I totally agree. Unless they mod the pi$$ out of it, like you did

 

...definitely

 

dont have a z but i think the z is too expensive in the higher trims

 

 

I highly agree!

 

Gotta agree with that 1000%. Terrible placement!

 

Stock stereo gets the job done on some level when the car is not moving. At speed or when the car is under load, the sound is drowned out. Oh well, anyone who test drove the thing knew about the stereo from the start.

My Z is only 11 days old, and I hear a weird clicking coming from the rear hatch area. I have verified that the rear defrost is not activated, and the AC/vent is off. I typically hear it when I first get in and start the car, before I reverse out of my parking spot. It happens at various times of the day. Very strange...but I don't hear it while I'm driving, so I guess I can live with it.

First gear feels a bit anemic. I guess a bit more torque, or slight change in gearing, would make it a bit more peppy taking off from a dead stop.

Standard yellowish parking lights look crappy to me. I don't know why car manufacturers think it is a good idea aesthetically to put these run-of-the-mill parking light bulbs right next to true HIDs which are close to pure white color. I might be swapping in a durable set of wedge LED bulbs to come closer to the low/high beam Xenons soon. The orange sidemarker bulbs built into the headlight assemblies, on the other hand, look soooooo pimp

I will also agree that the car is a bit heavy and its heft can be felt while driving. I would rather see the car get lighter than the engine get bigger, to maintain or improve upon existing gas mileage numbers.

Gas mileage - so far my Z only has about 500 miles on it, and my average gas mileage seems to be around 17.5 mpg. Most of my driving is done on a 5 mile stretch with about 5 stop lights on it, so there is a good deal of 0-60 runs, averaging half-open throttle. I guess I was expecting to get closer to 19 or 20 mpg for this type of driving. Maybe mileage will magically improve after I exceed the 1200 mile break-in period as dictated by Nissan. I sure hope so at least....gas prices are going back up!

The paint on my Mazda6 was nicer than the paint on this car. This car's paint has that orange-peel texture right off the showroom floor...is that caused by a poor clear-coating system? Oh well...if they add another layer or two of paint, the car's curb weight will increase by 12 lbs., and then everyone here will **** a cement block.

Muffler tips....anyone else notice that the driver side muffler tip sits a tad lower than the passenger side? I have noticed this on every Z on the local dealer's lot that has the stock exhaust system. I believe the muffler also slants down slightly to the left. This is probably due to the way the muffler inlet pipe connects on the left side, and the resulting position of the outlet tips was to avoid interference between the pipes on the left side. Well that's nothing a $1500 cat-back system can't fix....

Rear fender gap......holy crap! I could park my girlfriend's car in my rear fender gap! This thing is getting lowering springs ASAP....just gotta find some that lower the back more than they lower the front, so I get close-to-even gap all the way around. Then I'll just aim my headlights back down to normal...

That's all for now. Otherwise, I love this car!

-steve

 

My biggest complaint is my back pain from this car. You'd think that with all the seat adjustments I could do, my back wouldn't hurt after an hour. The stock Potenza RE040 tires should not be considered high performance tires. Pathetic. I really am dissapointed in them. Other that that, I think they should not have put the plastic cladding on the rear strut brace. If they left it bare, it would look wicked, and free up more room. The Bose system sucks, but I've always known that Bose is one of the most overrated companies out there. The brake pedal does not have a consistent firmness - due to Nissan programming the brakes to brake harder in 'emergency situations'. The shifter is really lacking refinement compared to Hondas, even my '94 Integra with 190k miles on it that I traded in. Minor things, just listing them. I still fell in love with and bought this car when I had no intention to buy anything. I recommend it to anyone who wants what is probably the best performance bargain for the dollar out there. Oh yeah, and while I understand that this is a shared platform with the Murano, why the hell does this SPORTS CAR have to weigh so damn much? Again, minor complaints, recommend the car, love it. (and it looks great!)

 

My Bose CD player which broke down in a year and half. Other than that nothing else.

 

Yofool, I don't like the look of it.

 

Yofool....guessing you don't own one then?

 

I hate when it explodes, especially with me inside it. But luckily that's never happened.

 

It happened to me once....quite painful actually. The worst part was the e-brake handle flying off and hitting me in the....oh, nevermind.

 

Seats are too narrow (or I'm too wide).

Ken

 

+1..
Getting shocked really pi$$es me off. I didnt know that others were getting shocked also.

 

The only thing I hate is the window wiper speeds..for normal to medium rain its either too fast or too slow grrr I end up just doin it manually..

For heavy downpours it works fine though.

 

i hate not having a trunk release button inside the car, and the trunk button on the remote is disabled when the car is on.

i hate those half-*** power seats that's not power adjust everything. It only powered movements are the tilt of the back and fowards/backwards.

i dislike having a visible trunk where people can peep in and see what you have in there.

 

im glad im not the only one with that problem......oh yea thats because im fat

 

Only enough room to have sex with one girl at a time

 

Not even enough for one unless you use both seats which would probably get painful