its an old thread...

 

I personally don't care. If I wanted speed, I woulda bought a SRT-4 for half the price or an STi, which is in our price range.

 

Haha. I can't wait to see it, but if it is built anything like my Z or my previous G35 -- then Nissan can keep it. For a "luxury" brand, my Infiniti had just as many paint imperfections and even more body panel gaps (inside and out) than my Z. The G35 had even more rattles too. For $60k, I hope the build quality and materials will at least be up to German standards (note: NOT talking about reliability, that's a different story). Also, keep in mind it may kill the current E46 M3, but the new E90 M3 is going to be a whole new car. Look what they did to the new M5...

I actually love your car, I've seen most the vids that you have, and absolutely love the sound of your exhaust. HOWEVER, comments like these just make me think of the F/I rice rockets out there. Again it's like ... COOL, I can smoke 360 Modena's and 911 Turbos. But then... I have a Civic, they have Ferrari's and Porsches. Also, it makes all the M3 owners want to smoke the rest of us NA guys.

You're right, mostly. I should have just mentioned the FX35, and how the body structure shared is very similar too. I guess I went too far to say the VQ is shared over all the models. However, the M3 is actually a lot different from the 3-series line up. Just for the note, I would never even touch a 3-series if I had to choose between a fully loaded 330 or a G35 / Z.

All that being said, I actually like the looks of the G35coupe a lot more. While the M3 may look significantly different to us car people, the normal person sees the blonde chicks 325ci and the serious enthusiast's M3 in about the same regard. I just don't like how everyone on this forum is showing the same biased as the immature kids on e46fanatics.

 

Dude, I dig what you're saying but... I'm not trying to stereotype all 3-series, I'm well aware of the difference between a 325 and an M3. I started off as an apprentice technician for Alex of Europa Motorsports, he's the owner. He claimed victory at the America cup at MoSport many times racing HEAVILY modified Bimmers. I know these cars inside and out, and I'm not impressed anymore. They're hiding behind that "propellor" BMW crest and old ghosts of years past. German cars are done, dude. They've become yuppie cars... Is that not plain obvious???? It's time to pass the torch to the Japanese.

 

I agree. You can validate this by just looking at how european reliability has skewed down over the years up till today...someones cutting some corners...and charging for it

 

wait people...wait...
wait til the pure JDM comes out in US
it will rip them apart and we will even get tired of reading "killing stories"
i cant wait

 

Yeah, pretty ironic. A Bimmer is a default choice for new money. Anyhow, I like Bimmers...but the G was the right choice for me.

 

u have 2 be realy dumb to compare nissan to a bmw just look @ the quality of work one done right the other half a$$,not even gettin into the engine>maby some of u dont know but all nissan cars have overrated HP ratings,and yes im driving a G35 but still @ the end of the day its a nissan!

 

^^^^ I really don't think you have any idea of what you're talking about.

By saying "overrated HP ratings," I assume you are talking about the actual RWHP of the Nissan/Infiniti vs. the crank numbers reported by the company and the slightly higher power train losses associated with our cars compared to other automotive brands. To mislead or misrepresent the actual crank HP of a vehicle would be a ludacris thing for Nissan Motors to do, as they would have huge liability issues on their hands if their misinformation was discovered. Also, they would suffer a major loss of face with consumers (i.e. Ford and the Cobra in the '90's).

Please research a little more before posting as above.

Also - You walked into an Infiniti dealership, you worked with Infiniti salesmen, you wrote out a check to Infiniti, your car says Infiniti all over it, warranty work is done at an Infiniti service department .... you own an Infiniti.

 

^^^^^^yup yup u r right i do my research next time.........

 

Don't forget Madza and the RX-8 fiasco. It's pretty much given that 6MT=18% drivetrain loss and 5AT=20%. See the '05 dyno thread and you'll see the engine is not overrated.

 

why bother im only 17 and i work for BK...
Btw i just want to make some things straight i love my G35 thats why i got it but some things are just funny when people are comparing G35 to a M3,come on lets get real here....

 

I do agree - the M3 to G35 comparo is not appropriate on a stock to stock, modded to modded basis.

 

Folks, listen to me. Drop it now. NOW!!!!

You want to get back at a bimmer owner?

The worst thing you can do to someone that either has money or thinks that they have money is to ignore them. Cold shoulder, shrug it off. A nonchalant stance is the best. Your lack of enthusiasm to their product hurts the most. Your lack of interest in the run-of-the-mill 3 series stings the very reason they bought the car in the first place.

 

BMW's are great. I've nearly purchased one twice within the last few years. In the end, I test drove a 330i and a G35 coupe back to back, and felt like the performance and feel (not to mention Japanese reliability) of the G suited me.

But I still love and admire BMW's. I've never understood this "ok, I've bought THIS car. Now, to me, all other competing cars suck" mentality.