The S isn't for you.

Keep your Z and all you enjoy about it.

 

get a droptop Z. sounds like you NEED the torque and luxuries of your z. something the s doesnt offer. the s and z ARE equal in straight line and the shifter and the handling and the looks won it for me. i love how the s is so small and easy to get around town and get thru traffic. wish u good luck dude!

 

Sounds like your into torque. I'd say it's a battle between torque and sex appeal. IMO the S is about 35% sexier looking than the Z. Fair warning for my biased opinion tho.

 

Back then my friends is all about Toyota and Lexus and keep saying bad stuff about Honda. Until he got into a Type S. After that he singing IVTEC!!! all the way home. hahaha

 

If this is how you feel then why are you still here? Like everyone else said, the S isn't for you. Good luck with your 700$ a month nissan.

 

I am a Z guy. A *240*Z guy. To me, the 350Z was a HUGE (literally!) disappointment. I was hoping for a shortened/lightened 240SX with a nice torquey six. Instead, Nissan gave us a 2-seat luxury sedan

You think the S2000 is "sooo little"? Dude, that's the POINT! REAL sports cars are supposed to be SMALL and LIGHT. You love the *size* of the body of the 350Z?! Have you considered a Buick? An SUV?

As for VTEC, the Honda system has different cam lobe profiles, with different lift and duration and surely timing as well (not sure on that, but no reason they shouldn't have different timing for the different cam lobes). Increasing lift and duration is a FAR more effective way to get high-rpm performance than merely altering the timing of fixed lift/duration cams. Which is why the S2000 makes power all the way to its 9000rpm redline (only 8k for AP2's).

FWIW iVTEC (not on the S2000) has variable cam timing in addition to having two different lobe profiles. Good for filling in, but again, altering cam timing isn't as powerful a tool as having low lift/duration lobes for low rpm and higher lift/duration lobes for high rpm.

I'm sorta with you on the torque complaint. IMO, the S2000 would've been a much better sports car with a 2.4 liter making ~240-260hp than a 2.0 (or 2.2) making 240.

But my real complaint is that there's no S2000 coupe/hatch. I'm still waiting for a NEW 240Z! All these years and nobody's quite managed to do it...

Anyway, you don't sound like an S2000 candidate to me, but you should definitely lose the 350Z. Not because it isn't a great car (despite my comments above, I know it *is* a great car), but because you shouldn't be a SLAVE to it. Get something cheaper.

 

Dude, I went from a 2004 STi to my S2000 and it's the best decision I've ever made. I also like torque, but that's not all there is to a car. The S2000 does go nowhere in low rpm's, but believe me when I say that it is fast as hell around turns, and especially when you hit VTEC.

I'm not a "honda" person, either. But when I like a car, I learn to love it. Maybe the powerband is too much of a sacrifice, but I honestly just think you're scared of what people might say. When I bought my S2000, all my buddies with EVO's and GTO's told me I wouldn't keep it for over a month...but they were wrong and I've never been happier with a car. Between the handling, the sound (HKS ), the looks, and having the ability to drop the top...it's definitely a keeper. But make a decision that's good for you.

 

I have owned both. I owned an 06 350Z GT and now a 07 S2K. I think the S2K is so much more fun to drive. The Z just feels very heavy around turns etc.
I even had the Nismo 19's and Nismo suspension installed and it still didn't handle nearly like the S does stock.
Yes the Z has more torque, but that isn't everything unless your just looking for a car that goes in a straight line really fast, but the Z doesn't do that either. lol
I guess it just comes down to what you like.

 

Keep the car you have, it is nice looking.

 

Why a used S? Why not a used Z? Is the Z that much more expensive to insure than an S?

I say, stick with what you love. Don't buy something if you're not sure. You're only setting yourself up to be disappointed.

Whatever you do, good luck and have fun bro