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10-07-2009, 02:48 PM

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Red89gt

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Originally Posted by pinito

OK, so I went and drove a G35 coupe yesterday. The car looks so HOT and drives nice (RWD rules). The seats are very nice. However, once I saw the fit and finish inside, the magic ended.

The car is truly a no-frills ride. The interior has a cheap feel all around, the doors do not close with a "thunk" like the TL's, the radio and air conditioning systems are very spartan. The center console further cheapens the car.

All in all - disappointing. I know it is a true sport coupe but, at this point in my life, I like a balance of performance and luxury.

My soon to be ex-wife has a 06 G35 coupe, it is the second one we have owned. She had a first year and it was great. Got BMW 330 convert which was horrid, and went back to the 06 G35. It has about 40k miles on it now of better than average care and it is falling apart. Power window motors replaced multiple times, auto trans is slipping or something becaues the shifter intermittantly gives a chinese hand massage under normal acceleration, it has a ignition rattle the dealer says was just the motor because it was 1/2 qrt low (getting to that) that I can hear everytime I step on the gas and the car has been run on shell 93 since day one, it is starting to use oil about a quart total to keep full during 3k oil change intervals, it squeaks and rattles like a old chevy caprice cab (I finally gave up on fixing them), the door handle on the outside has been fixed twice due to falling off, the list goes on.....

Becareful what you wish for. She loved driving the TL and is growing to hate the G35 the older it gets.