Hands Up all the Aussies

[morgand]

I recently test drove the BRZ... another story, but under powered;

Yeah that's always been the feedback. I kinda figure though how much of the time is really spent at wide open throttle, so will probably still be a fun car to drive around in, without losing my license. Plus lucky enough to pick up a 10th anniversary, that has enough differences to make it relatively unique.

 

[morgand]

A rear hit. Which may have pushed it into a towball.
An RX8.

Nice, they seem to be relatively inexpensive, with the usual rotary maintenance requirements. making them an enthusiast car. Shame Mazda didn't put a turbo on them from the factory.

 

[loudsx]

Yeah that's always been the feedback. I kinda figure though how much of the time is really spent at wide open throttle, so will probably still be a fun car to drive around in, without losing my license. Plus lucky enough to pick up a 10th anniversary, that has enough differences to make it relatively unique.

there is soooooo much to be said about driving a slow car fast over a fast car slow.

that was so eye opening in the Mini. sure it only had 127ish kw but with a mechanical LSD and a set of AD08 tyres, man you could be full throttle so much of the time...but then maybe that's why it kept blowing up...

I really need to fix that and take it back out.

 

[Fontana]

@cainen how are you finding the auto? I had to settle for auto too although mine hasn’t arrived yet and I’m having second thoughts. I’m worried it’ll affect resale if I decide I’m not a fan

 

[cainen]

@cainen how are you finding the auto? I had to settle for auto too although mine hasn’t arrived yet and I’m having second thoughts. I’m worried it’ll affect resale if I decide I’m not a fan

To be honest I've hardly driven it at all, but one thing I've noticed in the few k's I have is it seems to have a lot more engine breaking than any auto I've driven before. It's fine cruising around in traffic though as it slows nearly to a stop I have noticed an occasional jerk as it shifts down. I haven't pushed it yet as you're not meant to go past 4k rpm and I haven't tried out the paddles yet either.

One common complaint is that it sounds like crap but I think it sounds great (on the inside at least), especially in sports mode which I don't think the manual gets.

One of the reasons I accepted the car was that I figured and auto-proto would hold its value better than a manual coupe. Personally I think the bronze wheels and yellow trim look awesome and go perfectly with the ikazuchi yellow.

 

[MattJ2020]

Great feedback on the auto. Thank you

 

[Ballast Scorcher]

February - March here we come.

March 15 is still my cut-off and shit is looming closer to that date.

I did ask what on earth the delay was, and whether is was the tranny, paint or chip components and he had no idea either. More-or-less reckons that Nissan aus are just taking the piss.

 

[MattJ2020]

My cut off will be end of financial year to have the car in my hands. Hopefully ordering it by the end of the week after a delay today.

 

[Ballast Scorcher]

My cut off will be end of financial year to have the car in my hands. Hopefully ordering it by the end of the week after a delay today.

Fair enough. I don't fancy ya chances man, but power to you all the same. It'd surely be something if you ger your car - once you order it - a few short months after myself. But the plug has to get pulled eventually. Or you may even jag a cancelled order yet. Good luck to ya dude ?

Tell you lot what though, the bulk of the protos still not being out is just mind blowing. Back in the day, I'd of never thought we'd face the prospect of being well into 2023 before the flagship run of Zs even hit the roads... performance timeframes are absolutely anybody's guess at this point. April, May, June? Who knows.

 

[Mud]

My cut off will be end of financial year to have the car in my hands. Hopefully ordering it by the end of the week after a delay today.

But in all fairness, you did not say which financial year

 

[MattJ2020]

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/nissan-z-1200-orders-to-be-delivered-wait-times-push-12-months

 

[Ballast Scorcher]

"So there is a little bit of a wait required, and they’ve been patient with us…"

Wow. Is that what this wait really amounts to in Nissan's eyes?

Far out.

So let me get this right; since release, call it 6 months now, they've delivered 84 of the exisiting orders and now, the goal is currently to clear out the existing 1200 orders within the next 12 months thus giving people that order today - like @MattJ2020 a 12 month wait for delivery? Is that the right of it?

 

[morgand]

Wow. Is that what this wait really amounts to in Nissan's eyes?

Interesting that they are now quoting the order refresh date as the order date. I guess in some ways that makes sense. So we've all been waiting the same amount of time.

So they need to get up to on average 100 per month. That's possible.

 

[loudsx]

that's nearly double the best year of the 370Z (745 cars)

whist still in a chip shortage and logistics nightmare.

I'm increasingly thinking I will have a MY24 car and probally a delivery in 24.

 

[peter]

Like I've said before I'm in for the long haul and will wait it out but the reply of

“So there is a little bit of a wait required, and they’ve been patient with us… we have customers that understand that they’re not necessarily available tomorrow,” Mr Paterson continued.

proves Nissan is out of touch with its customers, customers have had no choice but to wait or get their deposits back as no one could any type of real information.

Like @morgand said approx 100 cars a month, but it would be nice to know where you sit in the 1200 order pool, you could then make your own estimate about approx delivery.