Ciao everyone, here it's Marchettino and today I wanna show you that with the money of a city car you can bring home
a fun and engaging sports car like this one behind me, the Nissan 350Z. Let's test it!
Today I wanna show you that you don't have to spend a fortune to bring home
a RWD sports car with a good engine that is able to offer emotions.
The Nissan 350Z is the clear evidence because I'm driving a japanese exotic that by looking at the second hand market, it starts at about 8000€
and with this money I think you bring home a great sports car.
When it was released it was the rival of the Porsche Cayman and BMW Z4
and I think the 350Z (as rival) is a very interesting proposal,
especially for the current market prices
because with this money you get a 2 seater coupè with 280hp.
In front we have a 3.5L N/A V6 that used to develop 280hp and 316nm of torque on this car,
I used the past because this car has some mods and now produces 340hp - Exact!
A positive side about japanese sport cars in general is the mod factor,
because in the world of japanese cars you find pretty much everything in terms of modifications
infact several things have been changed in this 350Z, maybe one of the most interesting mods are the tires because it has proper tires,
Toyo R888 semislick tires.
These are the ideal roads to use properly both the tires and engine of the car.
Now we forgot the TC on, sadly! - We can turn it off then! - Sure, it's on the bottom left!
Ok, ESP.. off!
Now I can feel it's more fluid!
Yeah TC is too aggressive, especially after the mods!
The sound of this V6 is truly engaging, exhaust is not stock but it has a full Borla system.
Always like the sound of a V6!
It pushes nicely too, above 4000rpm you start to feel all the power coming 'till the redline at about 7000rpm!
Not bad!
Very engaging also to play with the gearbox, you also changed the gear shift with a short shift
the gear changes are not bad at all, they're very direct and sharp.
Problem is the stick is in aluminium, today it's sunny and I need a oven glove to change gears!
I also like the seats which I find comfy and can also hold the sides pretty well,
but I have to say the suspensions are a bit stiff, you did something if i'm not mistaken.
Yes D2 suspensions, if you stay in the car more than 1 hour you break your back! - Great!
If there's something that I don't understand is that out 4 japanese cars I recently tested,
this is the 3rd without the airconditioning! I'm sweating,
you're so obsessed to reduce weight at all costs!
It's impressive to know this car brand new was about 37.000€ and now at 1/5 of it's list price and this is not the base model,
it's the Lev.2 a version with lots of options and so with this money you get a car which is not only plenty of power with a sports behaviour
but it's also rather comfy and allow to be used every day or for long trips..
Maybe without the A/C I wouldn't do a long trip but if it had one, it would be great for that use!
In the turn-in you can feel the weight of the car, it's not very light also with a big engine in front,
compared to its rivals Z4 and Cayman, this was the heaviest.
You told me even if it's heavy the brakes are ok.
Also on track where you push the brakes hard, they offer good braking!
Even with the electronics off this car is glued to the road also thanks to these tires.
But if I had a car like this I would buy tires with less grip to have more fun in the corners!
If you want to buy a second hand car like this, you need to be careful because this is one of those cars people buy low to use for drifting so
make sure to buy a car that has never seen the wall!
Sure, one of the things you also need to do is about the LSD if you want to enjoy it and feel the rear!
In terms of price/performance ratio I think it's a good car,
sure if we look at the interior we realise Nissan has saved money in the built quality, this reflected posivitely on the list price
but second hand at about 8000€ I think it's worth it but the problem is about the maintenance
because even though it's an aged car, you told me every year the car tax is about 1000€ - Yes, that's the price in Turin, insurance companies are not friendly either!
1000€ for about 300hp if you think about it, it's not high but if you think 1000€ over a 8000€ car yeah, that's high
then the maintenance - you told me you service the car every 4000km, you told me you have a heavy foot so you can double that if you go easy!
Undoubtedly!
Another thing that left me puzzled is that like most respectable japanese fashioned cars, also this one drinks oil!
Sadly yes, it's a defect of the VQ35DE engine, on the later engines this problem was fixed - So just on the 1st gen - Yeah on this one
Great throttle response, it can't be more perfect than this on a N/A!
Also this is part of the driving pleasure, having a immediate throttle response, an extremely precise and direct gearbox
I think for this money the 350Z is a car that offers great satisfactions.
I think for this price you don't even loose money when you sell it.
A friend of mine had one for years, he did enjoy and had fun with it, he even sold it with a little profit!
I really did enjoy the Nissan 350Z, I like the power of the engine, just like the gearbox - very precise and direct.
For about 8000€ you get a coupè, RWD, manual gearbox, V6 engine exotic that does 0 to 100kph in 6s with a top speed limited to 250kph,
for that money what else could you buy, 500 or 350?
I thank the owner for letting me test it and guys
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