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https://my350z.com/forum/2003-2009-nissan-350z/263014-well-my-z-is-in-the-dealer-for-3rd-gear-grind.html

OP, sorry about your tranny issues

 

My God, I love this site!!!

A special message from Z MANIA...............blow me.

 

thats why you need to learn how to drive manual in the right way and avoid doing stupid stuff! but oh well who can resist racing ur Z(btw i like racing with mustangs car )but like i said use your damn brain not to do stupid things that will ruin your fairlady!BOW WER IN THE SAME BOAT ANYWAYZ WERE ALL Z DRIVERS SO STOP HATIN! ONE LOVE Z DRIVERS ONE LOVE!

 

and Evos and Stis for me

 

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So make the Z more rare by making them manual only, that should only raise the price of a $30k 350z to around $50k at the dealership since they would be selling a lot less of them.

That's ok, I rather let people choose an automatic and keep the $20k in my pocket... If you want an exclusive car go buy a used Ferrari or Lambo...

 

 

Nissan figured out that if enough models didn't sell, they would have to stop producing them. Thank all the AT drivers, that otherwise wouldn't have purchased a Z, for us to still have the option of buying a Z.

My bet is that most these pro-MT posts are by people that recently learned to drive a manual and now want to brag about how cool they are, not for the car, but for their new-found ability. Next step will be their expertise on "double-clutching" and why the extra weight of syncros slow the car down.

 

I forgot 70% of all Ferrari's are automatics ....

Looks like you'll need to start your own car company and only make manual transmission cars... Should be fun for the first 6 months before you go bankrupt...

 

wow so many responses lol. Dam you guys take this stuff seriously hahah. Yeh to the guy said mt trannies break early models did. But i got a cd009 and so far so good. And yeh even if the trannies broke once every 2 years i would still drive it in manual haha. And of course not all the things i said apply to all auto drivers just the majority. And the guys who drive the auto's gettin so mad about the post are just mad cause they dont have the manual. And prolly got spanked by one haha. Besides the gearing on the 6speed is what makes teh 350z pull so hard. And i have drove my freinds auto several times. And to be honest once it hit 3rd gear it felt very sluggish to me. I felt a dramatic difference. And down shifting ??? When i want to drop a gear i dont want to wait 3 seconds before it goes to a lower gear lol. Auto takes like 3 seconds to rev match. Thing shifts so slow you got to hit it at like 6200 to get it to shift at 6600. But everyones different. But im saying if you had a 06 auto z with exhaust test pipes and spacer and you lost to a 03 touring 6spd bone stock wouldnt you be pissed. My freind sure was and i had to rub it in like i told you to get the manual haha

 

I had an s2k for four years. Can't see that car with an a/t. The engine in the Z is more suited to have either. I think it would still be a fun car with an auto. It's amazing how much play this topic gets on a weekly basis.

 

yep.

 

i love my AT so i can eat and drink on the other hand in traffic here in cali. sooo we AT drivers could care less what you think. to each his own.

PS. i know how to drive a MT, i am sure ppl who drive an AT can always learn how to drive an MT. i was also given an awesome deal on my car in the color i want with alot of options.

 

gawd this site beats the AT vs. MT to the ground.....personally i would love to see some nice clean Auto Z owners out there....bc from the outside the Z is still a Z correct?
ohhh and ehh i wouldnt call a ferrari F1 style paddle shifting a automatic lol..i mean its still an "auto" but far far more advanced than our autos haha IMO

 

You should concentrate on driving.

 

I wish thread starters who beat this old horse of a topic would shut up already and drive their 6MT's instead of regretting their choice (why else would you make such a retarded thread?)

 

I wonder:

1) How many AT owners know how to drive MT but got an AT anyway (because if that were me, I'd be really pissed/annoyed at recurrent threads like this).

2) How many AT owners actually don't know how to drive MT and simply had to get an AT because there wasn't any other way to own a Z (because if that were me...well...I'd be really pissed/annoyed at recurrent threads like this).

The knowledge of driving stick doesn't necessarily make one "better" or "more of an enthusiast" or "more hard core". But it is some skill that one might possess that another does not. So what, though.

 

 

I remember when the BMW E30 M3 came out, and it only came out in stickshift, and I was so sad because I loved that car but didn't know how to drive stickshift at the time. I had to "settle" for an AT 325is (but you know, I loved that car, too). It was as if BMW was trying to say "If you don't know how to drive stick, you are unworthy of this vehicle."

But I vowed that I would learn how to drive stick so that I could come to own any car in the future, regardless of transmission. The car's transmission would no longer be a barrier to ownership.

Fastforward 17 years, and the new E92 BMW M3 is here - manual only (for now anyway...the DSG-type will be out later). But BMW's overall philosophy seems to have shifted. Now it's more like "Well...ok, we'll make a manual transmission for you dumb Americans because you all cried like babies when the M5/M6 came available only in SMG's. Can't you see the SMG's are faster?"

 

I wish that, too. Then, I'd make it into a 5AT, so I'd be the only one with the better deal. I got my 5AT because I like it.