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Re: 350z
Originally Posted by x'ed
lotus and tvr? sorry, they just can't stand up to mercedes, ferrari, bmw, chevy or ford when it comes to racing history.
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Re: 350z
Originally Posted by Dan Root
Well...
#1 it sounds like Bulleye loud and full of crap.
#2 it rides like a 50 chevy pickup.
#3 it starts to look old the 1st week you own it!
#4 it shifts 6 speed hard and notchy.
#5 it's just to Japanese!
#6 My Honda SI 02' hatchback drove better! And shifted quicker! The 350 console sucks, it's too high!
#7 If you squint it looks... just ok.
#1 it sounds like Bulleye loud and full of crap.
#2 it rides like a 50 chevy pickup.
#3 it starts to look old the 1st week you own it!
#4 it shifts 6 speed hard and notchy.
#5 it's just to Japanese!
#6 My Honda SI 02' hatchback drove better! And shifted quicker! The 350 console sucks, it's too high!
#7 If you squint it looks... just ok.
this is how much dan hated his 350z....piece of crap.
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newpho...0404_002.shtml
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Re: 350z
From 60 on the z WILL not smoke you. You will keep right on them. The crossfire was made for the autobahn, as 350z has great torque of the line. The Z is a nice car and was my first choice but due to forces out side of my control I now drive a crossfire. Now take your buddy on the highway and ask him to show you his car is faster. That will shut him up.
And any german car WILL do that better than any japanese car.
And any german car WILL do that better than any japanese car.
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Re: 350z
Originally Posted by roms33
From 60 on the z WILL not smoke you. You will keep right on them. The crossfire was made for the autobahn, as 350z has great torque of the line. The Z is a nice car and was my first choice but due to forces out side of my control I now drive a crossfire. Now take your buddy on the highway and ask him to show you his car is faster. That will shut him up.
And any german car WILL do that better than any japanese car.
And any german car WILL do that better than any japanese car.
I raced a 350Z on the highway from about a 60 roll in the crossfire, he beat me pretty good. As far as acceleration goes 350z>Crossfire.
Forces out side your control= payment on Z was twice as much? That was why i bought the XF over the Z.
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Re: 350z
Originally Posted by Palmer
No, the 2002 did not make "the" lightweight Lotus obsolete. I certainly don't mean to demean the 2002 by that statement, but it was not a race car. It was a car designed for the street, not the track. It may have revolutionized the world of sport coupes, but it didn't directly compete with Lotus, at least not in F1 or most other venues. It's possible that it went head to head with Lotus Elans in SCCA events, and even possible that it won some races against the Elans, but by the time the 2002 came out, the Elan was a fairly old design so I'm not sure that the comparison is fair.
I haven't kept up with F1 racing since Lotus and Tyrrell dropped out, but I don't believe that BMW has ever won a Grand Prix race or the constructor's championship. I'm also pretty confident that they've never won at Indianapolis. The production of fast road cars does not give BMW a racing pedigree.
I haven't kept up with F1 racing since Lotus and Tyrrell dropped out, but I don't believe that BMW has ever won a Grand Prix race or the constructor's championship. I'm also pretty confident that they've never won at Indianapolis. The production of fast road cars does not give BMW a racing pedigree.
bmw has much more prominence in racing and f1 today than lotus. lotus has been a non factor for a long time. williams (bmw) is very competitive in f1 and bmw worked with mclaren for a while.
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Re: 350z
When Colin Chapman died, Lotus was split into two companies, one to make road cars and one to continue racing. The racing company is now defunct. My original reply was to the assertion that Lotus did not have a racing history that was equal to BMW's. In construing the word "history" I did not limit myself to the past 10 years.
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