[Shotimes] OT: Infiniti G35

[kevin624@bellatlantic.net]

If RWD is your game plan, the Lincoln LS V8 is the best buy out there. I 
swear by the damn things.

--Kevin



At 01:26 PM 1/1/2006 -0500, Ron Porter wrote:
>On the new G35s, they are 280 HP with the automatic, and 298 HP with the
>manual
>
>When I was car-shopping, it was one of the cars on my list, and it dropped
>off once I made the manual-tranny AWD decision (no MTX with the AWD G35).
>Reviews have been good.
>
>One common thing that had come up is that, despite the HP ratings, the car
>doesn't feel" very quick with the way it is tuned and sound-deadened. This
>makes some sense, as John Semchena's pure stock '02 6-speed Maxima has run
>14.40 @ 98 (by the Bolt-On Driver....Dave Garber) with it's 255 HP rating
>(IIRC) and the car really doesn't "feel" that quick.
>
>For as pretty as they are, there are some complaints that the styling is
>getting dated. Personally, I still love the coupe, and the sedan is fine
>(neither better or worse, design-wise, than other cars in its class).
>
>FWIW, if you want to paw through this, there are some comments on it from
>this group. Now, keep in mind that these are folks who then bought an LGT,
>so there is a fair amount of bias (!!), BUT there are some good reviews of
>the 35 (and other cars) buried in all these posts:
>
>http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24188
>
>Ron Porter
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of Hartberger, Jason M. AT2 (AW)
>Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 3:04 PM
>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Shotimes] OT: Infiniti G35
>
>Hey guys, my wife and I are thinking about getting as our next car an
>Infiniti G35 sedan. What are your guys' opinions of this car? It seems
>to be a worthy SHO successor, 4 door sedan, 260HP, 6-speed manual, LSD
>in the rear... by all rights quite a nice car. The wife quite likes the
>styling as well, and it's RWD! You can't beat that. Anything bad about
>it worth knowing? Thanks as usual for all y'all's insight!
>
>V/R
>AT2(AW) Hartberger, Jason M.
>DX Production Supervisor
>USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
>AIMD/IM-3/Shops 8&10
>01-54-0-Q/j-7877
>_______________________________________________
>Shotimes mailing list
>Shotimes@autox.team.net
>http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes
>_______________________________________________
>Shotimes mailing list
>Shotimes@autox.team.net
>http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes