Should I Be Worried?
05-23-2009, 01:34 PM
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Thanks for valuable feedbacks davidv and other 350z members, really appreciate it! As far as I am concern, there SHOULD be no problem with the car correct? It only has 23k miles and it seems the last 2 owners barely drove the car more than 10 miles each. I'm just hoping they didn't find a problem and decided to return the car ... know what I mean?
Also, I think the automatic offers a "manual" mode, do I get the same performance as a real manual? Since I am not going to race with it or mod it, automatic should be the way to go for me
Also, I think the automatic offers a "manual" mode, do I get the same performance as a real manual? Since I am not going to race with it or mod it, automatic should be the way to go for me
1. you'll start modding it
2. you'll wish you had bought a 6MT
Dont tell me you enjoy not knowing how to drive standard, and if you dont then you know what you must do
05-23-2009, 01:44 PM
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i was the ninth owner on my 300zx TT lol. i would stay away from that becuase its overpriced for many reasons:
1. year
2. COLOR
3. Automatic
low miles doesn't justify a higher price
1. year
2. COLOR
3. Automatic
low miles doesn't justify a higher price
05-23-2009, 03:11 PM
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Right now I have a 2000 Maxima Se AUTO and the VQ engines are simply amazing . I want to upgrade from a 4 door sports car to a 2 door sports car. Trust me, I really want to learn how to drive a manual, not saying it's hard but it's not practical to drive to campus/work every morning to be stuck in traffic for 1 hr (10 miles drive) and 1 hr back again (another 10 miles). I been on Maxima.org for almost 2 years now and the only mod I did was replaced my exhaust with a aftermarket one (and that's because there was a leak in it).
Overall, I am buying a 350z for its aesthetic looks and that kick *** VQ engine. I don't race with any of my cars on the road or the track but will not hold back to let this baby go on an empty highway (which is rare in Philly). What I am looking for is a reliable 350z on the market and from what I have read, the 2005 model 350z + automatics have the least amount of problems compared to 03,04, and 06 (not bashing other models, just by what I have researched in this forum)
. I want to upgrade from a 4 door sports car to a 2 door sports car. Trust me, I really want to learn how to drive a manual, not saying it's hard but it's not practical to drive to campus/work every morning to be stuck in traffic for 1 hr (10 miles drive) and 1 hr back again (another 10 miles). I been on Maxima.org for almost 2 years now and the only mod I did was replaced my exhaust with a aftermarket one (and that's because there was a leak in it). Overall, I am buying a 350z for its aesthetic looks and that kick *** VQ engine. I don't race with any of my cars on the road or the track but will not hold back to let this baby go on an empty highway (which is rare in Philly). What I am looking for is a reliable 350z on the market and from what I have read, the 2005 model 350z + automatics have the least amount of problems compared to 03,04, and 06 (not bashing other models, just by what I have researched in this forum)
05-23-2009, 07:44 PM
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Shrug. The guy wants an auto, he can buy an auto. It's his money. Besides, with an auto he knows that the last two owners weren't on here making posts about not being able to drive their cars without subjecting the clutch to some amount of trauma.
However, I will say to the OP: You said you really want to learn to drive a MT. There's no time like the present.
However, I will say to the OP: You said you really want to learn to drive a MT. There's no time like the present.
05-24-2009, 08:55 AM
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Alright one last question, say I decided to buy a manual for the hell of it and decided to learn stick on the 350z. Is the car forgiving like a Honda or a Toyota, or is it aggressive like an Evo?
05-24-2009, 11:13 AM
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There are a lot of threads on here on this subject. I'd recommend looking at some of them before you make the leap.
I'm old. I learned to drive on a car with a MT, and that was a quarter-century ago. I've driven a lot of cars with manual transmissions, and some of those transmissions / clutches had serious issues. In all that driving, though, I have never met a vehicle that confounds me more than my 350Z. Sometimes I get it right, and sometimes I don't. I can't quite seem to put all the pieces together every single time, and I don't know why.
(Note: I drove another Z once, and didn't have nearly so much trouble with it as I do with mine. Not sure if that reflects anything about the car, or if I was just having a good day.)
Not everybody has trouble; you'll read plenty of "I can't understand what is wrong with you idiots" posts here also. On balance, though, I think you'd get a majority opinion that the Z is harder to drive smoothly than most other cars with manual transmissions.
05-24-2009, 04:25 PM
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Thanks blastoff99, you helped cleared and answered part of my question. The reason I asked was because one of my friend is a valet parker and he said the Z's are one of the trickiest and hardest cars to drive compared to a scion tc (both in manual) I don't want to buy a car and end up not being able to drive it 
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