Sedan Chat Thread
09-05-2014, 12:09 AM
#3827
It's just changing times. I paid $28k for my '09 back in 2012 with 30k miles. When I bought my '11 last November I paid $22k for it with 40k miles. But I know how you feel. I see G's and Z's for sale on Facebook every once and a while for sale in the low teens and even some for $9, albeit an '04 G35 with 135k.
09-05-2014, 12:22 AM
#3828
A quarter past stripped
The new Q series B.S. is killing the value of the G sedans down here. There are four G sedans on my street alone. I remember when I had the only one. Oh well, going to need to upgrade in a few years anyway. I can't wait to see what the redesigned Q60 will be like and cost.
09-05-2014, 07:05 AM
#3829
I put solid poly Energy Suspension bushings everywhere in my last car. And since it had a transverse FWD engine, I put solid poly bushings in the engine Torque Mounts (sides, not ends). For years I maintained that was the single best mod ever on that car. It affected everything... throttle response, turn-in, power, and a real serious NVH that I kind of dug. Actually, the NVH wasn't that bad. It was the engine brace I installed that really got things shaking, LOL.
I did learn with my last car to do bushings/mounts/braces one at a time, so that when you go too far you know what part to change back out
My commute home takes me through a traffic circle. I come off a 45 mph country road, onto a circle with an inner and outer lane. The outer lane always exits, and the inner lane can exit or go to the next exit. Anyway, you can see oncoming traffic, and if there is none, enter the circle around 45-50 bearing to your right, then moving left around the circle, then quickly right to my exit, then back left to straighten out. Second gear is ideal, with the revs pushing 6K or so when I fling out.
I never leave my lane. No body roll. No tire squeal. Just disgusted looks from my fellow motorists
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09-05-2014, 10:34 AM
#3831
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09-05-2014, 04:23 PM
#3835
Always a great idea! 
+1 on Sways elevating your cornering confidence.
Yes, especially if they're the stock Bridgestones. After my sway install, stock tires combined with a little twisty asphalt road (completely dry), I had my car going sideways. That was WITH VDC on, which was putting forth a heroic and valiant effort to stabilize the car. With a lot of steering input correction, eventually, it did.
Those sizes are such a beautiful combination for our cars. I'm itching to go back. I'm really debating between 19's and 20's.
I've contemplated this for the G and wondered if there was a kit out there to replace all of the bushings and how that would change the driving dynamics after 90k miles..
$1300 mounted and out the door for PSS that big... that's fine, IMO.
My tires came part of a wheel & tire package, but the tires themselves were itemized at $1200. 245/40ZR19 for the front, and 275/35ZR19 for the rear.
Damn expensive rubber. But if you can afford it, then it's worth it.
My tires came part of a wheel & tire package, but the tires themselves were itemized at $1200. 245/40ZR19 for the front, and 275/35ZR19 for the rear.
Damn expensive rubber. But if you can afford it, then it's worth it.
I put solid poly Energy Suspension bushings everywhere in my last car. And since it had a transverse FWD engine, I put solid poly bushings in the engine Torque Mounts (sides, not ends). For years I maintained that was the single best mod ever on that car. It affected everything... throttle response, turn-in, power, and a real serious NVH that I kind of dug. Actually, the NVH wasn't that bad. It was the engine brace I installed that really got things shaking, LOL.
Haha. Yep.
2015 will be cat-back and STS. You know you want a STS, lego.
I know that you know that I know that...
Haha. Yep.
2015 will be cat-back and STS. You know you want a STS, lego.
I know that you know that I know that...
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09-05-2014, 04:31 PM
#3837
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