Being driven fast on rough surfaces often?
Living outside through rain/snow/fog/ice pellets/-30C?
Lots of really short 5 mile trips where the engine doesn't really get to warm up properly (I don't gas aggressively though)?

This would obviously be a lease considering the conditions (4 years), but I know my previous car (honda civic) got pretty messed up after a single year of these conditions and I would like to avoid trips to the dealer... Could someone share some experience?

I know the h2 hummer works 100% fine after years of this and honda doesn't, I was just wondering where the G was on this...

Thanks.

 

Get a Toyota truck or move to SUNNY Southwest USA.
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2008 G35 journey5at ivory/stone+prem&sportpkg.

 

That bad?

 

Just kidding! Get the 4 wheel drive model though, for reals. Where do you live? Alaska or Minnesota?

 

Ottawa, Canada, Im just not quite in downtown thats all and the family has too many cars and no room for me in the garage so Im gona have to park outside all the time. The rough road driving is mostly for when I go to the cottage. Its a few miles of non asphalted roads in the woods (After a 100mile drive) and Im not gona crawl at 10m/h through them. I go ~25 so I could stop relatively quickly in case of deer or bears, but its still very tough on the car considering how rough the road is. The hondas suspension is pretty screwed after this, although my dads hummer is VERY solid after 3 years now. I was going for awd for sure, need it here. We got over 4.5 meters of snow this winter alone

 

Well these cars are not made for off-road duty.

Consider an FX?

 

It would only be once a week at MOST. I doubt it's as flimsy as a honda civic... or is it?

 

FX, good idea. Tell your family to move their cars outside, they got to respect a new car. Good luck...

 

Well the G has an aluminum suspension designed for high performance... like, driving fast on paved roads. You are talking about a polar opposite situation from what the car was engineered for.

The FX is rated for light-duty off-roading, which sounds like what you are describing.

 

+1 well put

 

What about the other two points? If the offroad capabilities are really that bad I might arrange to drive someone else's car to the cottage. I am not a big fan of larger cars for day to day driving.

 

You can ask around the Canadian forum about the G's winter performance... From what I've heard it seems to do pretty well engine-wise. As for the short trips, if you let the car warm up a bit first (revs at or below 1000, usually meaning the temperature gauge has moved off of "C"), it should be OK.

 

i wouldn't get a G for what you're trying to do. whenever i drive on rough surfaces i feel like im getting a root canal or a bobble head

 

get a toyota 4runner or something like that... the G35 doesn't have much ground clearance, and i know i scrape my bumper on all those yellow parking spot things, which i never had a problem with previously when i drove my Acura TL...

 

if your gonna go with a G you'll have to go with the X......have you considered a WRX at all cuz it sounds it may be perfect for you...albeit a lot less luxurious