Only in that they may be heavier than the 17", but that's a negligible difference. The AWD weighs more than the Journey by a far more significant amount that the difference in wheels. Either way, the G37 is a very poor choice if you care about gas mileage. Seriously, this is the wrong car for you if that matters.

Fun thread. Good luck.

 

The car is going to get ****ty gas mileage no matter how you spec it. They handle better with the 18" wheels though. I would get XS because it kinda gives it some flair over the basic car, just don't expect any real performance differences.

 

Well I know about the crappy gas mileage, with my civic I get at least 30 mpg city so I'm expecting to get about half that in the g, which would be 15 mpg. Is this estimate correct for city driving, I don't have a heavy foot most of the time, but if you guys tell me that I should expect even lower than 15mpg city then yes I am def staying away from this car, what you think?

 

15 mpg is a decent assumption for an X in the city. many guys do much better, but it all depends on your commute and myriad other factors.

i get ~20 mpg on my weekly commute (90% city stop and go), but i see ~27-29+ on highway trips. i've seen over 30 mpg several times, but the mileage drops like a rock in the city as with most vehicles.

the great thing with the G is our range with the 20 gal fuel tank. that's huge for our class of car. i regularly get 350 city miles to a tank before the gas light comes on! for me, that's ~ 3 weeks of commuting so i only fuel up once a month on average. of course the flip side is the cost to fuel up is pricey on the premium juice - at least in Canada.

 

There's actually a member here who hyper-miles his G37, and he does it with 87 Octane; (with shockingly poor advice, IMO.) As far as hobbies go, it's kind of a strange match for the G. But if you don't care a wit about performance, and all you do is highway miles... it will report numbers just like a normal car.

Get on it, and those numbers will tank.

Canucklehead makes a great point, the gas tank is huge for this class of car. I work at home, so I only fill the tank once every three or four weeks.

 

No one makes upgraded struts for the all wheel drives that I have found. Wondering if anyone has tried coupe xS struts on the xS sedan with Swift springs...debating just trading this thing in instead of trying to sort the suspension. It's also not helping that a couple of 6MT sedans have popped up FS in the Chicago area lately...

 

AWD (Chicagoland)

 

I get 14-15mpg in the city in my car which consists of driving 5-6 miles and then stopping, car sits for a few hours, then it goes 5-6 miles back, never really exceeding 50mph and hitting a LOT of lights (Fargo is NOT conducive to good gas mileage.)

When I saw 270 miles on almost 17gallons of gas I about passed out, but that is the reality of it... 350 city miles is pretty damn good. I barely get that on the highway.

 

appreciate all the help guys. im probably going to go for it. Thing is if I notice that even when driving like a grandma i would get less than 15mpg i will have to give it back. I mean I understand this is a car with lots of power but if I get less than 15 mpg then thats just unexeptble, A semi prolly does better than that lol. just a joke guys i know they get around 5mpg. Anyways thanks again everyone.

 

I get 15-16mpg driving like a grandma lol. I damn near hypermile when I drive. Doesn't seem to make a damn bit of difference.

 

Not to start another mpg thread but when I worked in the city I averaged 13mpg but that's because I liked to get it up to 4k rpm. But now that I drive 70% I can average 28mpg, realistically I get about 24 since I love to floor it on on ramps.

 

Awd X FTW...Columbus represented! GO BUCKEYES

 

I live in the west burbs too (Wheaton) and put 100k miles on a G35 in Chicago weathers and never got stuck to the point of needing assistance with all season tires. I can say there were times where I had to take VDC off and slip around to get up a hill (sometimes with angry followers) and one time on 294 I went in the cash lane for a toll which was hardly plowed and had to back up/go forward a bunch of times to get rolling again. THat being said I park in a heated garage at night and a covered garage during the day. Now that I have kids and pick up duty I went with an AWD G37 with all season tires and it is MUCH better. It is incredible in the snow.


Seeing how cars get plowed in downtown I would think you'd have a heck of a time getting out of a spot with a RWD G unless you have snow tires.

Brian

 

OP, I believe that all things being equal, AWD will get you through snow and ice better than 2WD (be it front or rear wheel 2WD). If you have any doubts about this, go to youtube and view the countless videos that Audi and Mercedes have produced over the years (decades) about their proprietary AWD systems, in comparison to 2WD in the snow.

 

Dude. My X had champed the snow all week l long here in Cbus. Get it!