bad gas mileage in general

maintenance depends on your car's condition, lets see change a set of brake pads is about 500 bucks in dealership in toronto

 

Wow. $115 for all Nissan Sport pads and DIY.... its easy....

 

Get the car if you can afford to take care of the maintenance (if the need arises) and the gas.

2 things though:

-You will have haters no matter if you are nice or not, trust me. Invest in a car cover.
-The titty rate is going to skyrocket haha ...be careful.

 

HAHAHA

 

For some people that works great..but for most college students, probably not.

 

Haha
would be nice if that happens too.

 

And who said ****** bags only drove BMW's?

 

So if your Grandpa is so loaded why does he have to finance anything? i hope all your school and expenses are already paid for.

I find it asinine how many college students are on here bragging about driving new G's while I read articles about record unemployment among the recently graduated and the average recent grad has over $25k in student loan debt

Have fun digging those debt holes, your 18-23 years will be great but the 15 years after that will be regretful.

 

If your grandpa is ok with it, go for it. Not the best on gas but the car is fun to drive. Remember its not really practical if you have passengers or plan to move some stuff around.
I'm selling mine just to get a 4 door for that reason only. Hate to sell but maybe one day I'll have another coupe again.

 

I honestly have no idea why he wants to finance. He does have the money.
Oh and my university is paid for.

 

He must just like losing 4-5% of the balance annually that makes sense. Or he's not as well off as you think he is and can't cut a check for $30k.

But who cares about that right? YOU'RE getting a free car! Who cares how you get it right?

Be sure to call him in 20k miles when it needs new tires also, that will run you about $1000 minimum.

Expect about 20mpg around town with a heavy foot for premium gas at $4.09 gallon here (and that's in a cheap gas part of the country)

But seriously, why are you even asking us? Just do whatever the heck you want...

You should change the title of this thread to "university student looking for some hollow justification for having someone else buy him a car that doesn't make much rational sense given his current situation"

 

The Lexus is350 is real nice luxury wise and engine wise
The g feels more powerful

 

I'm a professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. I've been here for 3 years, and although I have access to faculty parking, it is rare and I often park in the student parking garages. I had a Saab 9-5 Aero, up until I bought my G37 last Friday. My Saab was in nearly perfect exterior condition (one stone ding on the drivers door that I used the paint tube that came with the car to touch up). I detailed it every 6 months. In the 3 years of driving it to school, I never got one ding. I have no hesitancy in driving the G to school.

 

What a useless statment. I bought my daughter a car, I could have paid cash, but instead I put the car in both of our names, made the payments and paid her insurance. Why becasue the kid got full ride scholarships through college. I also did this as to give her a good start in life after school by having good credit. I didn't have to shell out a dime for room and board, for classes, heck they even gave her a laptop and printer. Then they gave her an allowance to get home for Holidays. So when someone like your self has no clue as to what the whole story is why are you making assumptions?

Now my daughter has been out of school for a few years, is a teacher with a husband who is an altheltic trainer and they have a good life. No school debts, now they have a bigger debt..................a house. Poor kid screwed up by letting me buy her a car for school didn't she................

 

Couldn't agree more, my family is the same way.
Although mom isn't rich by any means, she has done more than anyone in my life.
Op of your set on the g, go for it.
I'm sure when you graduate, you'll be ready for a new whip.