I just hit 47k kms!

Andy_V35Sky_350GT wrote:I just hit 47k kms!

28,000 miles = you're 1/2 way there.

Say Andy, what's the deal with Holdens down there? They seem to come with some serious engines yet I never hear that much about them?

telcoman wrote:I think we need another forum here for the married old farhts to discuss wives, cars, and married life.

Wifes & married life...isn't that why we are HERE???!

telcoman wrote:Today was an important day in the life of my G35



All miles on regular 87 octane by the way.

Still runs great!

Telcoman

Another important day today that will be reached later this afternoon.



With 60k miles and figuring an average 20MPG that comes to approximately using 3000 gallons of regular gasoline. At $.30 a gallon cheaper than 93 octane I figure I've saved $900.00 in 2 1/2 years of owning my G 35.

Boy ten thousand miles sure went quick.

And so did the value of my 401k



Telcoman
Modified by telcoman at 12:10 PM 10/15/2008

Lol going on earlier posts. My girl only drives my car when i get drunk.

Anyway my car will hit 70k soon. It is around 69,000.

TeflonG35 wrote:Lol going on earlier posts. My girl only drives my car when i get drunk.

Anyway my car will hit 70k soon. It is around 69,000.

Thats a good number

Regular gas, regular oil, but most importantly... regular maintenance. We get awful caught up in debate about the right stuff to use and often overlook the fact that regular, competent maintenace is the real key.

Thanks for being a great example of practical, responsible car ownership.

numskul wrote:Regular gas, regular oil, but most importantly... regular maintenance. We get awful caught up in debate about the right stuff to use and often overlook the fact that regular, competent maintenace is the real key.

Thanks for being a great example of practical, responsible car ownership.

numskul

You are absolutely 100% correct. There are an amazing number of automobile owners (my wife for instance) that feel it is only necessary to put gas in a vehicle and never check anything until they hear a strange noise. I've read many posts of engine noise and lack of oil because many never check their oil, other fluids, tire pressure, air and cabin filters, or rotate tires. Then they wonder why they have problems?In 60k miles my G has only required replacement of two tire pressure warning sensors and one drivers side air bag module all replaced under warranty by the dealer.This Infiniti G35 of mine is the best vehicle that I have ever owned.

Telcoman

my g37s 07 still Young she just turned 4000 kilometer i really love this car

So now you can really let it hang because she is broken in!

Congrats to you as well Telco!

nismodan69 wrote:
i dont gett itt. how is it that you drive your car on 87 octane? hasnt that been known to retard timing thus lowering gas mileage and confusing the computer? if all that i have said is bs.. then i will start putting in 87 octane lol

According to the owners manual, 87 is okay for the sedan, but not the coupe. 91+ for the coupe.

I hit a milestone yesterday too. I had the oil changed at 44k, and needed drive belts.

It was 52º outside and raining. My milestone, was that I actually paid out $50 to have Nissan install the belts. If this had happened in the middle of summer, I would have done it myself, but I was tired, and the weather was the suckzorz.

Damn AC belt wasn't even on the car, and the drive belt was split. They looked fine a month or so ago...

Beancooker wrote:Damn AC belt wasn't even on the car, and the drive belt was split. They looked fine a month or so ago...

See what you get for picking on Sean. He sent Big Louie to Washington just to mess with your car.

Beancooker wrote:
According to the owners manual, 87 is okay for the sedan, but not the coupe. 91+ for the coupe.

I hit a milestone yesterday too. I had the oil changed at 44k, and needed drive belts.

It was 52º outside and raining. My milestone, was that I actually paid out $50 to have Nissan install the belts. If this had happened in the middle of summer, I would have done it myself, but I was tired, and the weather was the suckzorz.

Damn AC belt wasn't even on the car, and the drive belt was split. They looked fine a month or so ago...

Hopefully I'll get another year out of my belts? They still looked pretty good when I changed my oil last weekend. 52° is not too bad but doing it in the rain does kind of suck. My car is garaged so that helps. I seem to recall Lacy is near Fort Lewis where I spent the last 8 months of my Army career back in 1966. It rained a lot back then so I guess its still raining.

Telcoman

I took my G to the car wask. This is what came out after the dirt was washed off... I'm so happy.

g35sedanlover wrote:I'm about to hit the big 100,000... only like 50 more miles to go

awesome.. how's it running? like new still?

longevity is important to me when it comes to buying a car

telcoman wrote:
Hopefully I'll get another year out of my belts? They still looked pretty good when I changed my oil last weekend. 52° is not too bad but doing it in the rain does kind of suck. My car is garaged so that helps. I seem to recall Lacy is near Fort Lewis where I spent the last 8 months of my Army career back in 1966. It rained a lot back then so I guess its still raining.

Telcoman

I have a garage, but it's small, and I wasn't in the mood to jack it up and down, and mess with it yesterday. 50 bucks is 50 bucks, not happy to spend it for something that is that easy to do, but well spent in the sense that I didn't have to mess with it.

Yeah, I'm 10 miles by Highway from Ft. Lewis. I'm 4 miles by way the crow flies from the artillary range. It makes for some interesting evenings...

My G is getting 200 miles to the tank...

I don't drive the car like a mad man..its all city driving with a lot of stops.

Is the reason why my gas sucks? I use 91 at every fill up...

That's 10 mpg. Something is really wrong, either with how you accelerate, or maybe you need to have the car looked at. I get 16.7 to 16.9 with in city driving. That needs to be looked at.

I know its bad...

I recently changed the oil and the belts....

What else could it be? My car is about to hit 50k, another 50 miles to go or so....

oraleway10 wrote:I know its bad...

I recently changed the oil and the belts....

What else could it be? My car is about to hit 50k, another 50 miles to go or so....

Have you ever taken your G on a 3- 400 mile trip on mostly cruise control and calculated your MPG?

Short trips, heavy traffic, constantly starting and stopping will kill your MPG. I've gotten over 28 MPG a few times on trips to Florida from New Jersey.

Telcoman

No, i haven't taken the G on a road trip....I will take it to Vegas in about a month or so....

And yes, I have the WORST traffic you could imagine. My job is 7 miles away and it takes me about 45-60 min on the street....And the freeway even worse, 405 and the 10...foooorget about it

I hate living in LA due to the traffic, but then again...I really don't where else I would want to live

I will get the car checked, but I wont do it at Infiniti...they wanted to charge me $100 just to look at it...Last time I went to Nissan, they checked out the car and had a shuttle take me back to work....When I went to Infiniti to try to fix my spoiler, it took them about 1 1/2 to figure out it was an aftermarket spoiler and wanted to charge me like $250 to change the belts...what a joke

Going back to my post above...

It probably didn't take them 1 1/2 to figure out it was an aftermarket spoiler...probably took them 5 min to do that...But I was there for like 2 1/2 hrs and there wasnt even that many people. Maybe like 5 or so....

I did get a free car wash without asking, but I washed the car myself the day before and it looked 10x better...

oraleway10 wrote:No, i haven't taken the G on a road trip....I will take it to Vegas in about a month or so....

And yes, I have the WORST traffic you could imagine. My job is 7 miles away and it takes me about 45-60 min on the street....And the freeway even worse, 405 and the 10...foooorget about it

I hate living in LA due to the traffic, but then again...I really don't where else I would want to live

Well you could always move to New Jersey.....No forget that, we have heavy traffic here too. I arrive at work at 5 AM and miss the traffic.

I would suspect you'll see better mileage on your trip to Vegas?Fill your tank before you leave & fill it again when you arrive in Vegas and let us know?

Telcoman

Mine is at 87k..

telcoman wrote:Today was an important day in the life of my G35



All miles on regular 87 octane by the way.

Still runs great!

Telcoman

Another milestone reached today.

The eighth



It runs as good and possibly better today as it did on 12/31/05 when I drove it away from the dealer.

This is now the third winter for my G and INMHO the rear wheel drive 6 sp manual does fine in snow here in Central New Jersey. We had a 6 inch snowfall yesterday.

Telcoman

im at 31k... brought at 18k and its been only 6 months... time for a service...

got quoted $395 for 30k infinity sevice... i already did most of the stuff on the 30k list... just major fluids like tranny and differential left... timing advance... rotate tires/balance tires... all things i cant do in my apartment complex... so it should be half that $395...

Since this thread is ALMOST 1 year old....

kmckis1029 wrote:im at 31k... brought at 18k and its been only 6 months... time for a service...

got quoted $395 for 30k infinity sevice... i already did most of the stuff on the 30k list... just major fluids like tranny and differential left... timing advance... rotate tires/balance tires... all things i cant do in my apartment complex... so it should be half that $395...

Save some $$$ and take it to your Nissan dealer for the stuff you don't want to do.

SVTCOBRA wrote:
Save some $$$ and take it to your Nissan dealer for the stuff you don't want to do.

I second that, as of four month ago I have been doing this and it has saved tremendously.....

the thing is i want to talk to the dealer about changing my brakes to the 06 g35x brakes, some recent minor rattles and sweaks (front shocks, sunroof, and back door), i have a broken plastic back seat clip, and i want my cupholder spring replaced... im still under warranty and the nissan place wont do warranty stuff...