Diamond in the rough.

Arrvaxx

I'm sorry but I don't agree that it is 'in the rough'. A diamond in the rough would be a car that consitantly appears in the lower half of comparative reviews. The Z, -over all- (please don't pull one or two bad comparatives), lands in the middle of the pack. Nissan made compromises to keep the car's cost down and some of them didn't pan out. Just be happy we -can- turn them in to true mini-Godzillas. You could be stuck with a 2.5L that already has a turbo in it and that won't benefit from coil overs or what ever.

There are cars that can out accelerate it, that can out corner it, that can out brake it, that can out anything it. But over all it is a solid car and -very- reliable. That to me describes a finished diamond. Granted...the grade may not have an 'Ideal' across the board but it is a finished diamond.

Z owners are, IMHO, -way- too hard on the car. I think it comes from very high expectations that are a result of a love of the brand; a love that comes from a history of meeting high expectations.

I'll take a steeering lock issue any day over trannys that fail every 10k miles or engines whos internals fail after 40k.

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