Originally Posted by DaveB

Yep, the ride of these cars is pretty firm with the Sport suspension. In 05, 18" rims became standard on the Sport package which further degraded the ride. From what I can tell, most 07s come with 18s standard now. When temps dip below 50 degrees, the ride gets even firmer. The extra firm ride of the Sport-equipped Gs has been a big complaint among the mags, but it does allow for some great handling. BMW is one of the few that can blend amazing handling with a good ride.......at least in the non-M cars. The M3s can be downright brutal.

The touchy gas pedal is another trait of the G35 autos and most later model Japanese cars. It's a throttle-by-wire issue and I believe it's done to make the car more responsive in the lower rpms. The 6MTs aren't as touchy which is nice, but I can't stand the throttle hang between the shifts. It's an emissions control that most throttle-by-wire cars employee now. At least the G/Zs throttle hang isn't as bad as most others.

Originally Posted by ronjeremy912

masihman I have to agree...I own an '05 and it seems the same way. You just barely touch the gas and it seems like the car wants to scream up to 5k rpm. Doesn't feel like there is much difference between half throttle and stomping the pedal to the floor. I think Infiniti did this so they could keep the rpm's up on the engine to keep it in it's power band most of the time so it feels like it has more ***** than it actually does. The engine has absolutely no ***** at the low end...in fact off the line it won't even chirp the tires when floored and that's with traction control turned off! The 2nd to 3rd gear shift is also the most horrible feeling. If you're just cruising around town the shift from 2nd to 3rd in the 3k-4k rpm range makes you wonder if the driveshaft just hit the ground, and above that it's so hard it feels like you just got rear ended.