My new car: 2011 Infiniti G37x sedan.

[AutobahnSHO]

OTOH-

Where do you keep your bikes?  Tools?
Christmas and other seasonal crap?  (mine are all safe in the garage)

Where can you do car projects lasting a few days when the weather is rainy/cold? (I do it in the garage.)

[GoCougs]

[CJ]

Our garage opens in less than 15 seconds.  We just put a new unit in recently and it's pretty quick and very quiet.


You guys need to lay off of Cougs.  His carport suits his needs.  Your garages suit your needs.  Get over it.  He prefers to have a carport. 

[SVT666]

Guys, I'm idling it with me not in it; and if it's not ~65F inside it's too cold = idling = not safe in a garage = no.

65F is too cold for you?  That's what I keep my house at during the night.

[AutobahnSHO]

You guys need to lay off of Cougs.  His carport suits his needs.  Your garages suit your needs.  Get over it.  He prefers to have a carport.  

That's like saying I prefer Miata over Porsche 959 for high-speed driving. I've never driven the latter.

[Laconian]

LOL

[280Z Turbo]

carport = beta parking

[AutobahnSHO]

carport = beta parking

bwaaaaaahahahahahahaha

[dazzleman]

Our garage opens in less than 15 seconds.  We just put a new unit in recently and it's pretty quick and very quiet.


You guys need to lay off of Cougs.  His carport suits his needs.  Your garages suit your needs.  Get over it.  He prefers to have a carport. 

Cougs is playing with us, claiming a carport is better.  He's pretty hilarious in his latest group of posts.

[TurboDan]

Cougs is playing with us, claiming a carport is better.  He's pretty hilarious in his latest group of posts.

I almost feel like this is some kind of homework assignment for a lame corporate sales clinic:

"Using social media, use your sales skills to convince your friends that a carport is superior to an enclosed garage."

[hotrodalex]

[MrH]

Cougs is playing with us, claiming a carport is better.  He's pretty hilarious in his latest group of posts.

Damn it Dave! I thought the Cougs pile on was going to go on for pages. Way to ruin it

[Laconian]

[GoCougs]

Jesus.

[giant_mtb]

Jesus.

Sup?

[AutobahnSHO]

I don't give him that much credit.  Even if he's trolling he believes the carport is great.


And has no clue how much better a garage is.

[GoCougs]

JESUS.

[GoCougs]

Some of you guys absolutely suck at the Internet.

[GoCougs]

Anyway, my mpg has dropped ~10% owing to the snow tires, which was expected. I'm getting 19.5 - 20 mpg now.

[Laconian]

You're not driving hard enough. Join me in the mid-17's.

(I expect my MPGs to increase when I swap the wheels this weekend, though)

[TurboDan]

You're not driving hard enough. Join me in the mid-17's.

[GoCougs]

19.5 - 20 mpg is actually driving fairly hard. Thing is I'm lighter by ~250 lbs and have a bit lower inertia wheels (even with my new 18s) vs. the G37 'vert.

My first tank after buying the car, whereby I drove REAL hard, I got 18.x mpg.

[GoCougs]

So I'm gonna rant a bit about automatic transmissions. I really don't like them. Knowing the basics of how they work; and the compromises and efficiencies (hydraulic power transfer + clutches + bands + valves + pump + torque converter); really bothers me. NO automaker gets it right with. The G, like many "performance" cars, has "adaptive shifting" which simply makes the tranny schizo - you never know what you're gonna get. Sometimes the shifts are crisp, sometimes they're harsh, and sometimes they're as gooey as melted butter (I prefer more toward the harsh).

I can't wait for the next car as it WILL have a DSG/DCT type transmission. I've decided it's worth the additional maintenance (which is a LOT) and the risk of an uber repair. Right now that means a German car which is a nightmare in the making but the rumor mill is Japanese will start up with such transmissions in their next generation of cars. I sure that happens with the next-gen G, IS and TL, which are all set to debut in the next 1-3 years.

[hotrodalex]

You're not driving hard enough. Join me in the mid-17's.

(I expect my MPGs to increase when I swap the wheels this weekend, though)

I'm around 17-18 now, since I've only been driving short distances around town and gunning it once the engine warms up.

[Laconian]

Same here. My fuel economy actually improves when I really go for it on backroads.

And my city is now talking about adding additional "traffic calming" features. It's so calm already that it's practically narcoleptic!

SLOW DOWN SPEED KILLS ETC.

[giant_mtb]

So I'm gonna rant a bit about automatic transmissions. I really don't like them. Knowing the basics of how they work; and the compromises and efficiencies (hydraulic power transfer + clutches + bands + valves + pump + torque converter); really bothers me. NO automaker gets it right with. The G, like many "performance" cars, has "adaptive shifting" which simply makes the tranny schizo - you never know what you're gonna get. Sometimes the shifts are crisp, sometimes they're harsh, and sometimes they're as gooey as melted butter (I prefer more toward the harsh).

I can't wait for the next car as it WILL have a DSG/DCT type transmission. I've decided it's worth the additional maintenance (which is a LOT) and the risk of an uber repair. Right now that means a German car which is a nightmare in the making but the rumor mill is Japanese will start up with such transmissions in their next generation of cars. I sure that happens with the next-gen G, IS and TL, which are all set to debut in the next 1-3 years.

It's called a "stickshift," brah.

[GoCougs]

DSG/DCT/etc. for me.

[giant_mtb]

DSG/DCT/etc. for me.

WHERE IS YOUR MANHOOD.

[GoCougs]

WHERE IS YOUR MANHOOD.

I stole it from Raza.

[MrH]

Lol!

New G is getting revealed at the Detroit Auto Show this year. We'll see if they go dsg or not.