2007 Nissan 350z Roadster Review - My Most Controversial HOT TAKE Yet!

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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:37 - Engine / Transmission
3:39 - Interior
4:22 - Convertible Top Operation
5:35 - Interior
7:03 - BFB Test
7:19 - Interior
7:49 - Trunk / Cargo Space
8:18 - Exterior
9:42 - Final Thoughts
10:44 - Outro

[@lonestar3433]

Man are you wrong about the looks of the 350z roadster. It's one of the most classic designed convertibles on the market. With the top down, it's very noticeable and a fun driving experience. A great perk is that women love it but maybe I'm biased because I love mine.

[@OldbayRaven]

Just found one of these 1 owner with only 30k miles. Lived in a garage its entire life for 13k. Im flying down in a week to drive her 1000 miles home to live in my garage for the next 20 years 😂

[@dbnarizona]

I own a 2007 350z Roadster and I have grown to love it! It is a great fun car to drive! It is fast enough, handles very well and pretty reliable! I am 80 and it makes me feel 20 again! 😀

[@dreamcruise2009]

I will be 70 in a couple of months.... I just bought a 2004 350Z Roadster and I love it! So does my 32 year old girlfriend!

[@BeeGee7719]

@@dreamcruise2009Lmao!!!!

[@BeeGee7719]

Y’all have inspired me to really look into the one for sale in Houston. 2004 350 convertible with 63k miles. Thanks boyzz

[@drdavetexas]

I don't even OWN a Z, it's the most iconic and sexy looking sports cars as a convertible in the 2000s. THEY GOT BLIND MEN REVIEWING CAR styling on YT Now.

[@Diac13]

I am glad not everyone got the same taste, the world would be boring. I think the 350z roadster looks awesome with the top down, especially when you add a ducktail on the trunk. I own one myself and most of my JDM friends are jealous when I am the only one driving around with the top down in the summer, nothing beats driving around hearing all the noises and feeling the wind in your hair on a hot sunny day. I do agree the coupe looks better. But the roadster is not ugly at all with the top down in my opinion.

[@alexanderm3504]

The roadster looks best in Black

[@Diac13]

@@alexanderm3504 Got a black one with the orange/black mesh seats. Love it.

[@alexfinck41]

I literally own that car right now. Bought it from you guys!!

[@Metalodeath]

This Is the one Nissan z convertible I actually like

[@willmatic84]

Keep them videos coming z 😏👌🏽 #milestoneto100k congratulations 91k

[@thejaredev]

This is unexpected! You never say anything bad about any kind of car from any era. Never put down the functionality and looks of any car. Proud of you for giving your opinion on the look of the Nissans Convertables

[@dastrayer63]

AND...I agree with him.

[@cmoney7363]

I have a 2005 Anniversary 6spd manual, Navi, VQ, full loaded. Mine is stocked & very clean. Everywhere my roadster get compliments 👍🏼

[@brianlee9233]

I was so excited to see this Nissan 350Z... until I realized that it was an automatic.

[@RealLifeRomanAtwood]

You will never convince me manual is more comfortable than automatic. I just wana press and go. Sometimes a manual is a inconvenience.. and yes I know how to drive both

[@disguisedclone6722]

Bro it's dual clutch

[@UnderratedKillua]

About the thing with the LSD. I'm pretty certain this car actually does have a LSD or as Nissan called it "VLSD". The only 350s that didn't are the base models. The easiest way you can tell a base model from a non base model is that base models don't have VDC or any buttons on the steering wheel.

[@michaelsisk7875]

i wish you would talk more time about the actual driving and performance of the cars

[@dreamcruise2009]

It's an automatic....

[@jaylovespti]

U must be high if there is a day that goes by that someone doesn't compliment my daytona blue roadster. Then I didn't go outside.

[@Pohkey]

I don’t think this is that much of a hot take lol. I’m pretty sure the roadster is just universally unliked

[@treeskier802]

Looks are subjective. I’ve heard people say they don’t like the looks of this car before. I think it’s good looking. It’s better looking than 95% of the cars you see on a typical day on the road. I drive for a living so I see it. But again, it’s subjective. I don’t own this car or anything and hold no bias.

[@diavolos2939]

LOL !!!!!! The pot calling the kettle black that's some funny shit !!!!

[@TalooshDaBoss]

I dont think those styling complaints are a hot take... I mean at lesat for me lol the 350z is one of my favorite looking cars and this versions just revolting

[@FallenArtemie]

I own this car and while I like the 350Z, butt ugly is acceptable. It looks so fat without the coupe hard top but I think all you need is a spoiler of some sort to break up the curvature and make the rear end look better.

[@larryseppanen4619]

I had the same car but new wheels. Miss it so much.

[@bobkaloki]

Finally someone whose eyes can't stand the convertible's looks like I.

[@cletuskasady593]

Hope he does a Acura Legend Coupe TypeII AND A G37S coupe

[@davinp]

After Renault took over Nissan in 2003, Nissan's quality went down

[@1MADZ]

Exactly the same car i got. No auto tho.

[@willyhwang1059]

every 350z I've checked out, their interior look like pitbulls had been fighting inside.

[@Jaeahn16]

What kind of cars look good to you if 350z looks ugly??

[@1MADZ]

The DE MAKES THE MOST TQ OUT OF THEM ALL. AND IS THE EASIEST TO MODIFY.

[@AlexTenThousand]

The Fairlady/Z cars are awesome, too bad Europe isn't getting the latest one.

[@marcelmarino2125]

Well that's a total turn off you find the 350Z ugly but you like driving it it don't make sense to me if I found a car ugly I won't be driving it and I wouldn't be posting it give your head a shake dude

[@jacquesc3166]

My 5AT HR roadster keeps up with manuals until 180 km/h. If you think this transmission has a "mind of its own", you're doing it wrong. It rev-matches downshifts beautifully. Manuals have nothing on me on canyon roads, I'm ALWAYS in the right gear and I don't have a 15 year old clutch to worry about so my lines are cleaner on said roads. 😉

[@KiingTx]

No one buys a 15 year old car and leave the stock clutch in. your 5AT ain’t keeping up with no one. quit the cap. that 5AT ain’t lasting long either.

[@jacquesc3166]

@@KiingTx AP1's are 20 years old now and a lot of them still have stock clutches. What gives? User error? You have no idea what my HR can and can't do, you're speaking out of ignorance.

[@nibishanimales8300]

Why did this queer make this vid if he thinks it’s ugly ?????

[@dave11686]

I agree.

[@bricegraham8256]

I love your honesty in these reviews. There's not a whole lot of reviewers that are brutally honest about vehicles. With that being said I kinda agree with you on the looks of the convertible Z. I actually never knew a convertible version of the 240sx existed but after looking at it, I like it. but Honestly of all the models you mentioned they do all look better in Hardtop configuration. I d like the newer convertible 370Z, they do look just as cool as the hardtops to me. great video man, I always enjoy your reviews, your taste in cars is similar to mine.

[@bwofficial1776]

I agree with your hot take. The 350Z and 370Z are too stubby and round and cartoonish in coupe or convertible form. 350Zs got cheap and were used up and crashed so you don't see too many of them any more. This automatic convertible was probably someone's cruiser so it survived.

[@artLopez24]

Atleast they had soul unlike todays cars

[@jacquesc3166]

They still turn heads today in 2022. My HR roadster "cruiser" has indeed survived... 65K miles on an HR. Long way to 200K.

[@sentiencepsn2714]

Jeremy Clarkson was ahead of his time on that one. His hot take from the mid 2000’s original Top Gear review reflects a lot of the criticisms mentioned here. A Japanese sports car, styled by Americans, managed by a UK/Indian fellow, with an engine engineered in France. What could possibly go wrong?

[@engineergaming4399]

Dont believe everything that Clarkson says. He most of the time says bullshit. The engine is not french. Its made by Nissan and it existed before the Nissan and Renault alliance. The engine is 100% Japanese.

[@itscrono7073]

always thought the convertibles were butt ugly too, the sloping roof line is what brings the design of every Z together in my opinion

[@dylanverkler4552]

As soon as I saw the notification I was here for it, but they aren’t ugly at all…. You wrong in that category sirr

[@tag206]

With the top down they look fine. I will agree that it is nowhere near as ugly as the s13, and fc verts.

[@Chris_Adams1]

It is refreshing that there is something you don’t like.

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

I never really cared for the look of them, I think the back should be shorter.

[@steveuchiha536]

I own a z32 for about 8 years now t top version. And I honestly do think the convertible z32 and z33 are ugly lol

[@T-bl7ny]

It’s because it’s silver

[@willyhwang1059]

are these cars worth over 10 grands?

[@davidg9401]

Depending on the year, condition and transmission yes

[@Charles-jo8ub]

I got mine love mine everyone has their opinion just like these new car styles coming out now like Mercedes suvs new Bmws butt ugly

[@naf2k447]

This isn’t a hot take everyone hates the Z convertibles lol

[@SvenQ45]

@8:55 YES! S13 and S15 are always beautiful! Either open or closed! The Z33 ist like the Z35 there shouldn´t be a new Z (given the money situation at Nissan...) but they did! And that´s cool. Sadly quality wasn´t on the agenda...

[@retro2409]

I wouldn't say this is a hot take, everyone I know who has seen this car thinks it's just as ugly

[@fernan6349]

dont see to many of these

[@bwofficial1776]

They got cheap and were either worn out or wrecked. It used to be pretty common to see these scraping the ground with worn out suspension and rusted-out exhaust you could hear from the next town.

[@jacquesc3166]

Town of 15-16,000 here, we have 3 roadster Z33s driving around. The other two are still rocking OEM wheels, my HR is rolling on Enkei Kojin 18's with 265/40 in the back.

[@willyhwang1059]

have to agree with you, nissan convertibles are atrocious.

[@vaiosfrangoulis78]

I think the 370z convertible looks way better, more reliable more power

[@alexanderm3504]

370Z has more power, but more reliable? That's a stretch

[@vaiosfrangoulis78]

@@alexanderm3504 They are more reliable than the early 350Z that burned oil and had the transmissions broken very easily.

[@Charles-jo8ub]

2007-2008 350 they fixed the issues I got 2007 dosnt burn no oil daily driven. 68,000 miles

[@vaiosfrangoulis78]

@@Charles-jo8ub That's why i said the early models

[@UnderratedKillua]

Also I would much rather have a de then a rev up. Rev up engines are huge hit or miss. You either get a good one or a bad one. Alot of the bad ones are in the anniversary edition and other 05 year models. The thing that are bad about them is the oil consumption issue (which are actually worse in certain scenarios than the DE). I'd just stay away from the rev up motor. DE is still a decent motor. But of course the HR will be the best, but remember, you pay more to get the best.

[@cletuskasady593]

Just cause zack called it ugly, Im removing my like from the video

[@cletuskasady593]

As long as it’s not a DE. HR all day baby…. But ew… it’s a automatic with a Jatco CVT tranny 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@brianlee9233]

It's not a CVT.

[@cletuskasady593]

@@brianlee9233 yes it is. Do your quick research. Renault/Nissan/Infifniti use Jatco CVT Transmissions sir.

[@felineflammenwerfer8375]

CVTs can’t have five speeds lol

[@bwofficial1776]

@@cletuskasady593 Nissan does use CVTs but they don't use a CVT in the Z.

[@Teggymania]

@@cletuskasady593 It's not too late to delete this comment

[@CroutonsRawk]

Lol I completely agree, the lines do not flow at all as a convertible, the top up is horrendous

[@omarlee1311]

All it needs is a spoiler 🫤 it’s not that ugly

[@mromatic17]

the G35 coupe is so much better looking!!!

[@mromatic17]

the automatic ones only made 287bhp and the manuals made 306bhp

[@jacquesc3166]

Incorrect. This HR makes 306 in auto or manual form, and pre-2007 non-SAE HP ratings would show the DE was down on power by about 30-35 WHP.

[@johnpizza3930]

Why does my auto always beat manuals then?

[@jake2772]

The 05-06 manual versions got the revup motor with 300hp.