Damaging a Z..

Originally Posted by ZeeBabar

Would these hurt your 370z?

1. Jack rabbit starts...shooting out from traffic lights or stops.

2. Changing gears at high revolutions (over 5k)

3. Cruising or driving fast for 100 miles at speeds never lower than 90 or higher than 115 for 100 miles of an empty highway perhaps once each week.

Originally Posted by sgosh

Hi ZB. Assuming you're being serious with these questions ...

Any time you push a car to its limits, you're putting considerably more stress on it than if you were to drive it gently. This applies to any vehicle, mechanical device, piece of electronics ... even your own body. Walk 10 miles, wait a few days, then do run/stop sprints for 10 miles. See which leaves your muscles and joints more sore the next day.

Common sense, I believe, provides the answer to your questions.

P.S. Dude ... sustained 100+ MPH on public roads?

P.S.S. 18, but driving 20+ years go. Do we finally have proof of reincarnation?

Originally Posted by ZeeBabar

Look, I am not trolling. I have had the z before but used it in city traffic and short trips. About 20 plus years ago, I took a trip from New York to San Francisco in a Honda Prelude (1997) driving on Highway 94 and through upper Michigan and parallel to the Canadian
border. Now that I am retired, I plan on taking one last long trip similar to that one but hitting places where I have lived...(Oneonta, NY, Ann Arbor, MI, Rapid City, SD, Los Alamos, NM, Fresno and San Bernardino, Ca. Taking the northern route (before it gets too cold) and returning via the Southern route, visiting friends in Tucson, AZ.

On a recent trip to Tunica, MS fron Nashville, I hit 115, cruised for short stretches at 90. I was wondering how the Z would handle high speed for a longer period, say an hour or two. Also, I tried the paddle shifters and sometimes, Not realizing I had it in manual, I took of from traffic light and did not notice that I had gone to 5000 RPM before hearing the Engine over the music. I normally shift at 3k and wondered if shifting at higher RPM hurts the car.

Sorry if Zi upset some of you.

Originally Posted by ZeeBabar

The 18 year old was a sarcastic remark to someone who, rather than answering (or ignoring) the OP, chose to ask me for my age.

Until you drive in some of the remote places where traffic is low and the cops don't hassle you too much, you cannot imagine. Try typing in "Old Route 66" and you will see exits 60-80 miles apart, beautiful scenery and such. Highways (interstate 70, 40) were shorter and most traffic started bypassing Route 66. Also drive on Hwy 90 or 94, through Wyoming, Montana, Idaho etc. Speed limits are 75mph, it's easy to cruise 90 and above.