I paid 13k ....just sold my other car so I will have to pay taxes on the difference of $6500....so far so good except the road noise from the front tires...I hate that...gonna replace asap....

gonna go a mobil one oil change in a few minutes....then take to get inspected......one small thing I noticed when driving at night you can see the lights in your instrument panel....

I dont think mine is the base model....not sure which one it is...how can you tell?

ummm......anything else?

 

Ok gonna go do an oilchange....i hate when cars have that plastic shield underneath that u gotta take off each time....would it be stupid if I left that off? thanks

 

^^ Leave it on. The protection is worth the extra 2 minutes it takes to remove.

 

^ im considering putting the bolts in one after another instead of all of them. i think theres jus too many and time consuming lol

 

You mean every other? It could start vibrating.

How often do you get under your car?

 

^lol oh yea ever other. ima try it tho. i think as long at the outer bolts and inner bolts are on should be good. i dont get under often actually but when i do it can get nausiating being under there for a long period of time jus unbolting/bolting those bolts

 

Yeah, oil changes suck on the Gs because of the cover. Still love the car to death though. Congrats on the purchase! The g35 coupes are amazing cars. Best combination of sport and luxury with endless possibilities in upgrading.

 

The cover has a hole where the bolt for the oil comes out , so you really don't need to take the cover off . At least i never do when i do my oil change the cover would get some oil spill maybe but no big deal.

 

I've noticed that hole, but its difficult when changing the oil filter along with the oil. BTW, how often do you guys change your oil filter? I maybe put 6k miles a year on my car and do roughly three oil changes within a year and always change my filter. Do you think its necessary to change the filter all the time? I use Mobil one fully synthetic and a Mobil One oil filter.

 

Just change the filter every oil change, it's only a couple bucks.

 

Yea, what's worse is when your jack slowly lets off while you are under the car without you noticing. It gets pretty tight down there...

 

Get an aluminum under shroud that has a door you can remove for oil changes. 2 bolts and it takes all of about 10 seconds to access the drain plug and filter. PM Tollboothwilley if you're interested. He makes them for our cars.

 

where do u get that?

 

you can get Manual/Pneumatic Automotive Fluid Extractor, Holds Up to 9 Liters of Fluid
runs with compressor for about $80 and you will never need to take cover off, oil filter can be taken out from the existing under-shield hole.
Fluid extractor is clean and you can do other stuff while oil is being sucked out.
you can get it from Costco
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...t21277&topnav=
I use it it's easy and clean. Works great.

 

Not a bad idea but the aluminum offers other benefits over the flimsy stock cover. I ran over a big piece of tire tread a while back and it trashed mine. Would hate to see what it might have done in the engine bay if it punched through the stocker.

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