I'm leaving tonight to drive from Jax to Dallas in the new Q. I have a convention there and decided to drive instead of fly. The windows are tinted, XM is installed and she is ready to go. The tires were originally set at 32psi. When I put on the new wheels my tire guy raised the air to 40psi. I took the car in to Atlantic Infiniti for an oil change and they lowered it to 36. What do you guys think. The tires are 245 45 18's. The car rides a little "tighter" at the higher pressures (especially with the suspension set in sport mode) but I never cared for a Cadilac ride. I like to feel the road. I'm going from Jax to Lake Charles Lon Sunday. Nothing like a side trip to a Casino on a business trip :wile:
I just don't want to see any :abducttoo
after a night in the bar:icesangel
First Road Trip in the new Q
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greg_atlanta
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I run your same wheels/tires at 36psi cold, and they do great, so my opinion would be to leave em where they're at. Plus remember that one person's gauge could be 5-10 psi from another peron's. I'd buy yourself a digital gauge, they have decent ones at Pep Boys, and see for yourself what its really set at. They also have decent mechanical dial gauges, but they get out of calibration way too easily. One bounce in the glove box is sometimes all they need.
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OK I got back this weekend and I am glad to report very positive feedback from the Q. I drove 75 to 85 mph for most of the trip and averqaged 23.5mpg. The car performed flawlessly. Seats were very comfortable and supportive for the entire trip. I finally rigged a Delphi Sky-fi XM unit that played thru a cassette adapter. It isn't great but the sound is OK until I can come up with a more permanent solution. All in all it was a great trip. The valet at the Wyndam Anotole in Dallas really liked the car. He said he hadn't seen to many of them and it was very unique. He really liked the headlight setup. :thumbup
I told him he had good taste :bearchug
I told him he had good taste :bearchug
G8R45 wrote:OK I got back this weekend and I am glad to report very positive feedback from the Q. I drove 75 to 85 mph for most of the trip and averqaged 23.5mpg. The car performed flawlessly. Seats were very comfortable and supportive for the entire trip. I finally rigged a Delphi Sky-fi XM unit t
I'm pleased to hear about your mileage!!! I too am taking a road trip in my 92 Q next month, from Spokane WA to St Louis MO.
I installed my Delphi XM tuner via RF module, placed it right in front of the shifter, so now I cant go to first gear. It was originally down in the center console below but it was hard to see and reach there.
I also need to get my AC recharged this weekend.
-Jesda
Unfortunately the new Q's don't have a way of adding XM yet other than the setup I did. I had a 92 Q many years ago and it was a great car, burgundy with tan leather. I had added some Stillen equipment, spoiler and Fitapaldi rims. Thatwas a sweet ride. I drove the hxxl out of her and sold her with 110,000 miles on her. The guy that bought her drove her for several more years and I finally lost track of the car. Good luck on your trip!
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Hopefully, next month will allow us to have our annual fix of west of the Mississippi driving! Driving is not much fun back east! Planned trip to Western NM (Silver City), making like that ol boll weavil, looking for a home! Sure hope Louisiana got their part of I-10 fixed! But, I do not hold high hopes! I will drop the tires down to lowest possible psi at first rest stop if they have not resurfaced. Put them back up when I hit Sabine River and Texas! Whooeeee! Westword Ho!
No they haven't fixed the interstates. They are working on them in a few places. I-20 is bettter than I-10.infinitinut wrote:Hopefully, next month will allow us to have our annual fix of west of the Mississippi driving! Driving is not much fun back east! Planned trip to Western NM (Silver City), making like that ol boll weavil, looking for a home! Sure hope Louisiana got their part of I-10 fixed! But, I do not hold high hopes! I will drop the tires down to lowest possible psi at first rest stop if they have not resurfaced. Put them back up when I hit Sabine River and Texas! Whooeeee! Westword Ho!