This is what he told me about feathering: Note, I don't claim ANY of this to be fact, but I myself heard it from a nissan marketing rep.

Apparently his office has several Zs that have been "bought back" which demonstrate feathering...and despite multiple attempts, the corporation is unsure of what is causing the problem. He told me to try and get my Z bought back, b/c he does not personally feel that nissan is able to solve this problem.

Then he said, "I'm not much of a sports car guy anyway...I like trucks." Well at least he was honest. He seemed like a nice guy.

NzZ

PS - Even the cute girl they hired to demonstrate the minivans knew about the feathering problem!

 

of course she did....nissan uses sales people for all the area nissan stores as reps to show the vehicles....and then there is one nissan rep...who is only a marketing rep....the sales people have more knowledge about the feathering than the marketing rep does...as they have all the irate customers comming to them first most of the time when service wont help them.....

 

Ahhh, nice to know. BTW I used to live just down 58 from you in Suffolk, VA. Had no idea there was such a cool dealership in petersburg, I really wish I had bought from you instead of victory. DOH!
NzZ

 

actually my dealership is in richmond and it is victory! lol! small world huh? you buy from victory chesapeak?

 

Sure did. Sales was nice to me, but didn't offer the deals on NISMO toys that I've seen you offer. :-) Also the service manager and assistant there were rude and unhelpful...glad that I don't have to deal with them anymore.
NzZ

 

lol...yea...its hard to believe the same dealership but at a differant location is so much differant.....our service department is great except for feathering....they dont like to do it there....but as far as mods techs are cool...they all know i drag race and its not a problem....if you need any nismo let me know...i give employee cost on all nismo and oem parts.....as long as you state you belong to my350z

 

Hey melissa/john -

Just got my tires replaced at victory, but they F*Cked my wheels up (well, technically I guess CARRS f*cked them up). I didn't notice until today when i finally got a chance to wash the car. What do you think my chances of getting them fixed are? It's been probably 2 weeks or so since they were "fixed".

Chuck

 

The Nissan service technician told me yesterday that Nissan is coming to the conclusion that we have 20,000-mile tires. It seems they have found a defensible position to avoid further warranty issues.

I can vouch for Melissa’s Nismo price points. He sold me a Nismo CAI at dealer cost.

 

hey wgiglio was that intake as easy to install as i told you or what?
which tech told you that?was it at my store?i havent heard it

cedussett
go directly up to carrss and rais hell....ask to speak to christian brown..he is the manager.....we send the wheels up there because we dont have a machine for 18s...that also why you gotta fight for the feathering tsb to be honored at my store....
go up to cars and rais hell and let them know you know several people with z cars that they have damaged and you want your wheels fixed
with enough bitching they will probobly offer a free tint or something...lol
they are actually pretty good guys up there

chuck next time you come up to the dealership come into parts and say hey.....
john

 

John:

It was as easy as you said. Unfortunately I never had the time so you guys installed it yesterday.

I complained about my tires again yesterday and the service guy said Nissan has (or is getting ready to) decided it’s a 20,000-mile tire and I need to pay attention to the alignment.

 

who was the service guy?this is the firs i heard of this

 

Bottom line is I have feathering issues. The dealer rotated the front tires (and installed very ugly weights inside my rims) and appears to be unwilling to do anything further. What recourse do I have? I didn't have enough time to install the CAI. I know I don't have enough time to sue Nissan. I will buy new tires and get a Porsche next time.

 

By the way. I have 20,000 miles on the car (tires).

 

Great Info! I just purchased '04 Z', and just coming up on six months of having the car.

Only have 950 miles right now, so I think it will be a while before I reach that 'feathering point' with regard to the tires.

But, again --- I appreciate this kind of 'heads-up'!