New Z Ride
 

First of all as a new Z owner, thanks to the wealth of knowledge available on this forum and all that have posted to it.

I picked up a black 2009 370Z with SP a couple of months ago. It had about 9,500 miles on it and was 15 months old. My previous rides were a 83 RX7, a 1993 MR2 Turbo and most recently a 2001 Mustang GT. All but the RX7 I bought used with less than 20K on them.

So far I love the Z, faster than the Mustang, much more of a one piece feel. I will not miss hitting a bump on a turn and having the rear end side step with that solid rear axle. I like having a rear hatch. The Mustang was much louder with road noise on the Interstate despite loafing at 1850 RPMs at 70. Forget about hearing the radio. No issues with the Z so far. My wife's 2003 Maxima GLE has not had one single issue since we bought it in Sep 2002.

Complaints: Rear visibility, need I say more. For a 5'8" guy, the driver side mirror is right in my path of view when turning left. The paint, the black paint gets a swirl mark just looking at it. Nissan could learn from Ford about paint. My wife said the paint on my 2001 Mustang (pristine) looks better than the 2009 Z's. 5 months in the used car lot with numb nuts wiping it with a dirty rag did not help. I walked around my company parking lot looking at black car finishes and no doubt, Nissans were the worse.
Well I have rambled enough, any future posts by me will be much shorter.

welcome to the forum and congrats on the Z. Yea Nissan needs to step their game up in the paint department...

It is better than my 04 350, but my 370 has more paint chips than my 2005 COrvette

yup, the paint is a little lack luster, but all it takes is some extra care...lots of polish and wax :D

Welcome and Congrats! :hello:

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:welcome: and congrats!!

:pics: of previous cars?

and new z

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Congratulations on the new Z!

Congratulations and welcome aboard!

true what you said. paint is VERY weak on the z, scratches and chips like crazy. as of right now, i stopped caring about the paint. i'll just let it collect all the scratches and chips till it gets bad, and in a couple of years or so i'll just have the whole thing repainted. and yes, the side mirrors are HUGE and leave gigantic blind spots in a turn. I usually just move my head back and forth like a walking pigeon just to check the blind spots and make sure i'm not turning into a stroller with an infant or a midget crossing the road.