The first gen g35 sedan like this one is my favorite out of all of them, the new ones are not bad but they lack that cool character that the first gen has. I think the styling has aged very well and still looks modern, even with stock exhaust its got that nice grumble to it. With pretty close to even weight front to back these can make great all weather cars too, proper snow tires then you can drive a rwd car all season!
I agree, I own an 03 G35 Sedan Sports Package for almost 12 years and you're right, they do age like fine wine when you take care of them. Also, that character you get, especially as an early 2000s Japanese car, really shows, kind of like the American cars of the past (Its just my opinion). Too bad their rep has been destroyed by broke boys and takeover junkies.
Bought mine in 2019 for 3,700 with 200k and now has 301,000 no major replacements. Burns oil but I do my own oil changes in like 15 min for like 30 dollars every 3k to be safe
From a long term owner (06 G35x) - bought it at 121,000km, now at 221,000km. 100,000km later all I did was flush and refill all fluids (trans, diffs) + new spark plugs and kept up on oil changes maintenance wise! Still pulls strong, great cars
One shop wants $568 to fix mine. A small, locally owned shop will replace the upper and lower oil pan plus the valve cover gaskets, which I've purchased, for only $300. Did you get any estimates?
