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Originally Posted by shabarivas 3. The door locks have an electronic lock and a manual unlock thingy You can change 3. Auto Door Lock

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Old 04-29-2009, 09:05 PM   #241 (permalink)
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3. The door locks have an electronic lock and a manual unlock thingy
You can change 3.

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I wish the doors would automatically lock when you exit the car, after the intellikey moves out of range for example. Is there a way to program this?

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I wish the doors would automatically lock when you exit the car, after the intellikey moves out of range for example. Is there a way to program this?

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My thoughts when looking at your list of "biggest complaints" through the eyes of a past 350 owner.
  • No heated side view mirrors:
Was a waste of money since the car is put away for the winter in the cold weather states. I believe Nissan knew this a saved a couple of bucks and gave us power seats on both sides and some other goodies.
  • Blind spot:
If you had a 350 before you purchased the 370, you knew in advance what you were getting into. We were blind as bats in it also. We learned to position the car.
  • plastic kick plate:
Who cares?
  • creaking or rattling in my driver's side door:
Make your dealer correct it..........
  • Rear windshield wiper would have been nice:
Unless you're stopped or moving very slowly you didn't need it on the 350. Personally I never used mine on my 350. See last sentence of no heated mirrors
  • Inside release lever for gas tank door:
The inside button was a pain in the butt on the 350. 80% time it did not work and you had to keep pushing it several times until it decided to open. This new system is much better.
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You can't be serious with that response. The car isn't intended to be driven in the winter or in the city on rainy days?
Sorry I do not understand your response to my response? I stated "put away for the winter" etc in my response..........
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The point is that the majority of Z owners do not drive it in the winter months where there is snow. It is not the most graceful of cars, even with winter tires, and its height from the ground also means moderate snowfall will trap it.
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I wish the doors would automatically lock when you exit the car, after the intellikey moves out of range for example. Is there a way to program this?

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The Corvettes do this, it is a nice feature. There's no way to do this with our cars, the range bubble is very limited.
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Anyone hear a hi-pitched sound coming from inside the cabin? This sounds like an electrical noise, not mechanical. It is constant, similar to the ringing in your ears after a rock concert. It might be coming from the HID lights, but then, I think I've still noticed it during the day.
my 370z has exactly the same noise too
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my 370z has exactly the same noise too
Yes, I isolated it to be coming from under the engine cover. When you are inside the car you hear it through the firewall, sounds like it is coming from the dash..... but it is occuring from under the engine cover....... now what it is I don't know.

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Yes, I isolated it to be coming from under the engine cover. When you are inside the car you hear it through the firewall, sounds like it is coming from the dash..... but it is occuring from under the engine cover....... now what it is I don't know.

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I will check out that thread, thanks
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My thoughts when looking at your list of "biggest complaints" through the eyes of a past 350 owner.
  • No heated side view mirrors:
Was a waste of money since the car is put away for the winter in the cold weather states. I believe Nissan knew this a saved a couple of bucks and gave us power seats on both sides and some other goodies.
  • Blind spot:
If you had a 350 before you purchased the 370, you knew in advance what you were getting into. We were blind as bats in it also. We learned to position the car.
  • plastic kick plate:
Who cares?
  • creaking or rattling in my driver's side door:
Make your dealer correct it..........
  • Rear windshield wiper would have been nice:
Unless you're stopped or moving very slowly you didn't need it on the 350. Personally I never used mine on my 350. See last sentence of no heated mirrors
  • Inside release lever for gas tank door:
The inside button was a pain in the butt on the 350. 80% time it did not work and you had to keep pushing it several times until it decided to open. This new system is much better.



You do realize that it doesn't have to be winter for your mirrors to be fogged over (condensation) right? I drove my car every day since I got it January 8th except when the roads were covered in pea gravel to prevent a bunch of rock chips. So I'm not sure where you would get the idea that these cars will be in storage all winter.
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I agree with a lot of the shortfalls listed in this thread. But all-in-all, I love my new 307z.

Fix # 1 on my Z was the blind spots. I put a 2" convex mirror on both outside mirrors. They were the smallest size that PepBoys had. But e-shopping a bit, I see there are some 1.5" ones out there.

They don't look bad, imo -- especially compared to the added safety during lane-changes, etc.

I'll try to post a couple pics in this post asap...
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I agree with a lot of the shortfalls listed in this thread. But all-in-all, I love my new 307z.

Fix # 1 on my Z was the blind spots. I put a 2" convex mirror on both outside mirrors. They were the smallest size that PepBoys had. But e-shopping a bit, I see there are some 1.5" ones out there.

They don't look bad, imo -- especially compared to the added safety during lane-changes, etc.

I'll try to post a couple pics in this post asap...
Would love to see this Nuk! Lane changes are always have me worried .... light sliding over -- feel a bump, you know a car is there! HA! lol
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I agree with a lot of the shortfalls listed in this thread. But all-in-all, I love my new 307z.

Fix # 1 on my Z was the blind spots. I put a 2" convex mirror on both outside mirrors. They were the smallest size that PepBoys had. But e-shopping a bit, I see there are some 1.5" ones out there.

They don't look bad, imo -- especially compared to the added safety during lane-changes, etc.

I'll try to post a couple pics in this post asap...
I installed a convex mirror about 2 months ago and I didn't like it at first thinking I would get used to it... but that never happened.

I'm still not quite used to it. I just can't seem to put enough faith into my mirrors so I always end up doing a head check.
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Would love to see this Nuk! Lane changes are always have me worried .... light sliding over -- feel a bump, you know a car is there! HA! lol
Here they are. The convex mirrors I got can be adjusted in all directions inside their bezel (like a joystick). So you can adjust your regular mirrors and then fine-tune your convexes. I liked that idea best when shopping for them, and it works good:

Driver’s side from inside (window rolled up). Notice how much further past my brick piller you can see in the convex vs the regular mirror:


Driver’s side from outside:


Passenger’s side from inside driver’s seat (close-up, window rolled down). Notice you can even see the tail-end of the car parked next to me in the convex mirror:

Passenger’s side from outside:



IMO, Molamann is right in his thinking. It's still a good idea to swivel your head around. The mirrors do add some visibility though, especially to that huge passenger's side blind spot for the lane to your right.

And yup, that's our Murano parked in front of the Z. We had matching Muranos at one time (traded my wife's chevy pickup in on one, then traded my maxed-out Titan for another - WTF was I thinking?). Anyway... long saga short, we now have one Murano left and I am finally back in a Z - and it is the best sports car I've ever owned.
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