I just recently purchased the 2010 G37S with all the fixings, pretty much identical to my 2008 G37S-
So I'm on the 101 North around 1:30am Sunday morning heading to the Valley.
Very light traffic and I'm doing right around 60mph, closing in on an 18 wheeler.
I check all mirrors glance to my left to check the blind spot, all is clear.
I signal left and move to the left lane.
I can now see around this huge truck that must me doing around 55mph.
Now I don't like to take my time getting past trucks, because I've seen them do some pretty wild swerving antics on the freeways, So I decided to press down pretty hard on the gas pedal.
I've only had this car 3 weeks and I had never felt this before in my 2008 G37.
When I hit the gas the back of the coupe seemed to "Squat" down and then she just took off sprinting from 60 to 85mph in what seemed like seconds.
I shot past that 18 wheeler eased off the gas and I could feel the back of the car relax again to a more normal position.

I'm not an aggressive driver so I just want to know if anyone else has felt this type of reaction from the Coupes before.
Don't get me wrong I kind of liked the response, just want to know if anyone else can comment.

Peace.

-Mango-

 

Yes it normal. It's physics man. If you quickly accelerate forward, it only makes sense that weight would transfer rearward, no?

People have been using anti-squat devices/techniques for years. Ask the muscle car guys.

 

Yup I get the weight transfer concept, but I've hit the gas hard in my 2008 G37S and it didn't have such a pronounced Squat response.
It really did feel like the car sat down the same way you would sit down on a couch minus the 65-80mph sprint of course.
This is new to me and I found it interesting but not scary or disconcerting in anyway, just an interesting experience in the new G.

-M-

 

Yes it's called torque.

 

weight transfer

 

you felt the cars transmission kick down to a lower gear, weight transferred and the torque pushing the car.

normal feeling

 

That "squat" is the reason Audi puts their engines out over the front wheels instead of "mid-front" engine. To reduce that "squat" effect...

its even worse in a car with a rear engine....

 

Conservation of angular and linear momentum.

 

I wish there was a way to see what gears the car is using when going from lets say 60mph, hitting the gas and moving to 80mph quickly in the auto D position.
I'm imagining it would go from 7th gear at 60mph down to 5th gear to 80mph.
Would be cool to have a display that shows the gear changes in auto.

Of course it could be a distraction for the driver at those speeds.

-M-

 

big words ...

 

What torque?