had it in for a hot smell issue this summer. for that incident - They paid it and gave the additional funds for this Z!!!
The Z is my "fill in the gap" car while I decide on either doing a "final" GTR attempt again, or possibly a change of pace to audi a6 or better or maybe R8.

But to the OP point - today I had 3 positives with the car. It's like a bunch have said already - mixed admiration issues.

Todays lookers were very surprised to hear it was a 2014 and still in "New Car Shape" on the interior/exterior. But the second admirer in particular pointed something out on mine I never really noticed. My wheels on both sides match direction. I soon found that this IS how they are on all Z's with the wheels.

Then there was the 3rd admirer. A female driver in traffic rolls down window and honks and say's " I Like your car!!" and winks. To a middle aged dude - SWEET!!!! (hope wife don't get mad......)

neejv. · 09-14-2016, 02:04 PM

ive own my 2016nismo for a couple of months now and have had 2 wanna be illegal street racers in their civics f****d with me(they were probaly testing out their k20 swap or something). mustang guys are cool but the camaro guys...omg. other than that, i get nothing but complimentz.

09-10-2016, 02:12 PM	#31 (permalink)
Nithmo Base Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Canada Posts: 219 Drives: 16 370Z Nismo 6MT Rep Power: 128	The icing on the cake was when the wife and I were going for brunch on our anniversary. On the way to the place, two Lambos pull up beside me, and while I was drooling over their cars, I noticed those guys were looking at the Nismo! Pretty sure they could've easily bought 3 Nismos each, but hey, getting the attention of guys like that is a thumbs up in my books Stright_Drop, mikewo6o, NISMO IX and 2 others like this.

09-10-2016, 06:06 PM	#33 (permalink)
ChiefPat Base Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 58 Drives: 2014 370Z T/S 6M Rep Power: 11	I drove by a school yesterday and all the kids were outside, staring and pointing as I drove by. Sometimes I get the Mustang or Camaro guys that try and race, or the STis, but I don't race on the street anymore, I just let them waste their gas on stoplight launches. Besides, the Z is about corners and handling, not drag racing. If I wanted to drag race I would have bought something with a V8 and a solid rear axle. Louie cat and neejv. like this.

09-10-2016, 10:14 PM	#35 (permalink)
slowman Base Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 24 Drives: '16 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 9	Haven't really had any aggressive encounters. I live between a city and a hick town and go to the hick town gas station pretty frequently. I get lots of love everywhere I go in the Nismo. It's crazy, never had a car get this much attention. Dude pulled up next to me at hick town gas station and was like "God damn man, that mutherfucker is badass dude!!" "How much horsepower?" "Oh damn! And it's manual too?? ******* sick!" In the typical southern/hick accent haha. People love these cars! Enjoy! Nithmo likes this. __________________ 16 370Z Nismo 95 Nissan 240SX - LS376/480 Swap Project 93 Honda Civic VX

09-10-2016, 10:50 PM	#36 (permalink)
N1SMOZ Base Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Woodbridge,VA Age: 30 Posts: 62 Drives: 12 370z Nismo BS 6MT Rep Power: 10	I've noticed that too. It's extremely annoying. Everyone seems the need to challenge you. NISMO IX likes this.

09-11-2016, 08:53 PM	#39 (permalink)
Rusty Ronin Samurai - Assassin Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 68 Posts: 35,185 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684437	I get both the good and bad stuff. The good. I've had people pull up next to me and give me the People taking pictures and video of me going down the highway. Getting gas, people come up and start talking about the Nismo or talk about the older Z that they once owned. Kids in school buses sticking their heads out the windows. Just had a little kid on a bicycle just about run into me. He was staring so hard at the car. He got target fixation. I had to jump a red light to keep him from hitting me. The bad. Fly-bys. Cruising down the road, and have some ricer blow by me at double the speed limit. Or have them come up next to me and rev the crap out of their motor. Bouncing it off the rev limiter. Keep waiting for one to blow. Tail gaters. Morons hanging on the rear bumper for miles. Or have the idiot run up then back off, then repeat it. At a stop light. Get ricky-ricer who wants to do the GP red light race. Sits there and has the gas pedal mashed to the floor. Waiting for the light to change. Giving you the want to race look. I give him the yes look back. Rev the engine a little. The light turns green, and I sit there laughing. axmea?, Hotrodz and NISMO IX like this. __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

09-10-2016, 05:37 PM	#32 (permalink)
ayrton88 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 397 Drives: 2010 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 14	I have to say I have learned to dislike all the attention my car gets. I bought it because I thought it was a great combination of looks and performance. I really didn't bargain for all the attention it gets. My next car will be much more of a sleeper. Here in Chicago, I have learned that it is best not to draw too much attention to oneself.

09-11-2016, 12:57 PM	#37 (permalink)
Louie cat Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: florida Posts: 261 Drives: 2010 Nismo 370z Rep Power: 142	All too familiar daily annoyances here too!

09-12-2016, 12:02 AM	#42 (permalink)
axmea? A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,235 Drives: WELL ZED PW 6MT Rep Power: 53241	I echo what Rusty said. EXACTLY! Every single day. Rusty likes this. __________________ >MyZ's Album< NISMO Convert/ECUTEK/Takeda CAI/F.I. HFC NR CB Carbon/F.I. 34 Row Oil Cooler/4.08 Final Drive /Powertrix+Swifts/Hotchkis/SPL/Whiteline/TWM/Zoom Engineering/EVO-R/AeroJacket Vented CF Fenders + CF Spoiler/Avant Garde-WORK/NST/Morimoto Halo/STi Clear Lenses/Carbon Signal Automotive/RJM Performance/ZSpeed Clutch Flywheel CSC delete

09-14-2016, 02:04 PM	#45 (permalink)
neejv. Base Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: N.Cali Posts: 14 Drives: 16nismo Rep Power: 9	ive own my 2016nismo for a couple of months now and have had 2 wanna be illegal street racers in their civics f****d with me(they were probaly testing out their k20 swap or something). mustang guys are cool but the camaro guys...omg. other than that, i get nothing but complimentz.

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