How does the general public/ car community view the 370z in your opinion?

[Gooch]

I think the 370z is sorely misunderstood by both the public and the car community. From what I gather, the general public doesn't know what to think of it, but car people in general think of it as an old, underpowered, slow car that only an idiot would buy instead of a new Mustang or Camaro. Every time I hear this, I get a sour taste in my mouth. I think most of us here can agree the 370 is a pure driver's car, and can not be compared to any muscle car, but people continue to do so. And as long as they make those kinds of comparisons, the 370z will have a bad reputation.

[Zingston]

Originally Posted by Gooch

I think the 370z is sorely misunderstood by both the public and the car community. From what I gather, the general public doesn't know what to think of it, but car people in general think of it as an old, underpowered, slow car that only an idiot would buy instead of a new Mustang or Camaro. Every time I hear this, I get a sour taste in my mouth. I think most of us here can agree the 370 is a pure driver's car, and can not be compared to any muscle car, but people continue to do so. And as long as they make those kinds of comparisons, the 370z will have a bad reputation.

I like that my Z has a "bad reputation". Hell yeah!!!

[Gooch]

Originally Posted by Zingston

I like that my Z has a "bad reputation". Hell yeah!!!

I also enjoy being in the minority. Lol

[ChopsZ]

Originally Posted by Gooch

And as long as they make those kinds of comparisons, the 370z will have a bad reputation.

There's plenty of stupid a$$ people out there.

[Cory Gillmore]

Originally Posted by Gooch

I think the 370z is sorely misunderstood by both the public and the car community. From what I gather, the general public doesn't know what to think of it, but car people in general think of it as an old, underpowered, slow car that only an idiot would buy instead of a new Mustang or Camaro. Every time I hear this, I get a sour taste in my mouth. I think most of us here can agree the 370 is a pure driver's car, and can not be compared to any muscle car, but people continue to do so. And as long as they make those kinds of comparisons, the 370z will have a bad reputation.

Nobody gets on my nerves quite like the muscle car "only drive a V8" douchebags that tend to drive Camaros, Mustangs and Challengers.
I agree completely about the Z being a drivers car. I haven't even found the limit of the cars grip yet as I don't seem to have the balls to! On my way home from work there's this sick little high speed chicane and when I'm lucky enough to get to it with no one in front of me I like to test myself a bit. No matter how fast I've hit it I've never even heard a chirp from the tires. It just digs in man. Which tells me I'd have to hit that thing going a good bit faster than I'm comfortable with to really reach the cars grip limits. And that would be a disastrous spot to lose control...

[nis350]

don't turn this into a very expensive experiment...

Originally Posted by Cory Gillmore

No matter how fast I've hit it I've never even heard a chirp from the tires. It just digs in man. Which tells me I'd have to hit that thing going a good bit faster than I'm comfortable with to really reach the cars grip limits. And that would be a disastrous spot to lose control...

[Cory Gillmore]

Originally Posted by nis350

don't turn this into a very expensive experiment...

Haha doubtful! I don't have the balls in the car like I did riding my sportbike. Like riding a sportbike just turned me into a maniac. I can't even explain it. I would take the most stupid risks on that thing that put myself and anyone else unfortunate enough to be on the road near me in danger. Riding it put me in some sort of surreal mental state or something. Like it didn't feel real and consequences weren't a thing.

In the car I'm much more grounded in reality and therefore I don't do anything stupid or risky. I want to take my car to a track day maybe this summer. I need that in my life. Luckily I enjoyed my bike for about 4 years until I sold it this past spring. I was very lucky to have had it, enjoyed and never lay it down or die and then sell it. Owning a sportbike was something I'll never forget and I'm thankful to have gotten to experience it, but I can totally understand why people die on them all the time doing stupid ****.

[Leadfoot]

As much as i wont a bike i know buying one might cost me my life with the way these clowns drive in NY..Maybe if i lived down south i would get one. One of the reasons i got my Z fun and safe.

[SouthArk370Z]

Originally Posted by Leadfoot

As much as i wont a bike i know buying one might cost me my life with the way these clowns drive in NY..Maybe if i lived down south i would get one. One of the reasons i got my Z fun and safe.

I don't know how bad it is in NY but, here in S AR, bikers seem to be invisible to many drivers. But we don't have near as much traffic, so that makes things a less scary.

From what I've heard/read, it's pretty much a global thing. Might be universal - watch out for E.T. when you're cruising on Mars.

[Rusty]

I've rode a motorcycle since I was 7yrs old. Both dirt and street. When I'm on a bike. I keep my head on a swivel. I try to anticipate other drivers moves in advance. Never had an encounter with a car or truck. But with a cow on a back road on night.

[Chasingstatus]

Originally Posted by Leadfoot

As much as i wont a bike i know buying one might cost me my life with the way these clowns drive in NY..Maybe if i lived down south i would get one. One of the reasons i got my Z fun and safe.

That's how I fell too. Until I bought one. I live in Utica New York and it is quite a show. Terrible drivers but you'll have that everywhere. Started off on a 600 mid-year I bought a brand new 1000. Don't hold yourself back.

[Cory Gillmore]

Originally Posted by Leadfoot

As much as i wont a bike i know buying one might cost me my life with the way these clowns drive in NY..Maybe if i lived down south i would get one. One of the reasons i got my Z fun and safe.

I firmly believe most people who die on sportbike do so because of their own ignorance. I owned one for 4 years, I know what it did to me, it made me feel invincible. A lot of riders do die because of another car but, if you're going 130mph and someone pulls out in front of you, whose fault is it really? So many riders die because they're going way too fast and the car sees them and thinks they have enough time to pull out but they didn't know the guy was going triple the speed limit. Lots of dudes die that way.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Cory Gillmore

I firmly believe most people who die on sportbike do so because of their own ignorance. I owned one for 4 years, I know what it did to me, it made me feel invincible. A lot of riders do die because of another car but, if you're going 130mph and someone pulls out in front of you, whose fault is it really? So many riders die because they're going way too fast and the car sees them and thinks they have enough time to pull out but they didn't know the guy was going triple the speed limit. Lots of dudes die that way.

I've said this before. You start out in life with 2 buckets. One empty bucket of experience, and one full bucket of luck. You hope that you bucket of experience fills up faster then your bucket of luck runs out. People die because most have pushed their luck and don't have the experience to save their azz. I've thrown a bike down a couple of times at over 120 mph.......on the track, never on the street. If you want to go fast. On the track, never on the street. On the street. I'll only do about 7/10's. I keep the other 3/10's to save my azz if need be.

[Magic Bus]

Originally Posted by Cory Gillmore

I firmly believe most people who die on sportbike do so because of their own ignorance. I owned one for 4 years, I know what it did to me, it made me feel invincible. A lot of riders do die because of another car but, if you're going 130mph and someone pulls out in front of you, whose fault is it really? So many riders die because they're going way too fast and the car sees them and thinks they have enough time to pull out but they didn't know the guy was going triple the speed limit. Lots of dudes die that way.

I live on the side of a mountain, that has a 25 mph, straight residential street (tons of driveways and parked cars) which runs parallel below the mountain. Late at night, I occasionally hear cars & bikes accelerating like it's a drag strip!

In the past twenty years since I've lived there, I've clearly heard the speeding of a biker that killed himself hitting a car which pulled out of a driveway. There was no sound of screaching brakes, just the bike rapidly accerating through it's gears, and then BAM! The guy in the car was seriously hurt and the biker died before the ambulance got there.

Another incident involved a car, accelerating wildly up the same street, once again, no screaching brakes, just BAM again! Driver died and unfortunately 2 people in the car pulling out of the driveway also died.

[boosted180sx]

Originally Posted by Gooch

I think the 370z is sorely misunderstood by both the public and the car community. From what I gather, the general public doesn't know what to think of it, but car people in general think of it as an old, underpowered, slow car that only an idiot would buy instead of a new Mustang or Camaro. Every time I hear this, I get a sour taste in my mouth. I think most of us here can agree the 370 is a pure driver's car, and can not be compared to any muscle car, but people continue to do so. And as long as they make those kinds of comparisons, the 370z will have a bad reputation.

this is so true. I've recently bought my first Z (back in july) and that's actually a question i get often from other car "enthusiasts". They always ask why i bought a new car that's so old in design. The answer is always "because I wanted to and i can" lol.

I mainly bought it as a GT car to enjoy on the weekend drives.