G35 Coupe V35 2003 - 07 Discussion about the 1st Generation V35 G35 Coupe

How do you know if your car has been driven the **** out of?!

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Old 06-24-2008, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by mbritt80
I meant to say shimmying not shimming. When it did it I thought it was just warped rotors or something. It shimmies at about 70 to 90
you probably just need to get your wheel's balanced.
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 08:59 AM
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I have gotten the wheels balanced, the rotors turned(they were warped), and even went to a different shop to get them turned even after getting new tires and had the wheels checked to see if one was bent but there is still a shimmy. I took it back when it first did it because it was still under warranty and they couldn't find anything
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 09:00 AM
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its not bad just annoying and its not constant but more often than not
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by jimrockford
It looks like your G has the navigation system. Look through the mileage history. When I bought mine, the average was almost 22mpg and the history graph was very consistent.

In my case, I was able to talk to the previous owner as well and she said she babied it. The gas mileage was a good indicator that she was telling the truth.

She left a lot of details about her life in the navigation system though since she didn't clear out any of the history...

That's actually brilliant idea.. But too bad that I got my a bit more than a year ago and I factory-reste the NAV the moment I got her...
I should've thought about this before I erased all the history.. Errrrr..


anyways, I checked the carfaxed of my vehicle and it indicated that the car was registered as "commercial vehicle".

What does that exactly mean up here in Canada? Does it mean my car was used as a school bus by the previous owner?
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 09:46 AM
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Sounds like either a rental or it was registered to a business. Anyway, if it drives well, then don't worry about it. You're thinking about it too much...
 
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Old 07-15-2008, 04:08 PM
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got my G wit 24k miles = low mileage

my boy copped his brand new is '02, as an everyday car, now with 210,000 miles = high mileage

wit 50k your pretty iiiiight.
but theres not really a true way to tell, parts wear with no warning, until it shows signs of replacement, then worry bout it, as for me, i feel soory for the next owner hahahahaha
every red light that turns green for me is like its the million dollar race
 
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Old 07-15-2008, 04:33 PM
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I would hope that the G follows the tradition of the 3 big Japanese companies (Honda, Toyota, Nissan) in providing a solid experience, even after years of hard driving.

I've driven the crap out of my '95 accord for 11 years and 110,000 miles now and it still drives as solidly as the day I bought it. A Nissan/Infiniti with 50k miles should be in great shape even with hard driving. I don't think someone who paid close to $40k new for a fully loaded G is going to treat it like a baha dune-buggy or an Indy car or anything. But I'm sure they have pressed the accelerator down just as hard as you. NOONE can resist it.

As long as it wasn't used as a rental car, you should be ok.
 
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Old 07-15-2008, 10:26 PM
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One thing I overlooked when I bought my G was the OEM wheels. Every one of them had......severe....curb-rash. I'm talking at least 5-8 inches on each wheel. Either the person was doing tokyo drift around corners and ramming into curbs or Grandma couldn't see over the steering wheel and just 3-wheeled it around every corner.
 
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Old 07-15-2008, 10:44 PM
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If you aren't sure if the car was driven hard then it wasn't driven hard enough to worry about it......
 
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