TRADED IN MY GAS GUZZLER FOR A COUPE

Post by **AXINE** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:55 pm

Hey everyone,

I'm new here, I bought a brand new hummer H3 last september and just traded it in on friday for a brand new white altima coupe. I lost a TON of money on the trade-in, but the guilt about getting 12-16 MPG was eating me alive! I was spending like $60 a week in gas. I'd been in love with the infiniti G35 FOREVER, and was going to get one instead of my hummer, but they're all too old or out of my price range. I went to the nissan dealership a week ago and completely thought the coupe was the G35, i was so pumped. So far i LOVE the car, it's so sexy and getting 28 MPG makes me feel all tingly inside! haha. i don't think i'm going to do much to it, just tint the windows, get black rims and a new grill and i'll be happy.

Post by **adidas2go** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:58 pm

Nice. Welcome to NICO. I average the same in my 3.5 that you did in your Hummer, 16 mpg

Post by **jdshift** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:59 pm

Welcome, and congrats!!

Post by **SHIFT_COUPE** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:22 pm

Welcome! Good choice!

Post by **ADKSaad1387** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:24 pm

$50 says he wont stop there will all the mods...being on the forums makes you want EVERYTHING

Post by **mcheddadi** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:33 pm

ADKSaad1387 wrote:$50 says he wont stop there will all the mods...being on the forums makes you want EVERYTHING

I almost bought the springs even though it would rub and there's snow here lol.

Post by **08altima35** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:43 pm

welcome to nico and like adk said, good luck on trying not to mod. this site offers too much not to jump on the bandwagon. group buys from stillen, exhaust vids, pics galore, dyno stats, ect...if you spend any time in here you will mod my friend. it's inevitable.

Post by **SHIFT_COUPE** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:46 pm

Its true. We'll suck you in. Better crack that wallet now.

Post by **dangeris** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:29 am

AXINE wrote:Hey everyone,

I'm new here, I bought a brand new hummer H3 last september and just traded it in on friday for a brand new white altima coupe. I lost a TON of money on the trade-in, but the guilt about getting 12-16 MPG was eating me alive! I was spending like $60 a week in gas. I'd been in love with the infiniti G35 FOREVER, and was going to get one instead of my hummer, but they're all too old or out of my price range. I went to the nissan dealership a week ago and completely thought the coupe was the G35, i was so pumped. So far i LOVE the car, it's so sexy and getting 28 MPG makes me feel all tingly inside! haha. i don't think i'm going to do much to it, just tint the windows, get black rims and a new grill and i'll be happy.

LOL...Same here but I had a FJ Cruiser that at best saw 15MPG on the highway. I was dropping about $120 a week running premium. Sold that gas pig and bought the coupe and never looked back since. Sure sometimes when I see an FJ, I wished I still had it but then reality hits and I'm glad I bought the coupe. Besides, it way more fun to drive!

BTW..Welcome to the forum!
Modified by dangeris at 3:03 AM 2/26/2008

Post by **D-Roll** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:04 am

Welcome and congrats!

Post by **CDUB 42** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:35 am

It sounds like alot of us traded in gas guzzlersfor our coupes. But I had a gas guzzling car. I had an 06 STi but I was gettin like 13-15 mpg. And I commute back and forth to school so I had to get rid of it. Congrats on your new buy. I just got mne a month ago myself.

Post by **LongBeachCoupe** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:46 am

A FJ to that sweet coupe?

Post by **Voodoo Coupe** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:16 am

haah I was getting 12-14mpg in my 02 ram quad cab which is why i decided I needed something better in gas which is why I bought a 2.5 coupe I do wish I had the power of the 3.5 but trust me I went from spending about 200 bux every 2 weeks in gas to maybe 80 bux a month in gas and thats fine by me. I do feel sorry for my truck though it just sits there in the driveway sad cuz I never drive it. hahaha

congrats on the car Im sure youll be happy with it. I love mine just need to get some more parts for it!

Post by **08Coupe** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:22 pm

I averaged about 16 mpg on my 2004 GTO(350 hp V8), The VQ is only about 3 mpg better...Must be the way I drive

Post by **LegendRacer** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:30 pm

the coupe doesnt do that well... its pretty average since i have the 3.5

i go about 10litre per 100km

i dono what MPG that is, cause my car is canadian haha

Post by **mcheddadi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:56 am

LegendRacer wrote:the coupe doesnt do that well... its pretty average since i have the 3.5

i go about 10litre per 100km

i dono what MPG that is, cause my car is canadian haha

I get 11.7l/100km in my 3.5 lol, I rev it way too much because of the intake hahaha

Post by **AXINE** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:34 am

So far i'm loving the coupe, i drive about 15 miles on the highway to work everyday, i do that 2x a day so about 60 highway miles a day, yesterday morning i got 30-37.5 MPG going to work! Otherwise it's really high up there in the 27-28, which is AMAZING compared to the hummer i just got rid of. I LOVE YOU COUPE

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