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Very true about the cables. Apple (don't know about others) is very picky about cables. Cables that might work ok for charging may not work for data. And Apple changes data transmission standards every so often so, I've found, that cables that work OK for data now may not work in the future...

I've had 3 Z's and my wife has had 9 Muranos in the last 20 years. I can say with authority that Nissan does an absolutely terrible job with their infotainment software and hardware. The hardware is commonly glitchy and unreliable, the software interface is arcane, non-intuitive, and difficult...

I ran an AI search in the area for sources of 93 octane. ChatGTP was not helpful. Of the six stations that Google's AI identified, four of them were no-go and one station was closed. I did find it in a station right at the entrance to Brainerd International Raceway at $3.75/gallon. I didn't...

The 2024's have a different infotainment software version than the 2023's. Not sure why they don't update since the hardware versions are the same. AS to updating the synchro's...the Z34 went 11 years without any changes to the transmission, so, I doubt it. I suspect that the RZ34 MT is the...

Seriously? 30 HP? That's almost scary. An AI search for 93 octane in the area shows a few gas stations that sell 93 octane in the area, predictably centered around Brainerd International Raceway. It's about 20 miles away, but 30 HP would make it worth the trip. Very interested to check it out.

I had a latte spill on the passenger side on my 370Z. The cream is worse than the sugar. REALLY smells after awhile. I pulled the passenger seat in order to shampoo the carpet. The plastic and vinyl was easy...any big-box vinyl cleaner will will work fine.

I always had the same problem at my Nissan dealer. They always want to check tire pressures as part of their "57-point courtesy inspection" during an oil change (they always want to rotate the tires as well). Just the other day I had my oil changed at a local performance shop. They were very...

Why would you assume that Nissan wouldn't know the best tire pressures to run on the OEM tires?

I should add, I don’t see a reduction in MSRP ever happening. Far more likely IMHO that they'll just leave it to the dealers to discount. If the Z car MSRP ever does get dropped into the $50,000 range, it will be after they ****-canned the product line and are trying to dump inventory via fire...

If they have to drop the price to $45k- $49k in order to sell the things, I'll bet that they'll just pull the plug. Prune the dead wood.

I don't think Nissan can build a sports car that will move the market and give them a reasonable ROI for $56,000. Their choice was to market either a budget, price-point sports car, or a sports car that would compete with Porsche or BMW. They chose the former. Works for me, but not others, Im sure

I must say...as one of about 150 RZ34's in Minnesota, and one of very few in outstate Minnesota, I literally can't park anywhere up here without someone commenting and offering appreciation for my plain-jane silver Performance Z...gas station, grocery store, Costco etc. Some don't know what...

Heh. My first car, when I was 16, was a 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (bug eye). No synchros. It was a great auto-X car, but twice I had to pull the transmission to replace a broken 1st gear. Engine had to come out to do that since the tranny wasn't accessible from under the car. Super PITA. That...

Having passion is one thing, but having the financial stability to support that passion is a different story. Nissan is not the most financially healthy auto manufacturer in the world...certainly not on the order of Toyota or Porsche...and it doesn't appear to be getting healthier in this global...

I think that the hand writing has been on the wall for the Z ever since we saw the 370Z stay on the market fundamentally unchanged for 11 years. That was a distinct indicator of how Nissan viewed the Z platform as a market asset and I'm sure they did so based on sales and market research. When...

I bought a pair of Z1 sway bars before I even picked up my 2024 Performance Z. I've had several Z's before this one and was absolutely certain that I would find the body roll in my 2024 to be ..."distracting". I was right. The Z1's are pretty stiff. Figuring that "more is better" I had them...

Yup. Sounds like my 370Zs. Just one of the quirks of that transmission. I just shrugged it off, but maybe it feels worse in the higher-horsepower RZ34.

“Notchy” upshifting into second, and to a lesser extent into third, was common in both of the Z34’s I owned since 2011. Between that and the clutch, the MT 370Z was a hard car to shift smoothly. My wife has been driving MT’s all her life too but didn’t like driving my 370Z’s because of that. I...

Yeah, I've been cruising Z forums for a long, long time. I know that lot of people in adverse climes continue to drive their Z's (as well as other similar sports cars) year round regardless of what's on the ground. From my standpoint, I drive Z's because they're fun to drive. I've found...

The Z cars are luxury cars, and they are not effective or safe all-weather cars. The portion of the population that can justify buying a car solely for fun that has to sit in the garage under cover for 5 months of the year is relatively small. While it's sitting in the garage, ya still gotta...