i imagine most with the roadster would say yes. i bought a coupe, but 'hassle' didn't play into my decision at all. the Z itself is kind of a 'hassle'
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12-08-2010, 08:51 AM | #16 (permalink) |
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i imagine most with the roadster would say yes. i bought a coupe, but 'hassle' didn't play into my decision at all. the Z itself is kind of a 'hassle' if you think of it. Small, 2 seater, low to the ground, i dont think the roadster is too much worse in terms of 'hassle' so get the one you think you want.
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So far sooooooooooo good
Bought it in March added the intake, FI down pipes, and just before fall added larger sway bars. Tracked it at Z1 Nationals (Bryan Settles my instructor) - Had a BLAST! I weekend drive it on the back roads of Southern Ohio it is everything and more I LOVE IT. Looking for a hard top! That should answer your question! Oh..btw no problems.
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Love it! Absolutely trouble free so far. Purchased in July and have almost 8k on it now. We took a 10 day trip and did 2700 miles. With all that seat time, I never felt fatigued or uncomfortable. At least half (probably more) have been with the top down.
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Got mine in June Just ticked over 7K last night. Been absolutely flawless except for the Oil temps running really high...
I did a 3 day 1000 mile trip in July and the trip was great.. Road trip. Waiting on the UPS man to bring me my new suspension today!!! I would buy another in a heartbeat, and I use it as a daily driver.
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The front always seems planted but the rear end gets loose and silly when you go through curves with any sort of roughness and not in a good way. It just kind of likes to hop and skip through the turn. So I really wanted to eliminate that, hence the coilovers that are sitting under my christmas tree right now. K
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Got a chance to drive it on Saturday night but it was 35° and raining. So not much driving. it was only 1/4 inch lower than stock so I decided that was not low enough as I was looking for an inch. So I spent an hour and a half and lowered it another 3/4 of and inch now it is perfect. Today it was finally dry, cold but dry. So I did some semi spirited driving on my favorite roads. All I have to say is It is firm without being jarring. It absorbs all the bumps with no issues or bad behaviors that I have been able to detect so far. All the issues that I had with the way the rear end behaved are GONE. This is by far the best mod you can do if you want a car that handles much much better than stock. Scott knows what he is doing with the suspension setup for sure...
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Looked to the nismo units initally as I did not wanted a significant drop. They failed in that regard(lost a bit more than an inch) but the springs and dampers are perfectly matched and with the wheels spaced out, the car just looks mean. And I am an owner with both the top tearing and driverside rubbing issue(dealer advised to wait til spring to let nissan come up with a proper fix, if I didn't mind the wait) and absolutely love the car. Because nissan is taking care of the issue i'd buy again in a heartbeat. Mechanicaly the car is a joy as soon as you ditch the roadsters floaty suspension and more importantly the horrible factory exhaust. When stock it does a convincing imitation of a prius(really not kidding). A quick call to fast intentions will fix that nicely though. Enjoy the purchase. :happydance: Last edited by sarmyth; 12-19-2010 at 10:22 AM. |
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