New Member Introductions

[masti99]

I pick up my new 26 Sport Auto Z in a couple days, pearl white. Looking forward to picking it up. I never owned a Nissan before. We had a Datsun 240Z many decades ago, so the new Z brought back some cool styling cues. I've been a sports car enthusiast for years, and I am trading in my Subaru BRZ. My cars are pleasure use only, we store them for winter, so they are low mileage and I never drive them for work. They don't see snow and they don't go out in the rain. I love seeing my undercarriage bolts shiny, and no oxidation on aluminum parts wither, that is how my BRZ is and the next owner will be very lucky for it. I love the new Z, I know the Sport model is the cheap option and I don't miss anything from other models but I would have loved some bigger brakes. I would love to upgrade my brakes with a big brake kit, but I don't think much will work with the 18 inch Sport rims. I really like the Sport rims as I have always liked 5 spoke rim designs. I will add the front lip spoiler, but I will skip the rear trunk spoiler. I have ordered some small parts from the Zstore which will be cool add-ons. I will miss not having an LSD but the auto tranny should work fine without one and I am not a racer and I tend to drive on the slow side in city driving mostly. It would have been nice but I will do without I guess. I like the auto tranny, I've been driving stick for 40+ years so I won't miss shifting my own gears. I really like the exhaust that comes on the sport auto model, it is very similar to the Nismo design with the small muffler in the rear , and not having the large muffler of the manual models. I think it is a cool design.

I might get one to two months of driving before it goes into winter storage. Looking forward to being a part of the forums .

Joey

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Congrats, enjoy in good health!

 

[zeroptzero]

Congrats, enjoy in good health!

I'm turning 60 currently so the well wishes is appreciated.

 

[RHE2026]

The Tan/Black interior trim looks fantastic on these..

Really nice look of your interior. I never saw the green Z in person but from photos that looks sharp as well.

 

[blackperformance]

Good afternoon, just wanted to thanks for allowing me into this forum. My previous car was a 2014 6 speed 370z base... two years later after i sold it, or last week I purchased a 2023 performance model, auto, 17k miles... so far I love it... here is a picture
Thanks guys

 

[masti99]

Got her last night. Drove it home in the rain, got some garage pix this morning

. 2026 Performance model w/6 mt. Love the boulder grey. Had a 350z auto back in the day. So happy to be back in a Z manual again

 

[chasin2morrow]

Hi to all. Just picked up my retirement Z. Couldn’t be happier. After 1,000 miles behind the seat she’s just what I wanted. Even the Bose sound system is perfectly fine for a 60 yr old like me. Only real complaint I have is no oil pressure gauge. Otherwise perfect.

 

[loki2191]

Hi to all. Just picked up my retirement Z. Couldn’t be happier. After 1,000 miles behind the seat she’s just what I wanted. Even the Bose sound system is perfectly fine for a 60 yr old like me. Only real complaint I have is no oil pressure gauge. Otherwise perfect.

Enjoy your well earned retirement car. I love the color

 

[RHE2026]

Super nice color! Congratulations Just curious about your oil pressure gauge, is it just not working on your dash?

 

[zeroptzero]

^ That's a cool colour, you don't see them too often. My base Sport has an oil gauge - pressure and temp. Check your settings ?

 

[chasin2morrow]

Performance A/T do not come with oil pressure gauge. At least that’s my understanding.

 

[zeroptzero]

Performance A/T do not come with oil pressure gauge. At least that’s my understanding.

I have a Sport Automatic. I figure if my car has it then all cars should as I have the lowest trim level. My car has an oil gauge display option. I have to place the screen into sport mode to view it, and I drive it that way 24/7. It is not displayed in other modes

 

[RHE2026]

Got it, ya learn something new everyday.

 

[chasin2morrow]

Believe it or not. The Performance swapped the oil pressure for Transmission Temp.

 

[zeroptzero]

Believe it or not. The Performance swapped the oil pressure for Transmission Temp.

I have both gauges on my Sport model, oil pressure and tranny temps. I never would have expected it on the Performance model, but I believe you. Sorry to hear that as oil pressure is more important .

 

[b30624700]

Just flew down to San Diego to pick up this manual Nismo today.

Hope someone can answer this question: I was told that the 6mt Nismo doesn't come with a paper owner's manual. This seems really strange to me since it has the essentials package which includes a portfolio for a paper owner's manual. Is that right?