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[gwoods]

They all want to be my friend so bad. They started telling me about their other cars, Acura RSX.

I said I didn't like Honda and talked a little chit. Now they all hate me. I think a couple more G35 owners need to join myis.com and have some fun LOL

[zozoka1212]

No offense brother but I stand corrected!

I was looking for a smiling face clapping but couldn't find one I resisted the temptation of the BS flag LOL.

Nice run, did the other G have VDC turned off? cause I didn't hear any wheel spin and you know mine will light the tire no problem.

How does a 200 lb heavier car beat a car that is otherwise the same?? I was expecting you'd have a hole shot on him and then hed catch you. How did you pull on him above 60?

Jeff

That's funny maybe 200 lbs lighter( guy with the camera probably was at least 200 lbs in suby's video) but when you are spinning your tire the X just go right away no spinning. What do you think why the GT-R got the same AWD system we got. So it can put down all the horses with minimal spinning. Would it be as fast(0-60) as it is without it? It would spin for sure for the first 2 seconds. The tire spinning won't take you anywhere. Also see you are praying for good weather and everything. Ask suby if he cares. His car will go no matter what. You are right on paper your car is .2 faster but in real life well it is up to the driver the road/weather/tire condition.

I just wanted to put my .02 in. No hard feelings or anything just a simple thought.

Zozo

[zozoka1212]

That's how I am Xelerating with my G.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=enJUBq7pP-M

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ng99KmgTAhY

zozo

[SVTCOBRA]

the wifey gave your keys back?!?!

[gwoods]

That's funny maybe 200 lbs lighter( guy with the camera probably was at least 200 lbs in suby's video) but when you are spinning your tire the X just go right away no spinning. What do you think why the GT-R got the same AWD system we got. So it can put down all the horses with minimal spinning. Would it be as fast(0-60) as it is without it? It would spin for sure for the first 2 seconds. The tire spinning won't take you anywhere. Also see you are praying for good weather and everything. Ask suby if he cares. His car will go no matter what. You are right on paper your car is .2 faster but in real life well it is up to the driver the road/weather/tire condition.

I just wanted to put my .02 in. No hard feelings or anything just a simple thought.

Zozo

I agree with you and thats what I expected was the X to pull away and then the S to catch him above 60.

But in the video the X and S are pretty much neck and neck to 60 then the X pulls away?

The only reason it bothers me is that I wanted NAV and couldn't find it on a Base that wasn't an S. All the S's were manual and did not feel as fast as the auto with me driving I found one X it had everything and it was the dark blue with tan interior. I drove it a couple times. But I didn't like the added complication of awd, I didn't want the lost gas milage but the biggest con on it was I THOUGHT it was slower than a J or base.

I spent about 3 weeks shoping for G's when I finally decided it was the best bang for my buck. The X started at $36999 after my first test drive by the time I bought a J the X was down to $34k out the door and the J was $32k out the door. So I bought the "faster" J even though the X was the color I wanted with the options I wanted. So it the X is faster

[zozoka1212]

the wifey gave your keys back?!?!

Ha ha ha

good one

I hate house hunting. I've been on house hunting for a week. House after house.

I agree with you and thats what I expected was the X to pull away and then the S to catch him above 60.

But in the video the X and S are pretty much neck and neck to 60 then the X pulls away?

The only reason it bothers me is that I wanted NAV and couldn't find it on a Base that wasn't an S. All the S's were manual and did not feel as fast as the auto with me driving I found one X it had everything and it was the dark blue with tan interior. I drove it a couple times. But I didn't like the added complication of awd, I didn't want the lost gas milage but the biggest con on it was I THOUGHT it was slower than a J or base.

I spent about 3 weeks shoping for G's when I finally decided it was the best bang for my buck. The X started at $36999 after my first test drive by the time I bought a J the X was down to $34k out the door and the J was $32k out the door. So I bought the "faster" J even though the X was the color I wanted with the options I wanted. So it the X is faster

I can't tell you if it is faster or not. Probably on dry road with straight line the S is faster. As you can see on my video. It goes pretty good. We had rain for a last couple of days and stopped raining. I took the video that time. The road wasn't even perfectly dry. I take one when we got snow so you guys can see what the X can do in snow. I found a big parking lot in the industrial area with long driveway to the parking lot. That should be perfect for the job.

To get back to the speed I can't tell you which one is faster. It is too close.

Zozo

[soul_hfk]

yea id rather go car shopping then house hunting anyday looking at houses sucks

[suby01]

to zooooz's reply LOL and to all the other posts..lmao..idn bored at work. and thats when i go on here. and talk to you guys share thoughts and comments.. but just like woods said. he should pass me past 100 but i pulled away..we raced from stop 1st 2nd gear roll..bla bla blaaa...i just like this forum the best cuz its like small community and everyone gets along..unlike other forums its like i have the same car but im still gonna talk noise..for no reason. ok back to doing my job..

[zozoka1212]

My wifey getting smarter. She scheduled us to see some houses yesterday. She comes to me yesterday I've scheduled x amount of houses to see. I think you will like one of them. So I opened my eyes why is that? She says the size of the garage is huge. I popped my eyes like a 6 year old when candy was pulled out from a pocket. .... Anyways she was smart enough to put that house for the last one to check. She knows how to play games. I loved the garage and vote for that house. My wife still wants to go out and see more houses. Is it going to stop sometimes?

Sorry for the hi-jack.

Zozo

[joe603]

The main thing for me was a "workable" living room. Most houses have a fireplace as the focal point...I'm a home theater guy, so my TV is the focal point! Was a pain to simple find a house that met this spec...and have a decent sized garage!

[etschell]

what do you want to be, nick hogan?

[gwoods]

Yeah Big garage is very important. We have a 3 car but the 3rd is tandem behind one of the other spots. One of the floor plans in our neighborhood is a 4 car tandem. I wish we could have afforded that floor plan when we built ours!

Don't worry about the thread jack I'll get you back soon enough LOL

Our floor plan

[zozoka1212]

Joe I love home theater also. That is my other thing beside the car. But I know my wife loves it too. So that's not a problem. I had for 2+ years an LG 42" on the wall with a pioneer home theater. I still have the home theather but the LG died on me. I bought a Sharp. All in the basement. My basement is Sound proof so I can put it up where I want. The wires running in the wall you can't see any wire. I am pretty ahppy with it. Although if something better I find I know I will go for it.

I know if we move no matter what I finish the basement at the new house the way we like in couple of weeks. Than would be a garage

zozo

[zozoka1212]

I like your house. Nice. Right now have a 1 car garage. I'll be happy with the 2 car garage.

Zozo

[Bradus]

"...what I expected was the X to pull away and then the S to catch him above 60."

The result doesn't surprise me personally.

I recently traded in a 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STi with the SPT package (short ram intake, high flow TBE) for a 2008 G35x. While my STi had more power than the G35 and certainly more torque the fact is that the variables involved in getting the STi to launch perfectly mean the G35x would probably win in a 0-60 test most of the time.

While I never took my STi to the drag strip I did take my 2002 WRX on a number of occasions and saw 1/4 mile times vary from 14.0 to 15.1 seconds. Same car on the same day--the variable was the driver (me).

David

[suby01]

zer...52184mite want to cheeeeeeeck this outt

[DJM AutoWorks]

take it to the track... i would like to see a nissan/infiniti vs the other japanese automakers at the track but it seems we are always outnumber by them damn hondas....

[gwoods]

Friday I posted a thread on the IS forum, IS350 vs 07 G35 vs G37 trying to get a IS 350 to come out to the track and race me and Travis. Checked the thread this morning yep its gone.

I guess I'm going to give up on finding a IS350 to race.

Jeff

[ArEs23x]

This thread died a while back but I was online looking through the lexus forums trying to get some info on the new Lexus IS F and I i saw a thread that caught my eye and as soon as I saw it I knew it was you lol

http://www.lexusforum.com/m_1355/tm.htm

[W661335PF]

I wish I had photos of the number of dead bodies we've poured into a coffin (yes poured) from the charred remains or just from the basic remaining parts, from street racers in both cars and bikes. In the US alone, there were 42,884 car accident fatalities in 2003-- a very sobering number. Somehow, once you've collected and put dismembered appendages away, the image stays with you.

[SVTCOBRA]

sounds like you've got a tough job!!! Don't think I could stomach it!!

[gwoods]

I wish I had photos of the number of dead bodies we've poured into a coffin (yes poured) from the charred remains or just from the basic remaining parts, from street racers in both cars and bikes. In the US alone, there were 42,884 car accident fatalities in 2003-- a very sobering number. Somehow, once you've collected and put dismembered appendages away, the image stays with you.

Good thing I do most my racing at a race track. My wife was in med school when they found those bodies in steel drums in Kansas City. She was doing a rotation with the coroners office. She told me all about it I think I didn't eat for about a week. Can you say "human soup"?

I've received 2 speeding tickets in my 29 years both a month apart at 18. Both for 56 mph in a 40 mph zone. I went to court for one and lost went to traffic school for the other. But yeah street racing can be dangerous.

Yeah that is me on the Lexus forums, the IS 350 guys talk tough and are not really happy to have you in their forum asking for a race. I've had no luck finding a IS350 to meet me at the track. Half the time the mods come along and close my thread. Sometimes they just delete the thread completely. Beleive it or not I actually got tired of fighting with them if you can imagine me getting tired of fighting. Every once in a while I post on there forums right before I head out to the track but I usually don't go back and check for response cause I don't want to get suckered into an argument that could easily be setteled at the track.

Jeff

[W661335PF]

I've spent a lot of time in both the Infiniti and Lexus dealers and there is a qualitative difference between the clientele. Which would you suppose has the most fragile egos and spends the greatest amount of time bragging, beating their chest and howling l like hyenas in the night?

There was a recent bit of research on sex and auto ownership, the newspaper article stated that BMW owners had sex more often often than Porsche owners and the bragging rights immediately came out. When reading the actual article however, the study findings were that more mature, more stable, older drivers tended to drive Porsche's as opposed to BMW's. Also, their frequency of lovemaking while less frequent, if you went by time spent doing it, was longer. The racing issue, the constant boasting between car owners from one forum to the next all reminds me of how much ego is yted to our car.

Finally, my youngest nephew had a series of speeding tickets, a suspended license, more tickets, etc., and he continued to "enjoy" his sports car until that fatal day when he ran over a small child in a tricycle. he as speeding in his low-rider. This happened 10 years ago-- he has never been the same.... nights haunt him, driving is difficult and the nightmares never quiet have gone away.

So yep, I did my rotation through the emergency medicine area and my eyes were opened. I realize my views are a bit to sobering and morose, but there has to be room for all voices when danger is involved!

[rn79870]

Here is an interesting post about the proposed IS F/R. However, I think the $98,000 pricetag is over the top.

http://my.is/forums/f41/lexus-working-f-r-348383/

[rn79870]

W661335PF. I think your message should be taken to heart. Street racing is overly dangerous at best. However, I think gwood does his racing at the track, where it belongs. At the track, rivalry is fine, in fact, it is almost required.

[gwoods]

I do 99% of my racing at the track the exception being freeway or 6 lane open road. no other traffic and a car that I don't see at the track.

Since July I've raced a Mitsubishi Eclipse GT on the freeway and a BMW 650 CI on the street, 6 lane divided street with a 50 mph posted limit and nothing else around. If I ran into a IS350 in the right conditions it would be very hard to resist that race on the street but it would have to be the right conditions.

I prefer to race at the track where I can get video and a time slip to prove my kills

[W661335PF]

" W661335PF, I think your message should be taken to heart. Street racing is overly dangerous at best. However, I think gwood does his racing at the track, where it belongs. At the track, rivalry is fine, in fact, it is almost required."

I do 99% of my racing at the track the exception being freeway or 6 lane open road. no other traffic and a car that I don't see at the track.

Since July I've raced a Mitsubishi Eclipse GT on the freeway and a BMW 650 CI on the street, 6 lane divided street with a 50 mph posted limit and nothing else around. If I ran into a IS350 in the right conditions it would be very hard to resist that race on the street but it would have to be the right conditions.

I prefer to race at the track where I can get video and a time slip to prove my kills

Interestingly... the bodies we dumped or scooped into the boxes were not particular where they came from.... many also came from the "track!"

[Rivalry]

Are you hitting on me, rn79870?

[rn79870]

Interestingly... the bodies we dumped or scooped into the boxes were not particular where they came from.... many also came from the "track!"

I'm more afraid of intoxicated drivers on the public roads than what happens on a track. California is enacting a new law effective 1-1-08 that basically states that if you are caught street racing, the police may (will) impound your car for 30 days. I applaud those who limit their hobby to the track.

Are you hitting on me, rn79870?

Yeah, I was just trying to pass, but then I saw you were pedaling as fast as you could in big ole white truck...

[Rivalry]

LOL I get around decent in tha truck, but I always show up after everyone else