The Brickyard Rat

iTrader: (1)

When you title your thread "Japanese Junk" your likely to get a lot of responses that are NOT warm & fuzzy. Poor choice of words.

JimmyT

I do not feel that the title was the problem. Once someone reads what I first stated, they will see that I do NOT consider this car to be low quality. I am sorry that there were some misunderstandings, but I used the words "Japanese Junk" just as a saying. I in no way was using those words to refer soley to the 350Z. I thought that once I stated that I liked the car, thne it would be obvious that I didn't think that they were junk. If you check out my first thread entitled, Z or Mustang You will see that one guy replied saying that I should get the stang. That the Z has too many problems and his is always in the shop. I only based this thread on what I have read inmy earlier post.

JimmyT

Go back to the beginning of this thread and read my paragraph carefully.

cloudy

iTrader: (3)

Go get a mustang iam sure you will have ALOT less problems then the 2005 Z.

Desimale

I really like the interior in the z. Something about the dash reminds me of an older model z. The seats are very comfy and the interior as a whole seems well put together. Its not a ferrari interior, but then again its sure as hell not a dodge neon interior eitheir.


As far as reliability goes, the earlier years seemed to have more problems than the newer ones. The cars aren't perfect but they're not civic's. For sports cars though, I'd say the Z is very reliable.

Dream

Done. In addition to the title, your original post had 2 statements that contributed to the flaming:

1. "Are Japanese cars known for their quality?"

2. "So is it well-designed or simply "Japanese Junk ?"

The first statement implies a dated view of the automotive industry. The second, when taken with the first, reinforces that view and adds a possible racist bias. I personally wouldn't have flamed you for it, but other people aren't so nice. Remember that any public Internet forum is full of people who don't read things fully and jump to conclusions.

In case you don't know, no one calls Japanese products "junk" any more. I remember my parents saying things like that when I was a kid in the 80s, but not any more. Most people I know consider Japanese products,especially cars, to have superior quality in most areas.

As far as the issues you're concerned about, I think that most of them were were ironed out in the '05s. The biggest issue seems to be tire feathering, and I believe that you can fix the problem by adjusting camber. Run a forum search for "feathering" and "camber". I'm not sure if this works or not, as I don't know much about cars.

Edit: Ok, you may or may not be able to fix the feathering by adjusting camber. I found all sorts of theories ranging from adjusting camber to this being a fundamental suspension defect with no fix.