Hitting the G-Spot

I had to...I really had to.

Ever since the April 28th FCSCC event, I started imagining what it would be like to own a Infiniti G35. The beautifully shaped body, slick lines with correctly sized shapped fender well that fitted a beautiful set of alloy wheels; I had a sudden craving to own this car.

Then Saturday came around, and I just so happened to be close to an Infiniti dealership *wink, so I decided to stop by and test drive the car to see if I can get it out of my system. Worst case scenerio, I hate the car and I move on.

Met with a young sales rep who was one of the best person I've ever delt with while buying a car. Being a former Evo owner, he gave me good pointers as far as the biggest difference in the two cars.

Immediately after getting in, the coupe felt so much more mature than the Evo. It's got a dash board that is embedded with lots of intelligent gagetry, a center console that offers duel climate control, easy to read dials, and a nice wavey silver finish. I think I can pick up girls in this car better~

But then as I pulled away on the street, I started discovering things here and there that I did not like too much. The seats felt sofa like; comfortable yet too squeeshy at the same time. The power was there and very consistant, but it felt nothing like the turbo equipped Evo. Down shifting with heal-toe felt surprisingly natural, but the worst thing of all is the ambigious 6-speed gearbox. I didn't know where to stick the gears! Going into 3rd, I felt like it was 5th. The guides wasn't very well defined, and I took a while to find 4th while downshifting. Overall, the looks for the car and the comfort gets an "A," while everything else gets a "B-."

When I got back from the test drive, I wanted them to work out the numbers to see how much it will cost me to lease the car. While waiting, I started checking out the G35 Type S Sedan. Flappy pedal shifter, much roomier back seats, more buttons and a huge LCD screen on the center dash; it's looking pretty good, but do I want a Sedan?

At $36,000 (4 grand less than the coupe we test drove) and more horsepower than its slicker looking sibling (10 more horses), HELL YEA!

I was completely turned around when I test drove the Sedan (AWD version). Keyless ignition with push start, tip-tronic automatic gearbox with Sport Drive mode that shifted at redline everytime, more room overall, and a better Bose sound system, this car is looking more like it. Right off the line the car felt much more powerful that the coupe. The brake system was so much more impressive (almost as good as the Evo), and taking the corner spiritedly resulted in no funny situation. Indeed this car is something I would consider.

All said and done, if I lease the Sedan it will be half of what I pay for the Evo each month (being a lease it's much more affordable of course).

Regardless of what decision I'm going to make in the coming days, it was sweet hitting the G-spot on this Saturday afternoon.