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Originally Posted by DR_Gallup
The only significant problems have been front tire wear (variously called cupping, feathering, tire roar, etc.) and a few transmissions. My car has been back to the dealership only for the tire wear since Aug 2002. Nissan gave me free tires. I get 27 mpg highway with an average trip speed of 70 mph for 600 miles including stops. Pretty good in my book. 2004 model is unchanged except for the door on the NAV compartment. G35 is mechanically very close to 305Z so you won't be getting any significant difference in reliability. If reliability and gas milage are important forget about a supercharger. The aftermarket does about 5% of the engineering and 1% of the testing that the factory does. Highly modified cars are toys not dependable transportation.
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Cool! Thanks for the helpful info. I did hear some minor flaws engine, about the tranny, some axel imperfection and yes, the tires. Maybe all are minor enough that I can handle. Also, the convertable looks pretty sweet! I've thought it looked really fem in the pictures, but it actually looks waay better in life.
Yeah, I want to do some more research on the 'stillen' supercharger. I definitely would like to do some mods such as the Veilside's type 3 body kit. 27 mpg is awesome, compared to my 19 mpg highway '99 4Runner.
I do like the g35 quite a bit, but the z has way more after-market gadgets.