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I thought it was just me that wasn't really sold on the Z. I really thought it was just had 2 of them and was totally underwhelmed at their performance and had gotten jaded due to familiarity. (one base and one track pack) I thought I was buying a track car or performance vehicle but found out I had bought a GT highway cruiser.
Don't get me wrong, they had a few redeeming characteristics such as the headlights and a roof that made it quiet when you drove it, but that was about all the high points.
Don't get me started on the gas mileage. Even driving sanely at hwy speeds when we drove both the S and the Z on trips the Z always ran out of gas a long ways before the S. Push the loud pedal instead of cruising and it sucked gas like a V8.
Don't get me wrong, they had a few redeeming characteristics such as the headlights and a roof that made it quiet when you drove it, but that was about all the high points.
Don't get me started on the gas mileage. Even driving sanely at hwy speeds when we drove both the S and the Z on trips the Z always ran out of gas a long ways before the S. Push the loud pedal instead of cruising and it sucked gas like a V8.
I've found I kind of enjoy wringing out a car in Honda high-revving style more than a smooth torque curve with a lot of push. I'm aware of how stupid that sounds, but just what I prefer. And yeah, the VQ has always been pretty crappy for gas mileage. I pretty much got 18-21mpg with my 3.0 VQ, and that was in a 3000lb car.
That said, with my knock-kneed legs, the only way I might ever heel-toe is to cheat, and the auto-rev match of the sport mode would be handy for me on the track. I might look at them again here in a couple years depending on how things go if and when I get the S2K out to the track and if I get bit by the bug.
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From: Benicia, CA
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I love the 370z. It is such a better car than the fail 350z. But this new refresh looks exactly the same to me. They need to add more power to the engine, get it up to like 360-370 bhp to compete with the Cayman S, or at least provide a much cheaper alternative.
