Possibly Getting A 370Z

bvl

Bit snippy. No coffee yet?

What you ask for is posted in FAQs and easily consumable: poke around here more (such as the SMG: service and maintenance guide) for more details.

Overall the Z is pretty low on the maintenance scale. My only beef with Nissan is there ridiculously short OCI: which is time/mileage based. Sched 1 is more aggressive at 3months/3.75K, Sched 2 6/7500. Most do not run the Nissan 'recommended' Ester oil, and go with their synthetic of choice on this board. In the general public (i.e. those who just drive it), plenty of Z's run normal oil with no issue on the street.

After that you have 2-3 air filters every 15K, and fluids as well. Most of the running costs is going to be in tires

Some of the issues you will see a lot of traffic on is some cars consuming oil, the steering lock switch failing (easy to check what rev you have by looking at the part under the steering wheel), fuel gauge not lighting up full easily, and wafer thin paint.

The latter is a problem with most modern cars though zee germans do tend to have more layers and a better product with respect to paint.

You will see many folks who have installed double DIN Nav/HU's on base Z's. Factory Nav is not easy to retrofit but it does integrate very well should you look at other Z's that have it.

Going from an AMG 63 to the Z, obviously is going to be a night and day difference in many regards. Having been an S2K owner, you likely are not afraid of a few RPMs. The Z is quick but often not called 'fast'. The engine is smooth and not a torque monster like that AMG brute you have now. I'm not a big Merc fan overall but I have to give credit to that V8.

The Z's 3.7 is an odd engine in that its quite smooth to 5K but there is a bit of drive train harshness from 5K to redline which is something I was not expecting from my life driving silky Hondas and flat 4's and 6's.

If you are good with that, you may very well like the overall package of the Z. Only other thought is if you are a big modder, the Z is not the best platform for such. There is plenty out there but overall its not a high volume car and lacks the larger aftermarket that other cars enjoy.

HTH,

- b