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Old 04-21-11, 06:44 PM
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UPDATE - drove a 2011 TSX today, nice car with a surprisingly stiff ride (17s) even my wife mentioned it. They weren't too willing to deal..with the shortage of cars...they went from $33500 MSRP down to $31975 without haggling...but I have my eyes on a leftover '10 at another dealer.

also strongly considering a CPO'd 335i now
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Old 04-21-11, 06:57 PM
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Your wife wants to trade her TT in for something else because of reliability issues so your looking at picking up a 335i . Try the G37 you wont be disappointed.
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Just tossing out an option I didn't see listed. What about a Mercedes C300?


I just got one as a loaner and HOLY HIGH HELL that thing HANDLES! What's nice about a loaner is you get to do things to it that normally you may not do to your own. At 55MPH I made a 90 degree turn and put it in a flat slide. I turned off all the electro-nannies and had some fun. Easily bested 100mph on the onramp. Very spirited drive. I can only imaging what the C63 AMG is all about. Just a thought...

Nice interior, sharp lines, very good acceleration... I think it's in your price point...
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Old 04-21-11, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by bad co
Your wife wants to trade her TT in for something else because of reliability issues so your looking at picking up a 335i . Try the G37 you wont be disappointed.
CPO'd 335i

and yes the G37 is on the table, as I said if I can get a crazy lease deal.

Originally Posted by BLUEGXLVCR
Just tossing out an option I didn't see listed. What about a Mercedes C300?
her cousin JUST bought one and my wife wasn't too impressed.

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Old 04-21-11, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bagwell
CPO'd 335i

and yes the G37 is on the table, as I said if I can get a crazy lease deal.
I missed the leased part sorry.
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Old 04-21-11, 07:26 PM
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I'm sure you can find a deal on an Infiniti thats the only way they sell cars. There are two huge threads on slickdeals.com showing some ridiculously low leases nationwide on numerous models including the G37 convertible.

How about a G37 sedan for $262 a month with 0 down. Thats how they sell car cars, cheapo leases.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthr...readid=2176180
 
Old 04-21-11, 07:30 PM
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It looks like the convertible form of the G37 coupe is significantly more expensive. The G37 coupe is rather reasonable, though. Bare bones brand new G37 coupes appear to have base MSRPs around $37,000. It doesn't seem too unreasonable to think that you might find a used G37 coupe within your parameters.
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Old 04-21-11, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by syzygy
It looks like the convertible form of the G37 coupe is significantly more expensive. The G37 coupe is rather reasonable, though. Bare bones brand new G37 coupes appear to have base MSRPs around $37,000. It doesn't seem too unreasonable to think that you might find a used G37 coupe within your parameters.
Its a huge thread but I think people are getting convertibles for cheap....Bagwell started the thread

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...nda-civic.html

Deals are not as good as Jan-March but still very aggressive.

2011 INFINITI G37 COUPE IPL AT
36 month | 15k miles | residual 59% | .00149 base money factor

2011 INFINITI G25 SEDAN JOURNEY
36 month | 15k miles | residual 61% | .00142 base money factor

2011 INFINITI G25 SEDAN X AWD
36 month | 15k miles | residual 62% | .00147 base money factor

2011 INFINITI G37 SEDAN JOURNEY
36 month | 15k miles | residual 59% | .00116 base money factor

2011 INFINITI G37 SEDAN X AWD
36 month | 15k miles | residual 61% | .00138 base money factor

2011 INFINITI G37 SEDAN SPORT MANUAL
36 month | 15k miles | residual 59% | .00116 base money factor

2011 INFINITI G37 COUPE JOURNEY
36 month | 15k miles | residual 63% | .00149 base money factor

2011 INFINITI G37 COUPE X AWD
36 month | 15k miles | residual 63% | .00141 base money factor

2011 INFINITI G37 COUPE SPORT MANUAL
36 month | 15k miles | residual 63% | .00149 base money factor

2011 INFINITI EX35 AWD
36 month | 15k miles | residual 60% | .00168 base money factor

2011 INFINITI EX35 AWD JOURNEY
36 month | 15k miles | residual 56% | .00168 base money factor

2011 INFINITI FX35 AWD
36 month | 15k miles | residual 55% | .00135 base money factor

2011 INFINITI FX50 AWD
36 month | 15k miles | residual 52% | .00145 base money factor

2011 INFINITI G37 CONVERTIBLE BASE
36 month | 15k miles | residual 60% | .00184 base money factor

2011 INFINITI G37 CONVERTIBLE SPORT 6MT
36 month | 15k miles | residual 61% | .00184 base money factor

2012 INFINITI M37 SEDAN X AWD
36 month | 15k miles | residual 59% | .00176 base money factor

2012 INFINITI M56 SEDAN X AWD
36 month | 15k miles | residual 53% | .00177 base money factor

2011 INFINITI QX56 4WD
36 month | 15k miles | residual 55% | .00220 base money factor
 
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New aa 9-5? Not sure how much those cost though
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Old 04-21-11, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
I'm sure you can find a deal on an Infiniti thats the only way they sell cars. There are two huge threads on slickdeals.com showing some ridiculously low leases nationwide on numerous models including the G37 convertible.

How about a G37 sedan for $262 a month with 0 down. Thats how they sell car cars, cheapo leases.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthr...readid=2176180
G37 sedan for $262 a month with 0 down? How the hell can you get a deal like that?

Infiniti's website has $379 a month, with $2,499 down
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Old 04-22-11, 04:29 AM
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Was specing G37s yesterday... as has been mentioned, if you can get it in your $ range, best bang-for-your-buck out there

For CPO 335i, go AFTERMARKET, save you big (7yr, 100K) over the dealer

Happy hunting
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Old 04-22-11, 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Incredible
G37 sedan for $262 a month with 0 down? How the hell can you get a deal like that?

Infiniti's website has $379 a month, with $2,499 down
apparently its been done if you look at the thread(s)....I just have a hard time believing those numbers....but I WILL investigate.

Originally Posted by rdgdawg
For CPO 335i, go AFTERMARKET, save you big (7yr, 100K) over the dealer
aftermarket warranty? thru costco maybe but other than that I'd be a little scared to use anyone else except the manufacturer.
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Old 04-22-11, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by bagwell
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aftermarket warranty? thru costco maybe but other than that I'd be a little scared to use anyone else except the manufacturer.
Sorry, what I meant was NOT from dealer but yes with manufacturer.... plenty of 3rd party suppliers
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