So now I return, a G37x owner!

[4wheelkillr]

Hello folks, Some of you may remember me, I posted back in September about selling my beloved 2005 Mustang GT and purchasing the G37x...the thread is here:http://forums.g35club.org/zerothread?id=448589

Well here I am again, and now the proud owner of a new 2010 G37x Sedan.

I sold the mustang But now have a sweet-a** Infiniti

I won't lie, I'll miss my Mustang, but the G37x is a VERY nice car, overall probably the nicest car I've ever owned. As you know it's reasonably fast for a 4-door car and with all the bells and whistles to boot!

We looked at about 8 entry-level sport sedans including the A4, IS250, 328xi, G37x, TL and a few others. Our final two were the Acura TL and the G37x and that was actually a pretty hard decision. The G had a little more "stuff" and a little more power (although less torque) and we ended up getting a pretty good deal. After brow-beating the dealer for a week or so I ended up getting it about $200 below invoice, not bad considering they still had about 10 2009's they were still trying to get ride of.

So I've officially joined the Infiniti club and I'm happy to be here!

[Poyzinous]

You made an excellent choice. Spacy9 is also a Colorado G driver. Maybe he'll show up for a race

[suby01]

welcome

that was my exact final two between an 07 TL type S and the 07 G35x. guess who won.

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[SVTCOBRA]

I sold the mustang

mine's been gone for a while too.

We recently traded our 05 sedan for a 08 G35X and got to test it out in our recent snows!! It did

[gwoods]

The only thing you should miss about the Mustang is the regular unleaded gas. Your G will spank a Mustang GT at the track and is more fun to drive.

[4wheelkillr]

welcome

that was my exact final two between an 07 TL type S and the 07 G35x. guess who won.

<<<time to change out your tag thing on the left

tag "thingy" updated!

[4wheelkillr]

The only thing you should miss about the Mustang is the regular unleaded gas. Your G will spank a Mustang GT at the track and is more fun to drive.

actually, I had a bunch of stuff on the mustang including a bunch of timing in the tune, so I used premium on that too

As far as performance goes....sorry, but the Mustang is definitely faster...and the G is fairly stiff in the turns considering it's a "luxury sport sedan", but still not as stiff as the mustang, which overall did handle better.

...BUT I'M NOT COMPLAINING!!...like I said I will miss the mustang but the G is indeed a very nice car.

[4wheelkillr]

Maybe I'll just turbocharge the G and put this debate to rest once and for all! "Turbo Charged G37x...oooohhh...aaahhhh"

[Poyzinous]

the mustang probably felt like it handled better, but real testing will show that the G will outhandle it in pretty much any scenario.

[joe603]

Excellent trade I think!

[SVTCOBRA]

the mustang probably felt like it handled better, but real testing will show that the G will outhandle it in pretty much any scenario.

Pretty sure his stang was modified. I know my 97 cobra (after modding) handled pretty darn good!!!

And, just got back from drooling on a WHITE 08 G37 Coupe that was just traded in with 12K miles.... wife says

[martymacfly]

Welcome to the club!

I was also deciding between the TL and G, bought the G back in late December. I thought the TL had more "stuff" - radio sounds better and a bigger back seat. But the fit of the drivers seat and the power, plus what I thought was a little better ride made it a pretty easy choice on the G after spending a day behind the wheel of each (well, a weekend in a demo G).

I'm also in CO, bought mine from Mike Ward.

Now I just have to finish getting through the break in period.

[gwoods]

you G has some extra weight on the front with the X package so it may be a little slower.

The only current bodied Mustang I have lost to at the drag strip is the bullitt

Link to a few Mustang Vs G35 sedan drag strip video's

http://s886.photobucket.com/al...rt=40

[SVTCOBRA]

Welcome to the club!

I was also deciding between the TL and G, bought the G back in late December. I thought the TL had more "stuff" - radio sounds better and a bigger back seat. But the fit of the drivers seat and the power, plus what I thought was a little better ride made it a pretty easy choice on the G after spending a day behind the wheel of each (well, a weekend in a demo G).

I'm also in CO, bought mine from Mike Ward.

Now I just have to finish getting through the break in period.

Back when we got our 05 Sedan (traded for the 08) the wife was SOLD on the TL until she drove them back to back! (I was sold on the G from the start) THEN, we got the G! Happy that the wife knows the difference!!!

[zozoka1212]

You should of stayed with the Musti. The new GT or GT500. New GT is over 400 hp.

[4wheelkillr]

Back when we got our 05 Sedan (traded for the 08) the wife was SOLD on the TL until she drove them back to back! (I was sold on the G from the start) THEN, we got the G! Happy that the wife knows the difference!!!

I was actually pretty impressed with the TL as well. It's a very nice car inside and out. Overall the G definitely performed a better. The TL has good power but their SH-AWD system is more geared to dry road performance than snow/ice and wet conditions handling whereas the G's AWD seems to be a more true AWD system that would be more effective in the snow. Obviously I think we made the right decision to go with the G over the TL.

[4wheelkillr]

you G has some extra weight on the front with the X package so it may be a little slower.

The only current bodied Mustang I have lost to at the drag strip is the bullitt

Link to a few Mustang Vs G35 sedan drag strip video's

http://s886.photobucket.com/al...rt=40

I'll take a look at some of those vids when I get home since at work it blocks the site for me...

I see your sig say "Nico mechanic" so i'm assuming you've got a bunch of mods on your car. It's pretty hard to compare stock cars to those with mods. Stock for stock the '05 mustang GT has a little less HP, about 60 more tq, shorter gearing, and lighter overall. It's hard to say that the G is faster in that regard.

I do have personal experience racing G-cars at our track here in denver, which keep in mind is at about 6,000 feet of altitude. My best times STOCK were in the 14.5's (13.96 with mods)....and every G35 I ever raced against (never against a G37 though) were all deep into the 15's, usually 15.5-15.9s.

Obviously I'm on an infiniti forum so it's giong to be hard to find people that admit that a Ford can be faster than the beloved G cars. The people over at the Civic Si forum ar ethe same way!

Anyway, I'm a G owner now myself so I'm certainly not bashing the G...it's a great car, but they're built for different purposes and designed to do different things than the Mustangs.

[4wheelkillr]

Welcome to the club!

I was also deciding between the TL and G, bought the G back in late December. I thought the TL had more "stuff" - radio sounds better and a bigger back seat. But the fit of the drivers seat and the power, plus what I thought was a little better ride made it a pretty easy choice on the G after spending a day behind the wheel of each (well, a weekend in a demo G).

I'm also in CO, bought mine from Mike Ward.

Now I just have to finish getting through the break in period.

Looks like we're neighbors!I also live in Highlands Ranch, but have Denver listed in my info because people NOT from CO are much more likely to know where Denver is than HR. But I also got my G37x from Mike Ward. I got a good deal but had to brow-beat the hell outta those people!

[gwoods]

I'll take a look at some of those vids when I get home since at work it blocks the site for me...

I see your sig say "Nico mechanic" so i'm assuming you've got a bunch of mods on your car. It's pretty hard to compare stock cars to those with mods. Stock for stock the '05 mustang GT has a little less HP, about 60 more tq, shorter gearing, and lighter overall. It's hard to say that the G is faster in that regard.

I do have personal experience racing G-cars at our track here in denver, which keep in mind is at about 6,000 feet of altitude. My best times STOCK were in the 14.5's (13.96 with mods)....and every G35 I ever raced against (never against a G37 though) were all deep into the 15's, usually 15.5-15.9s.

Obviously I'm on an infiniti forum so it's giong to be hard to find people that admit that a Ford can be faster than the beloved G cars. The people over at the Civic Si forum ar ethe same way!

Anyway, I'm a G owner now myself so I'm certainly not bashing the G...it's a great car, but they're built for different purposes and designed to do different things than the Mustangs.

My car is stock except for the Fujita short ram air filter kit. It saves me money on every oil change not having to buy 2 filters and makes the intake honk louder.

My G runs 14.0 at 100 mph here in Phoenix. Our DA is normally 2000-3000 feet.

The Mustang GTs here in town run 14.2-14.5's at 95-98mph, except for the Bullitt that car is a high 13 second car in Phoenix.

Take your G to the track and see how it does? There is a little button on the lower dash by your left knee that says VDC. Make sure you turn that off. On back - back runs at the drag strip VDC cost me a half second

[zozoka1212]

I was actually pretty impressed with the TL as well. It's a very nice car inside and out. Overall the G definitely performed a better. The TL has good power but their SH-AWD system is more geared to dry road performance than snow/ice and wet conditions handling whereas the G's AWD seems to be a more true AWD system that would be more effective in the snow. Obviously I think we made the right decision to go with the G over the TL.

Interesting since the G has a RWD based AWD and the TL has the FWD based AWD system.

However time will tell how reliable the Honda system is. We know the Attesa really good and reliable system.

[4wheelkillr]

My car is stock except for the Fujita short ram air filter kit. It saves me money on every oil change not having to buy 2 filters and makes the intake honk louder.

My G runs 14.0 at 100 mph here in Phoenix. Our DA is normally 2000-3000 feet.

The Mustang GTs here in town run 14.2-14.5's at 95-98mph, except for the Bullitt that car is a high 13 second car in Phoenix.

Take your G to the track and see how it does? There is a little button on the lower dash by your left knee that says VDC. Make sure you turn that off. On back - back runs at the drag strip VDC cost me a half second

That's certainly interesting.Bandimere Speedway's acutal altitude I think is 5890. Generally the DA here is between 7500-8500 feet. A few years ago during the Mile High Nationals during a particularly hot day it was over 10,000 feet which is just nuts.

I'm pretty suprised that a Mustang GT at 2500 feet DA would run SLOWER than my own at 8,000ft DA. I'm assuming we're speaking of S197 mustangs which are the 2005+ body styles. Although I do know that in '07-'09 the GT's rear end was chopped to a 3.23 rear end. Mine was a 3.55 stock. They also have "track packs" that include a 3.73. Doesn't seem like much but a 14.5 second 1/4 mile pass on a stock GT at 2500 feet sounds like piss poor performance to me! Maybe there are just no real Mustang Drivers in Phoenix!!

[martymacfly]

There seems to be a few of us here in the Ranch. Certainly see plenty of G's around the area. So far I'm happy with Mike Ward, but let's see what happens if/when I have a problem with the car.

[gwoods]

That's certainly interesting.Bandimere Speedway's acutal altitude I think is 5890. Generally the DA here is between 7500-8500 feet. A few years ago during the Mile High Nationals during a particularly hot day it was over 10,000 feet which is just nuts.

I'm pretty suprised that a Mustang GT at 2500 feet DA would run SLOWER than my own at 8,000ft DA. I'm assuming we're speaking of S197 mustangs which are the 2005+ body styles. Although I do know that in '07-'09 the GT's rear end was chopped to a 3.23 rear end. Mine was a 3.55 stock. They also have "track packs" that include a 3.73. Doesn't seem like much but a 14.5 second 1/4 mile pass on a stock GT at 2500 feet sounds like piss poor performance to me! Maybe there are just no real Mustang Drivers in Phoenix!!

Its amazing how much DA effects performance hu!

Yep current bodied Stangs I don't know which year or anything like that. I look for current bodied GT's when I am at the track doing the run what ya brung nights and try to line up next to them.

Here is a useful bit of info for you the bolt pattern on your G is the same as the bolt pattern on your stang.

Mustang Rims also look great at the track on a G

[SVTCOBRA]

Obviously I'm on an infiniti forum so it's giong to be hard to find people that admit that a Ford can be faster than the beloved G cars.

There are several of us Ford/Mustang lovers here. Generally, our Nico brothers don't bash mustangs too bad, of course there is a bias.

[4wheelkillr]

There are several of us Ford/Mustang lovers here. Generally, our Nico brothers don't bash mustangs too bad, of course there is a bias.

SVT, you posted at 4:05AM!! Man you are dedicated!!

[SVTCOBRA]

Actually, that was 7:05AM EST when I posted....was zzzzz at 4AM!!!