Nissan is coming out with a handsome green Z next year. I don’t think they are giving the Nismo the same color. Would you recommend nice color over slightly faster car with ungainly red stripe on the bottom? Also does the nismo ride harshly in this generation like it did in the last?
(bon vivant eddy here) that green (and the available tan interior) looks amazing.
also, nissan shared on the press trip that the performance model (the middle trim) is getting the brakes of the 24-26 nismos, which are an improvement over stock.
if you're not tracking it, i'd say z perf in the color you like is plenty, maybe with stickier tires (jack can speak better to the rubber, but i thought the factory choice at launch wasn't grippy enough).
Anything the nismo has over the performance can be easily accomplished in the aftermarket. Tune, wheels, seats, and stiffer mounts are easily sourced, making the Nismo not look odd would not be as easy to accomplish.
Having seen some of the glazing of the new Nismo Z I wandered to [s]nissan.com[/s] nissanusa.com* and took a gander. The Nismo is, as expected, fugly. And why, as you noted elsewhere, would anyone want a track car that heavy? But then I admired the ‘regular’ Z Performance and reminded myself it’s a good looking car and allegedly slutty cheap. I don’t need another 2-seater, but if I did…
*you’d think they would have resolved the thing with the Nissan computer guy by now but naaah
The Nissan computer guy missed his chance to make a deal with Nissan and get an Infiniti dealership out of the mess. (Notice I didn’t say Nissan dealership…).
My local VW dealer, for some reason, had a new Nismo Z on their lot last year, I hopped out to take a look, and yeah it's a bit over the top in a bad way. Then I saw the auto, and I figured it was just optioned that way, surely a manual could be specc'd on the boy racer version? Then I saw the sticker, it had 3K miles on it, and they wanted $77K.
shortly before this got published one of the suggested videos in my YouTube feed was TopGear's latest Venom F5 Revolution Evo. I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but how does one achieve a revolution evolution?
agreed that the Rumble Bee is a great addition to the lineup. It reminds me of the sentiment shared elsewhere as to why GM does not have a Raptor or TRX competitor. Even in street trim they could have something with the supercharged V8s.
This trend of outlining grills with LED strips can't help but make me think of the old rave scene days when girls would wear makeup that glowed under UV lighting. At least back then it was highlighting something relatively attractive to look at. Someone should tell mercedes and bmw that led light strips look 'cheap AF', as the kids say.
Can we get away from the 'buttoned-up, pale, angular, weirdly-perverted, concrete-colored bahaus-by-kraftwerk' Germans and back to the 'fun, mountain climbing, busty, only-slightly-perverted, beer-swilling' Germans please? They made better cars.
Jack you are totally off on the AMG GT4's grill. If you think back to the original 6.3, the W109 chassis 300SEL 6.3 from the late 60's, you will see that the GT4's grill is really just an evolution of that large upright grill from that car, and I am just making all this shit up. Damn that is fucking ugly.
Speaking of BMW monitoring PHEV usage, I got a push notification that the battery in my 230i was no longer performing to the standards bmw expects and recommended I bring it to the dealer for evaluation. I kid you not, it wasn't 20 minutes after this notification that I received call from the local dealer service department asking if I was stranded somewhere. I was both impressed and perturbed at them not only getting that information but also acting on it so quickly at the dealer level.
Since I had him on the phone I asked what they'd get me for on a new battery install, he was very hesitant to say but finally admitted to a mid-$600 figure fee, variable depending on which of the 3 batteries offered for said vehicle mine has.
If it actually needs a new battery and a few days on the maintainer doesn't fix it I've already downloaded the app to code the new battery to the car so it doesn't...well I'm not sure why I need to do that, but apparently I do. I'll probably also look into disabling the data sharing, if I can.
With the demise of the S550 Mustang GT, there are no more new cars I want to buy - NA-engined, manual transmission coupes. It's jarring to see a foundation pillar of society's motivations for upward mobility vanish.
Which creates a new financial market: New-car loans for rotisserie-resto cars. A decent resto on a third-gen Trans Am or a GNX clone's in the $40,000-$50,000 range.
The EU is planning to pull data from cars to check what real-life consumption looks like. If it exceeds what cars were certified at, they will impose ruinous punishment on carmakers.
In the EU, PHEVs are - by force - certified with fantastical mileage figures that everyone knows are not achievable unless you drive only short distances and plug in the cars all the time. This was done by the regulators to distort the market in favor of electrification.
Carmakers are victims - but they should have spoken up.
Nothing says joie de vivre like sending your E92 M3 to the shop for the umpteenth time
Nissan is coming out with a handsome green Z next year. I don’t think they are giving the Nismo the same color. Would you recommend nice color over slightly faster car with ungainly red stripe on the bottom? Also does the nismo ride harshly in this generation like it did in the last?
(bon vivant eddy here) that green (and the available tan interior) looks amazing.
also, nissan shared on the press trip that the performance model (the middle trim) is getting the brakes of the 24-26 nismos, which are an improvement over stock.
if you're not tracking it, i'd say z perf in the color you like is plenty, maybe with stickier tires (jack can speak better to the rubber, but i thought the factory choice at launch wasn't grippy enough).
I would have to get that red bottom stripe wrapped in black if I bought a Nismo.
Anything the nismo has over the performance can be easily accomplished in the aftermarket. Tune, wheels, seats, and stiffer mounts are easily sourced, making the Nismo not look odd would not be as easy to accomplish.
Having seen some of the glazing of the new Nismo Z I wandered to [s]nissan.com[/s] nissanusa.com* and took a gander. The Nismo is, as expected, fugly. And why, as you noted elsewhere, would anyone want a track car that heavy? But then I admired the ‘regular’ Z Performance and reminded myself it’s a good looking car and allegedly slutty cheap. I don’t need another 2-seater, but if I did…
*you’d think they would have resolved the thing with the Nissan computer guy by now but naaah
(How do you do strike through? Whatever.)
The Nissan computer guy missed his chance to make a deal with Nissan and get an Infiniti dealership out of the mess. (Notice I didn’t say Nissan dealership…).
Didn't that dude die?
My local VW dealer, for some reason, had a new Nismo Z on their lot last year, I hopped out to take a look, and yeah it's a bit over the top in a bad way. Then I saw the auto, and I figured it was just optioned that way, surely a manual could be specc'd on the boy racer version? Then I saw the sticker, it had 3K miles on it, and they wanted $77K.
The AMG GT Black Series is something special. So are the GT4 RS and Spyder RS. The most promoted german cars are usually not the best.
shortly before this got published one of the suggested videos in my YouTube feed was TopGear's latest Venom F5 Revolution Evo. I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but how does one achieve a revolution evolution?
You are living in one as we speak. Think of the current government of New York City and what that says about the future of this country.
agreed that the Rumble Bee is a great addition to the lineup. It reminds me of the sentiment shared elsewhere as to why GM does not have a Raptor or TRX competitor. Even in street trim they could have something with the supercharged V8s.
The new AMG will look wonderful complemented with an arcteryx jacket and pair of Lorno Pianas on a Chinese student at a midwest college campus.
When a German-German starts off a conversation with “This is a behavioral problem…..”, run for your life!
This trend of outlining grills with LED strips can't help but make me think of the old rave scene days when girls would wear makeup that glowed under UV lighting. At least back then it was highlighting something relatively attractive to look at. Someone should tell mercedes and bmw that led light strips look 'cheap AF', as the kids say.
Can we get away from the 'buttoned-up, pale, angular, weirdly-perverted, concrete-colored bahaus-by-kraftwerk' Germans and back to the 'fun, mountain climbing, busty, only-slightly-perverted, beer-swilling' Germans please? They made better cars.
Jack you are totally off on the AMG GT4's grill. If you think back to the original 6.3, the W109 chassis 300SEL 6.3 from the late 60's, you will see that the GT4's grill is really just an evolution of that large upright grill from that car, and I am just making all this shit up. Damn that is fucking ugly.
more like ca va vivant, but i appreciate the kind words.
i don't know if it'd be a T2 car or where it would fit, but a z would be a hell of a race car. i'd totally rent that from you guys :)
Speaking of BMW monitoring PHEV usage, I got a push notification that the battery in my 230i was no longer performing to the standards bmw expects and recommended I bring it to the dealer for evaluation. I kid you not, it wasn't 20 minutes after this notification that I received call from the local dealer service department asking if I was stranded somewhere. I was both impressed and perturbed at them not only getting that information but also acting on it so quickly at the dealer level.
Since I had him on the phone I asked what they'd get me for on a new battery install, he was very hesitant to say but finally admitted to a mid-$600 figure fee, variable depending on which of the 3 batteries offered for said vehicle mine has.
If it actually needs a new battery and a few days on the maintainer doesn't fix it I've already downloaded the app to code the new battery to the car so it doesn't...well I'm not sure why I need to do that, but apparently I do. I'll probably also look into disabling the data sharing, if I can.
With the demise of the S550 Mustang GT, there are no more new cars I want to buy - NA-engined, manual transmission coupes. It's jarring to see a foundation pillar of society's motivations for upward mobility vanish.
Which creates a new financial market: New-car loans for rotisserie-resto cars. A decent resto on a third-gen Trans Am or a GNX clone's in the $40,000-$50,000 range.
"....three wheel pastry cart," will live forever in my memory.
Jack, "kid' and "speed" in the same sentence evoke images of a sort I don't care for. Hopefully you are speaking of your younger racing days.
Here's some context on the disgusting BMW idea:
The EU is planning to pull data from cars to check what real-life consumption looks like. If it exceeds what cars were certified at, they will impose ruinous punishment on carmakers.
In the EU, PHEVs are - by force - certified with fantastical mileage figures that everyone knows are not achievable unless you drive only short distances and plug in the cars all the time. This was done by the regulators to distort the market in favor of electrification.
Carmakers are victims - but they should have spoken up.