I'm in love now!!
 

Drove the 370 yesterday. I am gonna wait to see how the roadster looks b4 purchasing... The car is awesome!! Kinda reminds me of an NSX in terms of the experience. The car is relatively tame when in top gear on the highway, but when you step on it the car turns into a raving lunatic. The seats are extreemly comfortable and the gearshift is perfectly placed with short throws. I drove the base, there were no sport pkg manuals at the dealership...in fact there were about 8 cars and only one manual, go figure. Just stomping the gas caused the standard tires to slip (traction control blinked)..too much power for those tires? I formerly owned an RX-8 and loved it for the handling and comfort compared to the previous Z, the interior was also much nicer. I am glad that nissan finally put a nice interior in the Z. Cant wait to see the roadster!!!

I have noticed that TCS does activate rather easily, although I don't really feel that the car is at risk of spinning out of control when it does. The slightest shift to the side seems to make it go on.

I am with you on the interior. I didn't like the 350's interior all that much, and found it a bit uncomfortable.

yah i fell in love too man. it's dying down now, but i should get it before that happens :D

^ Dude i love your screen name. Russel Peters FTW lol.

I agree

Former RX8 driver huh??? Talk handeling of the Z compared to the 8 PLZ!!

Actually, the RX8 was a slow car, however it handled excellent! Drove them back to back and the 8 was a better compromise of handling/ride. The previous model z rode too hard and sounded and looked cheap inside... Just my opinion, you probably havent driven the RX8, right????
Either way you are entitled to your opinoin...I just dont agree!

also read here: http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...st+page-5.html

it was voted 1st until the 370z came out.... im not alone in my opinion... what the heck does C&D know right?

:icon18:Wow did you get him wrong lol. Check what he drives under his avatar:rofl2:

duh...my bad, didnt read that part...

Great . . .
 

kantonm,

Great write up. I test drove a base model
about 2 weeks ago. I too was impressed.
Although I am a Nissan man (or boy), I
really loved how the interior was over
the 350z. The car drove great also.

I have been driving Datsun and Nissan
since I was 18 years old. Bought my first
Datsun when I was 18 years old in high school.
This was back in 1980 (senior year). It was
a 1980 Datsun 210.

1980 Datsun 210 new
1987 Nissan Sentra Hatchback new
1993 Nissan Sentra SE 2 door new
1994 Nissan Maxima used
1997 Nissan Sentra GXE 4 door used
2003 Nissan Sentra GXE 4 door used

I am really looking to buy a new 370Z.
I love it. Great job Nissan.

Tom

Did you get a chance to "test" the base brakes? Also, did it seem like there was a lot of tire or road noise with the base tires? Some reviews have noted a lot of road and tire noise on the sport model, but I wonder if the smaller base tires may be less noisy.

In another thread I suggest a "sport" setting for the stability control as the standard kicks in way too easily.

I have the base model. The tires are loud as hell.

That's a great idea!

didnt test the brakes, It didnt seem to be any louder than other sports cars that Ive had... I drove on rough city streets and on the freeway with the radio off and It did not seem excessively loud... C & D shows that the interior noise with the sport pkg is the same or lower than the RX8 which i owned for three years and I never felt that it was loud. I also never drive without the music, usually relatively loud! I now drive a TL with a very similar tire setup as the sport package z (245/35/19 and 275/30/19) and when i went back to my car it didnt seem considerably quieter.. I think that it seems louder because of the hatchback, as opposed to a trunk that is more isolated?!.. just my impression, maybe its more noticeable when the new car excitement wears off.