Hey guys, new to the forums. Seems like a friendly place and I hope to enjoy everything g35driver has to offer.

I'm a 21 year old college student looking to get a 05-07 G35 coupe within the next month or so. I'm located in Florida and would get the car fully insured in Gainesville for about $110 a month, according to a free quote from AllState. Living in New York for 21 years of my life, I always knew we had ridiculous insurance prices relative to the rest of the country. I knew Florida would be a lot cheaper but not this much cheaper!! Pushed me even farther on my quest for a G coupe.

Anyway, I'm looking to spend about $18k, with roughly $2500 down (finance the rest). My dad is really skeptical because he's in the car business (car parts manager for an Acura dealer) and says these cars are a lot to maintain. I don't doubt his credibility because I fully respect his 30+ years in the business, but I question how big of an issue will maintenance be because I don't recall G's having a history of problems. Anything I should know about?

Also, I've been searching endlessly and came up with these classifieds:

http://tinyurl.com/2007g35white
http://tinyurl.com/2006g35black
http://tinyurl.com/2006g35white1
http://tinyurl.com/2006g35white2

I have a lot more deals around but these are the 4 classifieds I have my eye on the most, with the white 2007 coupe being the front runner.

Thoughts?

 

No help guys?

 

I'll take the first one...it still looks nice and has low milage.price is also good...or you can buy mine in the FS section...

 

^^^Out of my price range...

 

3rd one is really clean.Good price and miles!

 

^^^That's my 2nd choice. I scares me a bit is the 3 small dents he described in the comments.

I have to give all these guys a call tomorrow to see if there's still warranties, etc on the vehicles.

 

http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/cto/1902989488.html

Just saw this on Craigslist. 2005, 56k miles, still under extended warranty (100k miles/2014) all for $16k.

 

I never had any problems with my '03 G coupe until the time I was low on oil and blew the engine running a full day at the Lagun Seca raceway and the car was 2.5 years old then. Replaced the engine with one that had 17,000 miles on it and have not had a problem with that engine. The car is at 103,000 miles and I still have not had a problem with any other parts of the car, except for the window rollers, but that was years back. Find the right one and go for it.

Later,

Ray

 

^^^Thanks for the feedback bro. I believed they were pretty reliable cars and hearing that reassures my belief.

 

#2 seems like it was in an accident or theft recovery. New paint and G37 wheels... Id be skeptical on that one.

Offer the 1st white one $17k or even as low as $16.5k

The 3rd one(other white one) looks like some kid might have owned it... black OEMs and red calipers... Id be skeptical on that one too.

Oil consumption is something that a few of these cars have. Thats prob the biggest concern among most of us. Things like bad window motors and acuators are a common problem, but not that hard to fix. There's other little things but every kind of car has their quirks

 

^ agree.

Man your lucky, I been looking for a g here in cali and prices are high. I mean I don't mind paying 20 or 21 k for a 2006 g35 or 2007 g35 with 20-30k miles. but I wished we had prices like the ones your looking at. The first ones really nice and only 29k miles. Plus it's a really good price.

 

Yeah man, I've been searching all summer and these are definitely some great steals. You should see the ones I found on Craigslist too. Almost as good as these deals.

 

Go for the first one hands down. That is a damn cheap price. Like said above, offer 17k or less. Maybe they are in a financial hardship and need out of a loan? a dealer would probably pay 18k+ for that car. Couldn't touch an 07 here in NJ for less than 22-25k. I was looking for one, but couldn't justify spending that much on an almost 4yr old car. Would have bought that one in a heartbeat. Color I wanted too.

Really go over the car, looking for paint work etc... Purchase carfax to see the history. Ask for service records too. Good luck.

 

id say 1st one

 

1st one. wouldn't do the 2nd one or 3rd one.