Advice on used g35

[Safa7]

Hey everyone.
I'm looking into buying a 2nd generation g35 but I'm not that informed in regards to the car's pros and cons. Most of the ones I came across are high mileage and I'm aware that issues come with that. My other option is a Honda accord and I'm not much of a fan of the car. So any information and advice with performance, reliability, maintenance and overall ownership experience will be appreciated.

P.S. We have an 05 Acura RL converted to a Mugen Honda Legend, how does the g stand in a comparison to that, as the Legend is a fabulous car.

[audtatious]

What years do you define as 2nd-generation? WIKI calls the '03-06 G35 (behind the G20-series) as 3rd generation while I would personally call that the 1st generation. To me, the '07+ sedan (including Q40) and the '08+ coupe (including Q60 through 2015) is the second generation.

Regardless, the only years that really had issues were the '03-04's which would have some oil use issues and some front alignment issues (usually I hear more about the '03's having this problem). Otherwise the key is to make sure the vehicle has been maintained properly and you should be good to go for quite a while.

[Safa7]

I mean the '07+. I was wondering if it'll be a purchase I won't regret as the car I buy I intend to keep for some years down the road and do some cosmetic mods on it.

[ArmedAviator]

I've never owned a G series car, but a close friend in college had an '03 G35 Sport and a current roommate has an '06 G35x. My college friend got rid of it when he saw oil starting to get into the plug wells at around 75k miles - not sure why...it would have been an easy fix. Other than that, he said it'd be a quart low when it came time to change oil (he did it every 3k miles). He maintained it well and only mod was lowering it. Was a great car to drive and have fun in. My roommate's '08 had to replace one wheel bearing so far and that's it for unscheduled maintenance. I just changed his oil for him two weeks ago at just over 3k miles and it wasn't low. It has 118k miles.

You won't go wrong with a well maintained, later year G35. Just consider this: When you pull up next to a G37, will you wish you opted to get the newer, more powerful model?

[Safa7]

The issue I have with the g37 is the gcc version comes with bigger headlights that I hate more than anything.

[audtatious]

The issue I have with the g37 is the gcc version comes with bigger headlights that I hate more than anything.

Not exactly sure what you mean by "bigger headlights".

[Safa7]

In my view they are a bit ugly. At least in the gcc spec.

[audtatious]

"gcc" as in G37 coupe convertible? Not sure what you mean by gcc.

[ArmedAviator]

So you're okay with not having the superior vehicle solely because you don't like the headlights?

Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see how it works out for him.

[Safa7]

Not only that but most g37 are US spec and don't really work well here.

[audtatious]

The G35's have bigger headlights than the G37. The G37's all come standard with bi-Xenon HID so I'm not really sure what does not work well.