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I have already driven the Nismo, but no GT yet. The Nismo suspension was stiff, but it wasn't so much of a problem. The real issue for me was with the damping (or lack of?). The car was bouncing a couple of times over its spring each time I was driving over a bump, especially with this level of stiffness. If felt under damped if I'm correct. Now that wouldn't be so much of a problem with a soft sprung barge, but with firm springs I found this uncomfortable. I'm sure others will disagree with me, and fair enough I'm no specialist. Over than that I loved the car. If I could tune the suspension, I would probably consider one over the GT just for the sound it makes.

Thanks for the welcome everyone! Looking forward to some more Z action.

I'd really like to know whether the European tuned suspension has been carried onto the current GT. I'm worrying that I will really like the GT edition during the test drive and then order a new GT that will turn out to be less comfortable. Because otherwise I might as well go for a Nismo.

Here's the one I tried:

Lol, that'll be ace!

This doesn't fill me with confidence. I can't find any new GT to test drive, only one GT edition, and I'd hate to realise after taking ownership of the car that the suspension is different from the one I had driven. Nissan's brochure are consistently different from one to another too. The dealer's one add no rev matching on the base car compared to the PDF on the Nissan website, and their long PDF brochure has different pictures and info compared to the short version. That doesn't really help with my OCD Anyone got one of the new GT on the forum? How does suspension and sound insulation compare?

Is there any difference at all between the GT and GT edition, apart from the graphic on the side? Also is the new GT any different to the base Z in term of suspension, and manual transmission? The GT edition was advertised as having smoother suspensions, and the latest Nissan brochure seems to have added the synchro rev control to the base Z.

I found the Cayman to be too clinical for my liking and the pre 2012 cars are a bit too girly looking IMO. Out of curiosity, have you tried a 911? There are some nice 997 for about £30K out there, 996 turbos, or even air cooled engines. Now these are at least 7 years old cars with a history of fragile engines for about the same price as a new Z. Still both are tempting to me. I need a test drive... Also used V8 Jaguar XK come to my mind. But again, I doubt these would beat a Japanese car for reliability.

Hi, my name is Zeek, I've test driven my first Z a few weeks ago and haven't touched another one since. But I'm finding it hard. Thanks god I have a loving and understanding partner who is making sure I'm not spending the house deposit before we move. As you guys all seem so nice and civilised over here, I thought I'll just pop in to say hello. You'll probably hear from me in the other columns asking the usual newbie questions. I hope that I can bring something in return to the Z community, even if I don't own one, I kind of like it. Zeek