"The Most Disappointing Car You've Ever Driven"

[strat61caster]

Originally Posted by tennisfreak

Take a FR-S Monogram or Release series which are close to $30k and put them against a Z on the track.

The Z would win every category hands down.

Of course that's the case, you took a $25k performance car and stuck $5k worth of cosmetic crap on it and compared it to a $30k performance car.

The least you can do is use the $5k difference to make it faster but if that's what the conversation devolves into then neither car wins the "How fast can you go for $30k while still driving it to work" competition.

[tennisfreak]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Of course that's the case, you took a $25k performance car and stuck $5k worth of cosmetic crap on it and compared it to a $30k performance car.

The least you can do is use the $5k difference to make it faster but if that's what the conversation devolves into then neither car wins the "How fast can you go for $30k while still driving it to work" competition.

I took factory optioned cars and compared them, that is all.

[CatDaddysBBQ]

I rented a Hyundai i10 in Mexico last week. It has 79hp. Yup, 79. It also had a lazy manual transmission that had syncros that would flip out if you shifted at anything faster than 1/4 of normal speed, terrible brakes, etc.

Not that I had any expectations, but I only bring it up because with everybody who calls the twins slow, this absolutely re calibrated what a slow car really is. I'd wager it was a full 16 seconds for this pile to hit 60mph. By comparison, getting home to my Frs was like hopping into a viper.

I know our cars aren't all that fast, but to call them slow is just absurd.

[FyeaFRS]

Taking anything from jalopnik seriously, lulz.

[Lonewolf]

There are many on this forum who do not speak highly of the 370z because we were infested by hordes of trolls from their site a couple of years back...needless to say, it put me off of their community

[tennisfreak]

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

There are many on this forum who do not speak highly of the 370z because we were infested by hordes of trolls from their site a couple of years back...needless to say, it put me off of their community

Test drove a brand new 370z Nissmo yesterday. The car itself was great. Pulled hard, nice look, great sound, and I really like the way it looked.


2 things put me off.
1. The price was $45k
2. The sales staff and manager in particular were ****s


Hyper aggressive staff and manager refused to give me the price of the car without some personal info.
The situation damn near felt hostile. He asked me what I wanted to pay and I told him $35k.
He told me to be realistic and not waste his time.
I told him he asked so I told.
He asked what I based it off of. I told him I based if off the fact I could get a brand new Mustang GT with track pack and recaro racing seat for $35k (which was true because I had just come from Ford with an offer).
He laughed and then told me $42 was the lowest he could go.


Anyways, the 370z Nissmo would be a great car for even $38k but over $40k its a joke.

[totopo]

Originally Posted by tennisfreak

Test drove a brand new 370z Nissmo yesterday. The car itself was great. Pulled hard, nice look, great sound, and I really like the way it looked.


2 things put me off.
1. The price was $45k
2. The sales staff and manager in particular were ****s


Hyper aggressive staff and manager refused to give me the price of the car without some personal info.
The situation damn near felt hostile. He asked me what I wanted to pay and I told him $35k.
He told me to be realistic and not waste his time.
I told him he asked so I told.
He asked what I based it off of. I told him I based if off the fact I could get a brand new Mustang GT with track pack and recaro racing seat for $35k (which was true because I had just come from Ford with an offer).
He laughed and then told me $42 was the lowest he could go.


Anyways, the 370z Nissmo would be a great car for even $38k but over $40k its a joke.

Well you kinda were wasting their time.... If your budget was 35k why didn't you test drive the370z sport or sport tech?

[tennisfreak]

Originally Posted by totopo

Well you kinda were wasting their time.... If your budget was 35k why didn't you test drive the370z sport or sport tech?

Budget was not 35k, but I thought the car was only worth $38k.

The price is what made it nissmo z such a huge disappointment. Their sport models can be had for <=$30k easily. Nissmo is not worth $15k more.

I ended up putting in a custom order on a new corvette yesterday. Figured if I was gonna spend over $40k may as well go while hog!��

[DeeezNuuuts83]

But 370Zs are fairly plentiful, while the Nismo is a bit rarer. Don't expect the same discount.

[Chad11491]

Originally Posted by DeeezNuuuts83

But 370Zs are fairly plentiful, while the Nismo is a bit rarer. Don't expect the same discount.

I see where he's coming from. The only thing I like more on the nismo is the body kit. It's just not worth the price at all.

Z w/ sport pack I believe is worth 30k. It's a good value for the money, I just had the same situation as tennis freak. I absolutely loathed and hated my dealership experience with nissan. The salesman was a total ass and was pressuring beyond belief.

the toyota dealership across the street? They saw I was interested and tossed me the keys to a MT FRS they had on lot. Night and day difference and if I was just a casual car shopper that alone would have swayed my purchase.

[DeeezNuuuts83]

I agree. I didn't say it was worth the price of admission, I was just saying that the prices of Nismos wont get slashed the way they do the standard Zs.

[Chad11491]

Originally Posted by DeeezNuuuts83

I agree. I didn't say it was worth the price of admission, I was just saying that the prices of Nismos wont get slashed the way they do the standard Zs.

That's true. I didn't mean to imply you weren't correct.

[tennisfreak]

Originally Posted by DeeezNuuuts83

But 370Zs are fairly plentiful, while the Nismo is a bit rarer. Don't expect the same discount.

I agree the nissmo is more rare but this dealership had 4.

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