New G37S arrival, and return to my roots
07-24-2011 | 02:29 PM
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New G37S arrival, and return to my roots
Hello Everyone-
This is my first post. I am the owner of a new, 2011 G7S sedan. Took delivery this past April, and a little over 1700 miles on the clock, now. I am glad to be back to wheels with a stick. This is my second Infiniti, and I have returned to my roots.
My previous car, and the car that was in the middle of my two Infinitis, was an Audi A6. Ended up being the biggest mistake of my life. The driving dynamics of the Audi Quattro are certainly engaging and entertaining, enough, and I drove it iwth the Tiptronic trans almost always in manual mode (which was much better than driving the car in "D" mode). The only problem was that Audis fall apart after a few years of ownership, and the constant repairs soar into the thousands. The last straw was this past April: Was driving the A6 to my state's biannual inspection. The check engine light popped on 3 blocks shy of the inspection center, I could not believe it. The quote to fix the emissions equipment issues associated with this latest "light on" experience was close to $3000.00-that was it for me. I will most likely spend the rest of my life warning people away from VW/Audi products. I drove my previous Infiniti, on the other hand, for nine years. The only thing that car cost me was light bulbs and oil changes.
I am loving the G sedan more and more with each passing day, and remain convinced I made a the right choice over a BMW 3 series sedan. I am sorry I don't have AWD (hope I don't regret that, come winter). But I absolutely wanted the manual transmission, and unfortunately Infiniti does not give you that option with a stick.
The car has 18 inch 225's on the front, and 18 245's on the rear. They are Potenza summer tires, only. So I know I am going to have to do something about winter tires in a few months. Any thoughts appreciated.
Thinking maybe I should downgrade to 17 inch 225-snow tires all-around for the winter, and have them them mounted on reasonbly priced rims from TireRack.com. The Inf. dealer told that they would sell me winter tires and then store my summer tires for the season, but I gather that between paying dealer cost for the tires, and then having two mounts/dismounts per season will get rather expensive. Any thoughts appreciated. Since I don't have the AWD, my thinking is that I am going to be better off with an aggressive winter/snow tire, opposed to an All-Season tire.
This is my first post. I am the owner of a new, 2011 G7S sedan. Took delivery this past April, and a little over 1700 miles on the clock, now. I am glad to be back to wheels with a stick. This is my second Infiniti, and I have returned to my roots.
My previous car, and the car that was in the middle of my two Infinitis, was an Audi A6. Ended up being the biggest mistake of my life. The driving dynamics of the Audi Quattro are certainly engaging and entertaining, enough, and I drove it iwth the Tiptronic trans almost always in manual mode (which was much better than driving the car in "D" mode). The only problem was that Audis fall apart after a few years of ownership, and the constant repairs soar into the thousands. The last straw was this past April: Was driving the A6 to my state's biannual inspection. The check engine light popped on 3 blocks shy of the inspection center, I could not believe it. The quote to fix the emissions equipment issues associated with this latest "light on" experience was close to $3000.00-that was it for me. I will most likely spend the rest of my life warning people away from VW/Audi products. I drove my previous Infiniti, on the other hand, for nine years. The only thing that car cost me was light bulbs and oil changes.
I am loving the G sedan more and more with each passing day, and remain convinced I made a the right choice over a BMW 3 series sedan. I am sorry I don't have AWD (hope I don't regret that, come winter). But I absolutely wanted the manual transmission, and unfortunately Infiniti does not give you that option with a stick.
The car has 18 inch 225's on the front, and 18 245's on the rear. They are Potenza summer tires, only. So I know I am going to have to do something about winter tires in a few months. Any thoughts appreciated.
Thinking maybe I should downgrade to 17 inch 225-snow tires all-around for the winter, and have them them mounted on reasonbly priced rims from TireRack.com. The Inf. dealer told that they would sell me winter tires and then store my summer tires for the season, but I gather that between paying dealer cost for the tires, and then having two mounts/dismounts per season will get rather expensive. Any thoughts appreciated. Since I don't have the AWD, my thinking is that I am going to be better off with an aggressive winter/snow tire, opposed to an All-Season tire.
07-24-2011 | 03:27 PM
#2
Congrats on coming back to the family! Interesting to hear about another's experience with Audi products being unreliable. I had a buddy who purchased a new VW GTI and started having electrical system problems... I've always heard the horror stories about the German cars and their reliability. I'm not sure how BMWs are rated, but Audi/VWs always seem to have these issues after a year or two.
What year was your A6 btw?
As for the tires and RWD, I would definitely drop some coin on a decent set of snow tires and wheels for the winter. All Seasons are not going to cut it. I've always dropped down a size when it came to winter wheels, but I think you will have to me very mindful of the brake kit on your S - make sure whatever wheels you get will clear the calipers since they are pretty big. Narrower width in the winter is better than wider, keep that in mind.
What year was your A6 btw?
As for the tires and RWD, I would definitely drop some coin on a decent set of snow tires and wheels for the winter. All Seasons are not going to cut it. I've always dropped down a size when it came to winter wheels, but I think you will have to me very mindful of the brake kit on your S - make sure whatever wheels you get will clear the calipers since they are pretty big. Narrower width in the winter is better than wider, keep that in mind.
07-24-2011 | 07:44 PM
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I had an 01 Audi A6 Avant. I enjoyed the sport wagon, because I haul my diving gear here and there. But the car was fairly low miles for its MY- only 93,000 miles, always garaged and perfectly maintained. Things started going south at 60,000 miles, onward. My PS pump, for example, failed at 72,000 miles ($863.00 for that one). That a $42K car died at 93,000 miles was just unbelievable to me-expensive junk in the end, that's all their products, are. I will note one other thing about the Audi, in observation: you see a far more older model MB's and BMW's out there on the road, than older model Audis. The Audis just seem to disappear, and I think is very telling.
Thanks for the tip about the wheels, and you are right: I did not think about the extra-large brakes that are on the S model, and I am glad you woke me up to that point and the possible implication the winter wheels I select.
Thanks for the tip about the wheels, and you are right: I did not think about the extra-large brakes that are on the S model, and I am glad you woke me up to that point and the possible implication the winter wheels I select.
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