Stupid Things You've Done in Your Z

Drex · 02-06-2013, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by wheee!

Pushed the Ignition ON/OFF button to turn off the radio at an intersection...

lol did this at a drive thru. pulled up, oh let me turn off the radio so i can hear better...

axmea? · 02-06-2013, 09:25 PM

Followed the advise of a valet attendant asking me to make a u-turn onto the hotel's main front door entrance and I ran into a stealth curb. I should not have listened to him, paid attention on where I was going, and he should have kept an eye on me knowing I was going in the opposite direction. Net result, broke and tore up the left side of my lip open. Had plans of selling it but now it's just recyclable FRP.

Never trust ANY valet attendant. They don't give a $h!t.

HArturo319 · 02-06-2013, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by axmea?

Followed the advise of a valet attendant asking me to make a u-turn onto the hotel's main front door entrance and I ran into a stealth curb. I should not have listened to him, paid attention on where I was going, and he should have kept an eye on me knowing I was going in the opposite direction. Net result, broke and tore up the left side of my lip open. Had plans of selling it but now it's just recyclable FRP.

Never trust ANY valet attendant. They don't give a $h!t.

I know the feeling brother.

2xtreme1 · 02-06-2013, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by HArturo319

I know the feeling brother.

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Originally Posted by HArturo319

Visibility on these cars is for some reason hard when your driving. So it goes without saying that when making turns in an intersection with low curb medians, you have to be specially careful... well one day... as the Z was braking necks, I felt specially cocky and had to suddenly stop, swerve and avoid this really shitty median in front of the road... in front of everyone who happen to be admiring the Z. Obviously... i felt dumb afterwards.

I'm not the only one?!? I thought it was just me because I was short! lol
(5"5")

JARblue · 02-06-2013, 01:39 PM

Oh man that sucks you couldn't even get out! When I got hung up, I was worried, but my buddy kept me calm, said everything was fine after looking under the car and just told me to be smooth getting it back up on the ramp. I was able to feather the clutch pretty well, but I went ahead and used the ebrake to make sure I didn't lurch or roll back.

SPOHN · 02-06-2013, 01:48 PM

I got all you beat. Left my hod pins unlatched and hood flew open damaging it. Took it to the body shop to get it fixed. Spent $400. Got it back and two days later did the same $hit. What a F'ing retard. Both times I was going slow.

DEpointfive0 · 02-06-2013, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SPOHN

I got all you beat. Left my hod pins unlatched and hood flew open damaging it. Took it to the body shop to get it fixed. Spent $400. Got it back and two days later did the same $hit. What a F'ing retard. Both times I was going slow.

That's pretty bad, but at least you didn't get hurt

Dumbest thing I did, pulled into school, parking and I was going as close to the wall as possible (because the bastard adjacent to me didn't go in far enough [that's what she said] and I was afraid he'd hit me when he left), but like the OP said, at .5 MPH, all of a sudden BANG!
WTF WAS THAT?!?!?! Felt like I hit or was hit at 20MPH...

Tow hook hit the wall, didn't even scrape the plastidip off, LOL

axmea? · 02-06-2013, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

That's pretty bad, but at least you didn't get hurt

Dumbest thing I did, pulled into school, parking and I was going as close to the wall as possible (because the bastard adjacent to me didn't go in far enough [that's what she said] and I was afraid he'd hit me when he left), but like the OP said, at .5 MPH, all of a sudden BANG!
WTF WAS THAT?!?!?! Felt like I hit or was hit at 20MPH...

Tow hook hit the wall, didn't even scrape the plastidip off, LOL

Your Z is well endowed. That tow hook really sticks out.

m4a1mustang · 02-06-2013, 01:51 PM

Drove the Z to work. Parked. Pressed the button to turn the car off. Let off the clutch. Car lunged forward and stalled.

I pressed the radio button.

FPenvy · 02-06-2013, 01:57 PM

my worst i think was i was on a call through the nav bluetooth and when i got to the next light i went to hit the hang up button on the nav but hit the OFF button on my car

luckily i was at a red light when that i did that.

G37sHKS · 02-06-2013, 01:57 PM

Turned off the engine in middle of traffic lights instead of switching the AC off

JungleZ · 02-06-2013, 02:04 PM

When I first got it I did the 6th gear reverse noobie move. Also some curbage with vdc off

G37sHKS · 02-06-2013, 02:06 PM

I think Nissan installed the ignition button in the wrong place

JungleZ · 02-06-2013, 02:08 PM

Also non sport package model on this car has Terrible understeer, be careful to all new base model buyers.

JARblue · 02-06-2013, 02:12 PM

I know exactly what you mean, JungleZ. Dealership gave us a red, base 6MT loaner Z when we bought ours (they had to ship it from a dealership in OK). It didn't help that the tires were freaking bald, but I got to experience the ridiculous understeer the very first time I tried to push a turn at speed

02-06-2013, 09:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
axmea? A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,243 Drives: WELL ZED PW 6MT Rep Power: 53242	Followed the advise of a valet attendant asking me to make a u-turn onto the hotel's main front door entrance and I ran into a stealth curb. I should not have listened to him, paid attention on where I was going, and he should have kept an eye on me knowing I was going in the opposite direction. Net result, broke and tore up the left side of my lip open. Had plans of selling it but now it's just recyclable FRP. Never trust ANY valet attendant. They don't give a $h!t. DEpointfive0 likes this. __________________ >MyZ's Album< NISMO Convert/ECUTEK/Takeda CAI/F.I. HFC NR CB Carbon/F.I. 34 Row Oil Cooler/4.08 Final Drive /Powertrix+Swifts/Hotchkis/SPL/Whiteline/TWM/Zoom Engineering/EVO-R/AeroJacket Vented CF Fenders + CF Spoiler/Avant Garde-WORK/NST/Morimoto Halo/STi Clear Lenses/Carbon Signal Automotive/RJM Performance/ZSpeed Clutch Flywheel CSC delete

02-06-2013, 01:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 44 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684441	Oh man that sucks you couldn't even get out! When I got hung up, I was worried, but my buddy kept me calm, said everything was fine after looking under the car and just told me to be smooth getting it back up on the ramp. I was able to feather the clutch pretty well, but I went ahead and used the ebrake to make sure I didn't lurch or roll back. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

02-06-2013, 01:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 46 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 222	I got all you beat. Left my hod pins unlatched and hood flew open damaging it. Took it to the body shop to get it fixed. Spent $400. Got it back and two days later did the same $hit. What a F'ing retard. Both times I was going slow. __________________

02-06-2013, 01:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6963	Drove the Z to work. Parked. Pressed the button to turn the car off. Let off the clutch. Car lunged forward and stalled. I pressed the radio button. wheee!, RonZwanson and DEpointfive0 like this. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

02-06-2013, 01:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
G37sHKS A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,183 Drives: 09 G37S Coupe 7AT Rep Power: 21	Turned off the engine in middle of traffic lights instead of switching the AC off wheee!, FPenvy and RonZwanson like this. __________________ G37 BUILD UNDER CONSTRUCTION

02-06-2013, 02:04 PM	#12 (permalink)
JungleZ Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: orange county,ca Posts: 652 Drives: leased base z... Rep Power: 0	When I first got it I did the 6th gear reverse noobie move. Also some curbage with vdc off

02-06-2013, 02:06 PM	#13 (permalink)
G37sHKS A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,183 Drives: 09 G37S Coupe 7AT Rep Power: 21	I think Nissan installed the ignition button in the wrong place __________________ G37 BUILD UNDER CONSTRUCTION

02-06-2013, 02:08 PM	#14 (permalink)
JungleZ Banned Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: orange county,ca Posts: 652 Drives: leased base z... Rep Power: 0	Also non sport package model on this car has Terrible understeer, be careful to all new base model buyers.

02-06-2013, 02:12 PM	#15 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 44 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684441	I know exactly what you mean, JungleZ. Dealership gave us a red, base 6MT loaner Z when we bought ours (they had to ship it from a dealership in OK). It didn't help that the tires were freaking bald, but I got to experience the ridiculous understeer the very first time I tried to push a turn at speed __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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