She's officially mine 🤩 Seiran Blue 2023 Z delivered!

[LZ23]

Confused with this post, ordered in 2022 for a 2023, so is there any difference getting a 2023 model in 2023? Honestly just confused at the logistics

It just means the rumours were true,it does'nt take 10 months to get a car that was built last march there must be a reason why they were held up that there not letting on.

 

[StrikeS30]

It just means the rumours were true,it does'nt take 10 months to get a car that was built last march there must be a reason why they were held up that there not letting on.

I believe there was a perfect storm of stop sales and such that happened early. The manual transmission I believe has been replaced in all these early cars due to that grinding issue. I believe the hold up at port was while they were waiting for a solution/replacement transmission, and bringing in teams of people to replace them. The cars in the USA that shipped out early have the same stop sale issue with the M/T. I believe owners are being notified of a recall to replace the transmission entirely. I'm sure it took time to find the exact problem, source all the replacement units and people to do the work before they could continue these cars journey.

My dealership could not and would not comment on the specifics of that, but he agreed I was .. kind of on the ball when it came to the reasons why, and was surprised I knew so many details.

But, now that these issues have been resolved or are being resolved currently, they can finally continue along with shipping the built cars that have been waiting. It's a shame it was such a set back, and delay. These cars could have been here months ago for launch. The cars we are seeing just now popping up at the dealerships are their one and only random allocation they get for demo purposes. Some dealers are unsuspectingly selling them off to customers. They are apparently free to do what they want with their allocation. Demo, or a sale. Most of them are holding onto their random allocation to help drive more sales. My dealer received a white car, they did not order one ;p

Mind you, this is not any official information. I believe they kind of told the dealers and social media teams to keep it quiet, that's why they've had no real 'information' for us. But, it's from me following exactly what I've seen around the internet since I've placed my own order in January. Kind of just putting all the pieces together myself

And you are kind of correct. Its sad that these poor cars were built in March/April, and have been sitting around for that long awaiting a solution.

 

[trackratZ]

Congrats! Great color, and a manual to boot. Did they explain what Nissan did to remedy the 2nd gear grind issues? Replace the entire unit?

Keep us updated on your upgrades!

 

[Go2ZZZ]

Thank you, it was a long wait but will be worth it. Already have downpipes and full cat back ordered

Which ones?

 

[CanadianZ]

Which ones?

I ended up going with MAPerformance. I listened to allot of different brands on both the Z and Q60 and I liked the aggressive sound of this brand best.

 

[2JZ-No-Sh*t]

Yes, and no. Papers are signed, and the car is officially mine, but I made a deal with the dealership that benefits both of us. Because there is 4ft of snow where I live, and they love to salt the roads, it won't be driven until the spring. The dealership agreed to keep it in the show room, roped off so people can see it but not touch until the spring when I can drive it. I get free, secure storage, and the dealership gets to let customers see the car, so win win in my books

I was going to say you could always leave her in my garage.

 

[supra93]

Welcome to the forums @CanadianZ and congrats on your new Z!

 

[not_howard]

I wonder if this is the same Z that @Cmtremor canceled on

 

[Cmtremor]

I wonder if this is the same Z that @Cmtremor canceled on

No it isn’t… doesn’t have blue interior but I’m sure the dealer will still call me when it arrives so I can let you know! At 8.5% I’m not sure how many people would actually be willing to sign that

Beautiful car btw! Congrats op!

 

[jdm-rhd]

congrats! looks awesome!
blue and boulder are my fav colors so far, need to see them both side by side

 

[Brickyard]

Awesome Reality ~ Congratulations ~ What an Honor to be one of North America's Firsts

 

[Rovail]

Congratulations! Looks amazing, hoping to get mine soon here in Ontario as well.

 

[Thisguy298]

Congrats! Great color, and a manual to boot. Did they explain what Nissan did to remedy the 2nd gear grind issues? Replace the entire unit?

Keep us updated on your upgrades!

friend of mine is an engineer at Nissan; forgot exactly what he told me, but iirc there was some part in the transmission that was out of spec by like an inch & was a stupid mistake that was easily fixed. From what i've been reading, they are swapping out entire transmissions; think I recall hearing from either my buddy at Nissan or somewhere in the forums that they had sent teams to the ports to fix/replace the transmissions on the spot

edit: this is to say the manuals are currently being fixed or are fixed already

 

[50thZ]

CONGRATULATIONS BRO!!!

 

[luckyjoewu]

How much mark up did you pay? I saw a dealer in Toronto selling a red one for 80k before tax....