Now my Z feels slow!!

m4a1mustang · 11-10-2010, 12:55 PM

I think it's good to drive a different car every now and then. There was a week last winter where I was stuck driving a '97 Buick LeSabre. It really made me miss my Z!

shadoquad · 11-10-2010, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I think it's good to drive a different car every now and then. There was a week last winter where I was stuck driving a '97 Buick LeSabre. It really made me miss my Z!

it is good. And not even to make the Z feel better. I just like driving as many different cars as I can when I get the opportunity. I like to feel the differences, play with new toggles and gauges, see how different the car feels in traffic, etc.

I think this is part of what makes someone an enthusiast. If you've ever looked at your buddy's junker with its keys in your hands and thought, "this'll be fun", you are an enthusiast. If you've been in that same spot and thought, *huff puff* "My car is better, so this will be bothersome", then you're an elitist. Note, the two groups often overlap.

370zdub · 11-10-2010, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

it is good. And not even to make the Z feel better. I just like driving as many different cars as I can when I get the opportunity. I like to feel the differences, play with new toggles and gauges, see how different the car feels in traffic, etc.

I think this is part of what makes someone an enthusiast. If you've ever looked at your buddy's junker with its keys in your hands and thought, "this'll be fun", you are an enthusiast. If you've been in that same spot and thought, *huff puff* "My car is better, so this will be bothersome", then you're an elitist. Note, the two groups often overlap.

I for sure get that feeling, every new experience in a vehicle imo, is a great one.

Cell · 11-11-2010, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

it is good. And not even to make the Z feel better. I just like driving as many different cars as I can when I get the opportunity. I like to feel the differences, play with new toggles and gauges, see how different the car feels in traffic, etc.

I think this is part of what makes someone an enthusiast. If you've ever looked at your buddy's junker with its keys in your hands and thought, "this'll be fun", you are an enthusiast. If you've been in that same spot and thought, *huff puff* "My car is better, so this will be bothersome", then you're an elitist. Note, the two groups often overlap.

lol My buddy used to have a 1988 honda civic. He used it to do his deliveries.

When I drove that thing I really wanted to buy one for myself. I am not joking either. the car was so slow that it was funny and enjoyable. Every time I floored it the car would be the same as driving it normally. lol

m4a1mustang · 11-11-2010, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Cell

lol My buddy used to have a 1988 honda civic. He used it to do his deliveries.

When I drove that thing I really wanted to buy one for myself. I am not joking either. the car was so slow that it was funny and enjoyable. Every time I floored it the car would be the same as driving it normally. lol

Haha, those things are fun. It'd be cool to set up a parking lot race track and have a bunch of 1988 Civics racing each other.

Nitex · 11-11-2010, 10:43 AM

Hahah no rules except stick to the track. All that bump passing i learned in GT and Forza will get me through it!

JB1 · 11-10-2010, 12:58 PM

I jumped from a building the other day, since then all elevators feel slow...

ProfessorDave · 11-10-2010, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by JB1

I jumped from a building the other day, since then all elevators feel slow...

370zsport09 · 11-10-2010, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfessorDave

I ran 12 miles to work from my house........my Z doesn't feel slow anymore

Nitex · 11-10-2010, 03:17 PM

^

Keep it up and your Z will be even faster due to weight loss!

Jeffblue · 11-10-2010, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Nitex

^

Keep it up and your Z will be even faster due to weight loss!

funny, how 'getting rid of the spare tire' is a good way to lose weight for cars AND people...

370zsport09 · 11-10-2010, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Nitex

^

Keep it up and your Z will be even faster due to weight loss!

According to HP Calculator: every 10 lbs is about .89 HP increase

Imma going to go running to work for a month before TRACKIN' me Z :P

PapoZalsa · 11-10-2010, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Nitex

^

Keep it up and your Z will be even faster due to weight loss!

Well according to recently medical journal, the average human carries an average of 35 lbs of $hit. So keep if your fat a$$ take a dump and there is one of your weight reduction. Then do some freaking exercise!

370zsport09 · 11-10-2010, 12:59 PM

Add these to increase horsepower and numb the slow Z feelin'

370zdub · 11-10-2010, 01:12 PM

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Add these to increase horsepower and numb the slow Z feelin'

lolz, I would do that, but I have been putting more of my time and money into my trucks performance, and dare I say I would be willing to bet in a straight line it would hang, if not beat, my Z.

With that said though, there is miller motorsports park right by where I'm living now and there is absolutely NO replacement for the feeling in the pit of my stomach as the Z takes a corner and hugs it. I have no regrets buying my Z just for the pure driving experience it gives me in the twisties. It is so much fun to through the car around and I have learned so much about performance driving since I bought it. I have driven a little bit of everything thats comparable to the Z and I still think that the Z is the best car for the money.

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