I bought an I30 (Luxury model) in March. For the past few weeks the braking hasn't been smooth. Even when I gently step on the brakes when approaching a traffic light, the car loses speed in steps, instead of doing so gradually.
My dealer told me the brake rotors were worn out and he machined them. But the problem persists. Anyone else have similar problems?
Infiniti of Dayton on Loop Road. I live in Springboro as well - nice area. That's my plan too. I35's are in and they're being real aggressive w/ pricing on the I30's. Good luck.
quark4: There's a TSB (technical service bulletin) about "brake judder", the very thing you experienced, for which the dealer should either resurface or replace the brake rotors under warranty. It apparently was caused by overtorquing the rotors at the factory, causing warping of the rotors.
It was posted on the Nissan Maxima board here on May 4, 2001, in post number 1986 (I have it bookmarked, that's why I was able to find it!). You may have to be firm and fight them, but get the dealer to replace the rotors under warranty, since the problem persists after they "turned" them.
Yes. I think it will cost you around $100 to $120 to have the dealer installed.
I had mine installed in Metro Infiniti. So, if you go there, the service advisor will know what are you referring to. It is because I am the first one to complain this problem to them. So, the dealer records should have all the parts info. you need.
Saw the I35 interior in the new willow color. It is much brighter than the sage of the previous year. The thing I noticed the most was that the color on the dash, which is darker, does not carry around the car like it did on the 00 and 01. Personally, I liked the contrast better. The clock is revised a little and still looks very nice.
They also dechromed the inside door handles. They have now a brushed titanium finish. I think the chrome looked nicer but I'm sure the designers believe the titanium finish is more "sporty". Back middle seat now has a headrest.
I did think that the wood tone, that was used around the ashtray in the 00 and 01, gave that area a more finished look than in the 02. This area now has a less complete look, like it was forgotten.
Naturally, these are subjective observations. I'll be interested to read what you all think.
What a nice active board this is. I have been looking at the Acura TL-S, MB C240, Jaguar X-type lately, However, I am not quite familiar with the I30 or I35. Can anyone tell me if there is a monthly subscription charge to use the navigation system like the GM and MB, or it is just a DVD upgrade to buy periodically like the Honda ? Also, does Infiniti offer free maintenance for the warranty period like most of other luxury brands do now ? Thanks.
I headed out yesterday to drive the i30, i30T, i35, Acura TL and TL-S. Here's what I thought. The i30 was nice but seemed a bit to soft and had a lot of roll to it. It also lacked a lot of the features I was looking for... I was very impressed with the i30T. It was a very firm and cornered very well. Interior was nice (drove a blk/blk) and exterior looked sporty as well. Overall I was pleased. The i35 had significantly more power! Wow, I was impressed... really felt good; however, I wouldn't recommend buying without the sport package - a must with that much power. Acura TL was also a very nice drive. I was very comfortable and appreciated not having to worry about whether or not it had all the options the i30T did... They come loaded from the factory. The TL-S had firmer seats and nice displays. Power was also very noticable.
This will be a tough decision. I think I could be satisfied with the i30T but they will really have to come done quite a bit even from invoice to get my attention. Otherwise I might be trying to get TMV price on a TL-S.
Comments are welcome to help me with my impending decision.
The navigation system is CD base. When you bought the car, it comes with the current version. You just need to decide are you going to purchase the upgrade later on.
No. I believe only German brands(BMW, Audi, MB, etc) are offering free maintenance for the first 4 years of ownership. The Japanese brands (Acura, Infiniti, and Lexus) are not. You need to pay for your own.
The I30t is selling $1000 below invoice in S. Cal. I bought mine back in May. I think it is pretty good deal. I test drove the I35, too. The engine is amazing. Nissan did a very good job on this machine. Since the I35 only have the luxury model, you really need to get the sport package to achieve same driving impression as the I30t. Personally, I don't like the wheels on the sport package. The color is too dull.
TL-S had been my daily commute car. It is quick. But the interior finish is no match to the Infiniti. And the sound system in the TL-S is no match to the Infiniti, too. The 200 watt BOSE in the I30t is awesome.
On a recent trip, I got a bad load of no-name gas and the Service Engine Soon light came on within the next 50 miles. I called the local Nissan service dept and a very knowledgable rep told me to disregard it. He said it's common with bad gas or incorrectly tightened gas caps. He said just what the owner's manual says... if an emission component fails, this light will come on and will be accompanied with poor fuel economy. He also said it should reset itself within the next 3-4 cycles of starting the engine and getting it up to normal operating temperature and then back down to cool. Since then, I ran 2 tanks of premium fuel, went through over a dozen hot/cold cycles, and the light has not reset itself. However, the fuel economy has not changed. It runs as smoothly and efficiently as ever.
Has anyone ever had this kind of experience? I thought it might be something like a clogged or fouled oxygen sensor, or something like that. Can it be simply reset? Thanks,
wow that's a lot of cars to drive in a short period of time, i basically did the same thing, i ended up w/ '01 blk/blk i30t, and am very happy, was gonna make an offer on tl-s w/ nav, but doin the math for me, the i30t gave me a lot of other options financially as I got it for 3k under invoice , about 5k=6k less than what I expected to pay for tl-s, I don't have Nav, and I gotta little less hp than new i35 or tl-s, but it's one sweet ride
maxima light, i had a 96 maxima and the engine lt came on once or twice a yr, knowing enough about cars to know nothing was really wrong with it, took my time making it to the dealer, by the time i would go for my next service the light would have already gone out, finally sold it with 130k mi on it, nothing wrong with it, about half way thru the ad run, hot day middle of aug, i'm parked with engine runnin for like 30 min waitin for this guy to come out of the building and drive it, of course engine light comes on, anyway took it to dealer, said they replaced the o2 sensor, couple hundred bucks problem gone (between you and me prob a reset somehwere somehow, but i paid the 200 to get it over with and sell my max so I could get the above)
Hey, thanks for the response. I posted a note back to you yesterday but looking today it doesn't appear to have worked... Anyway, you seen happy with the i30T eventhough you also own a TL-S - that's good to hear. I'm wondering if it's possible to get the kind of deal karz10 got from the posting on Sept 23, 27k + TT. I'd love to duplicate that deal! Agreed - the Bose stereo really sounds great in the Infiniti vs. the Acura.
Also, the dealership I'm working with said that Infiniti is running a special program that offers $1000 to anyone who has owned an Infiniti (new or used) to go towards a new i30/i30T.
Neg. your best deal, then if you've owned an Infiniti before, pull that out when you've got the best price you can get. The $1000 doesn't affect the dealership!
I'm jealous... you got a great deal on your i30T. I hope to duplicate it! Any additional information you can provide would be very helpful so I could print it off and take it to them... Right now my sales guy is at $30,300 for an i30T with side sills, cd changer, heated seats - pretty much the works. That's far from 27k and doesn't include TT! Since I'll have a few more options it would be realistic to have a slightly higher price, but not by much!
Anyway, I'll try to help if I can. My feeling was, I took, the invoice price for the car they had on the lot, that I wanted to buy, subtracted the $1500 dealer cash, subtracted the $1000 infiniti loyalty (even though technically I owned a Max previously, and according to some should not have qualified for it), and then took another 500 off just for the hell of it, figuring I don't know everything the dealer knew, and maybe they have some other money I don't know about, but at the same time, I couldn't really see bidding any lower than I was already, although you could try.
So dlr was throwing numbers at me, 1,000 below inv., 1200 below, 1500 below, etc. I had not yet disclosed any of my thoughts at this point. Basically, this was after I had been back to look at the car for the third time over a couple week period in my comparisons, and said I had to go, but they wanted to see if we could agree on some numbers. At this point I went to my car to get my info, after they were already 1500 below. I pointed out what the invoice was, and said, I appreciate your offer, but in my circumstance a car is a business expense, and that's not where I need to be to do something today. dlr SM: so what are you thinking, I said, well your salesperson said I would qualify for the loyalty, which is 1,000, and I know there's at least 1500 dlr cash in the car, and I don't know everything about your business, there may be a few hundred in expenses, there may be a few hundered in additional money such as holdback, so if I add the 1000, the 1500, and an additional 500 for misc, subtract that from the invoice, that left me at 27k, which is what i had in the back of my mind i would do the car for today. If not, I will have to think about it some more.
GSM left for a few minutes, while the salesperson complimented me on my professionalism and calm behaviour, and said at this point I just get a 'flat' when it's this low, I hope they give it to you. GSM came back and said 'GM said write him up'. To be honest I was a little surprised, I thought they'd try something else, but it was actually quite a pleasant experience, although as I said they TRIED to jack me on the interest
Sorry for the long post, but hope it helps, I don't know what else to tell you, except layout how the deal worked for me. For me I think the key was a motivated seller, and they sensed I was serious and would not move off my set price, but I WOULD do the deal as described if they agreed. I'm just a novice this time around, good luck to you.
in case anyone's interested, the following url was used when i was selling my maxima, i threw a few pics up here, for my out of town friends, of the new i30t
jhacamb: Thanks for the comparison on the various models. Did you test drive the Infiniti's at the Loop Rd dealer? If so, did they have a lot of I30's & I30t's remaining on the lot? How many would you guess they had?
Karz10: Congrats on the new purchase and the great deal. Where and which dealer did you buy her from? Your deal was good enough to possible warrant a long drive or special delivery.
I have the Clarion 6 disc CD changer installed by the dealer in my 01 I-30L. Anybody know where you can get a good price for the 6 disc magazine cartridge. Lowest price I could find is about $30 in the So.Cal area. Any ideas?
i've been having a ton of problems with my navi since delivery, well basically, it comes down to this, when i put the cd in, i get a 'cdrom version is incorrect' or something like that, i went to my local dealer (metro infiniti in monrovia) to see if they could try another cd in there just so i could see if the problem was the cd itself... they refused and told me to basically take a hike and go to where i bought it from! they reasoned that each cd is 'coded' to each car and one disc from each car will not work on another... sounds bogus to me. so i kept asking them, 'well can you at least put one in there and prove me wrong?' they kept telling me to go to where i bought the car...
anyway, is the cd designed to work in only one particular car?
matt-I forget which model you have, and I don't have Nav in my '01 I30t, but for what it's worth, when I went to drive the '02 I35, asked salesman to show me the Nav,
he said 'ok, let me go get a disc, we don't keep them in the cars, coz they get stolen'....
comes back with a box that has two cd's in it, he says 'yeah I keep a couple in my desk so I have one to show when I need to, one time someone got in there when it wasn't locked, took the discs but put the jackets back in the box, so I thought I still had them, until I went to show them.'
This would lead me to believe that this has been something that he has done for awhile, and indicates there's probably not any connection between a specific car/nav-unit
I think tgif has Nav, maybe he'll check in soon...
What does everyone use to clean the lens in front of the gauges? I use a swiffer to keep dust off the dash, radio and temp controls, but when I used it on the gauge lens it made a mess. I tried to use some window cleaner too and it made a mess. Just plain water seemed to be the only thing that didn't leave marks. Anyone else use anything different???
The I30 engine has high compression for perfromance. Therefore you run the risk of ping using 87, which can damage the engine. It is true if you run 87 the knock sensor will sense the ping (which is caused by premature detonation) and retard the timing. This will result in a loss of power and MPG. So it is best to use 91-92. You can save money by using 89 occasionally
the manual even says you can use lower octane gas with slightly reduced performance. as you said, the ecu will retard the timing so there wouldn't be a problem.
I called the infiniti help desk and they verified that cd's are freely interchangable.
my problem was that when i put in the cd, i would get a 'cdrom version is incorrect'. none of the local dealers knew what the problem was, they all told me different things.
eventually what happened was that the disc was an updated version and the program (operating system, if you will call it that) in the navi system itself needed to be upgraded to be able to use the new version. so all the dealer had to do was to pop in the programming disc, reprogram the navi, then my cdrom worked fine. hope this helps anyone else with a similar problem.
also, i noticed that when the driver's window is about halfway down, it makes a clicking noise over bumps.. anyone else have that problem?
is i found this card signed by some japanese quality engineer who 'road-tested' my car, the strange thing is the certificate has 9 miles written on it, the car when i picked it up had 9 miles on it. which leads me to suspect that the card might be just filled out at the dealership? wouldn't the loading the car onto the ship, unloading it, loading onto the transporter truck, unloading, driving it within the dealer add a few miles?
Well, thanks to all your input, I bought my i30T and got a great deal. It's blk/blk and has 1,000 miles on it. I couldn't complain as it has every option on it except rear spoiler and traction control. I'm having the spoiler added for $350 (after market - referred by the dealer) The traction control wasn't to important to me...
MSRP: 33,710 Invoice: 30,300 My price: 28,500 (out the door!)
Thanks again for all your help. I couldn't be happier with my purchase!
Thanks... No, I didn't see any of the i30's with Nav. That would have been the deal of a life time though... I'm happy with what I got. You have the navigation, don't you? I'm sure it's cool but I just wouldn't have used it. My wife has an SUV that we use to travel... The i30T is simply to sport around town and go to work.
I have a quick question to throw out. I've seem many posts from people who claim to have the sport package on their i30T's... Doesn't this come with the 'T' package? It was my impression that the T stood for Touring which comes with the added suspension and 17" wheels. Thanks.
Yup! Everything included... Believe me, it wasn't easy nor was the experience a very memorable one. But the deal itself - well, I'm lovin' life! Real close to 4k under invoice.
Unreal!! I bought my I30t back in May for around $500 under invoice and thought I had really gotten a deal (as compared to what the other dealers were wanting at the time). You probably have the best deal on an I30 that I've ever seen. cograts and enjoy the new ride!!
You are absolutely correct. The package consisted of the side sills and rear deck spoiler. You could also get just the side sills as an option on the touring. Don't think it was available on the luxury model.
A guy I officiated basketball with this past Sunday showed me his I35 (silver with black interior). Nice car! According to him, this is the 1st one delivered with navi on the east coast (we are in nothern VA area). He traded in a RX-300 and got a good deal -- can't remember the exact $$$s but he got a pretty good trade-in on his RX300 (he paid cash for the RX). I think it was something like $27,500 trade-in and he put $5,000 with it???? Anyway, he knew I had been interested in a 2000 I-30 (wife ended up buying an ES-300 -- her car), and he just wanted to "rub it in".
Looked at the I-35 today, while having my 2001 I-30L serviced. I like all of the changes. Didn't have time to drive it. Overall, I think Infiniti is making the right changes each year. Hope that next year, they add the turn signals in the mirrors like the Q-45 has. Also, they should put A/C vents in the console, so the rear passengers can get some extra air.
Thanks for your reply on the Maxima "Service Engine Soon" light. Within a few days after I posted the question, the light went out... nearly 2 months and 1500 miles after it came on. Now it comes on properly with key on, prior to startup, and then extinguishes normally after started. It looks like I can expect something like you had with your '96.
I've been looking at the I30's for quite a while, waiting for a good deal. Now that the deals are sweet, I'm torn between the I30 and I35. Sounds like you got a great deal on your I30. Good luck with it.
wildeman-good luck, glad to hear the light went out, again may be an o2 sensor down the road, in the mean time don't fill your gas with the engine running, and make sure you close the cap tight a couple clicks when done filling up, those are a couple things I hear that can cause the light to go on...can't help you on the choice between the i35 and the i30 but sure either would be great
update: so far so good, got 1,000 miles on my blk/blk i30t w/ sport pkg, nothing but compliments so far from others, and i am enjoying the ride, comfort and handling, just can't wait to be a little more liberal on the gas pedal
i don't think i'm getting the best gas mileage yet, only about 300 mi on a tankm but that's mostly city driving last few weeks
met the people that bought my maxima today as my title finally arrived from the CA finance co., got to see my max again to say goodbye, and climb back into my new ride...love the sunshade, the rims/tires, comfortable sporty ride, and above all the less expensive price tag....
i mention the less expensive price tag which equates to a lower pmt because i, and hundreds of others, got laid off Tuesday, so at least $100 or so less per month than other cars i was considering since i got the i30t for 27k, and i got a nice ride to go on interviews with
In my I30t, I had an one piece carpet that had an Infiniti logo on it on my rear passenger area. Couple weeks ago, I went to my dealer for oil change. In the other I30t, I saw it didn't had it anymore. It just had the regular 2 piece carpets. One for each side. And sure enough, the I35 also had the 2 piece carpets. Did Infiniti change the carpet,too?
Well, I just went on a short 2 1/2 hr trip, I had filled up a few days before, and had to fill up when almost to my trip destination, so should have been a good mix of hwy/city driving.
I put exaclty 16 gallons in after about 340 mi, if my math serves me, that's about 21.25 mpg. So far seems a little less than my Maxima, I would get that on mostly city driving w/ 130k mi. Guess I'll try to keep an eye on it, make sure I keep track of it correctly, see if any improvement...
Comments
My dealer told me the brake rotors were worn out and he machined them. But the problem persists. Anyone else have similar problems?
Thx.
There's a TSB (technical service bulletin) about "brake judder", the very thing you experienced, for which the dealer should either resurface or replace the brake rotors under warranty. It apparently was caused by overtorquing the rotors at the factory, causing warping of the rotors.
It was posted on the Nissan Maxima board here on May 4, 2001, in post number 1986 (I have it bookmarked, that's why I was able to find it!). You may have to be firm and fight them, but get the dealer to replace the rotors under warranty, since the problem persists after they "turned" them.
I had mine installed in Metro Infiniti. So, if you go there, the service advisor will know what are you referring to. It is because I am the first one to complain this problem to them. So, the dealer records should have all the parts info. you need.
They also dechromed the inside door handles. They have now a brushed titanium finish. I think the chrome looked nicer but I'm sure the designers believe the titanium finish is more "sporty". Back middle seat now has a headrest.
I did think that the wood tone, that was used around the ashtray in the 00 and 01, gave that area a more finished look than in the 02. This area now has a less complete look, like it was forgotten.
Naturally, these are subjective observations. I'll be interested to read what you all think.
Also, does Infiniti offer free maintenance for the warranty period like most of other luxury brands do now ?
Thanks.
The i30 was nice but seemed a bit to soft and had a lot of roll to it. It also lacked a lot of the features I was looking for... I was very impressed with the i30T. It was a very firm and cornered very well. Interior was nice (drove a blk/blk) and exterior looked sporty as well. Overall I was pleased. The i35 had significantly more power! Wow, I was impressed... really felt good; however, I wouldn't recommend buying without the sport package - a must with that much power.
Acura TL was also a very nice drive. I was very comfortable and appreciated not having to worry about whether or not it had all the options the i30T did... They come loaded from the factory.
The TL-S had firmer seats and nice displays. Power was also very noticable.
This will be a tough decision. I think I could be satisfied with the i30T but they will really have to come done quite a bit even from invoice to get my attention. Otherwise I might be trying to get TMV price on a TL-S.
Comments are welcome to help me with my impending decision.
No. I believe only German brands(BMW, Audi, MB, etc) are offering free maintenance for the first 4 years of ownership. The Japanese brands (Acura, Infiniti, and Lexus) are not. You need to pay for your own.
Good Luck.
The I30t is selling $1000 below invoice in S. Cal. I bought mine back in May. I think it is pretty good deal. I test drove the I35, too. The engine is amazing. Nissan did a very good job on this machine. Since the I35 only have the luxury model, you really need to get the sport package to achieve same driving impression as the I30t. Personally, I don't like the wheels on the sport package. The color is too dull.
TL-S had been my daily commute car. It is quick. But the interior finish is no match to the Infiniti. And the sound system in the TL-S is no match to the Infiniti, too. The 200 watt BOSE in the I30t is awesome.
Has anyone ever had this kind of experience? I thought it might be something like a clogged or fouled oxygen sensor, or something like that.
Can it be simply reset? Thanks,
maxima light, i had a 96 maxima and the engine lt came on once or twice a yr, knowing enough about cars to know nothing was really wrong with it, took my time making it to the dealer, by the time i would go for my next service the light would have already gone out, finally sold it with 130k mi on it, nothing wrong with it, about half way thru the ad run, hot day middle of aug, i'm parked with engine runnin for like 30 min waitin for this guy to come out of the building and drive it, of course engine light comes on, anyway took it to dealer, said they replaced the o2 sensor, couple hundred bucks problem gone (between you and me prob a reset somehwere somehow, but i paid the 200 to get it over with and sell my max so I could get the above)
karz
Also, the dealership I'm working with said that Infiniti is running a special program that offers $1000 to anyone who has owned an Infiniti (new or used) to go towards a new i30/i30T.
Neg. your best deal, then if you've owned an Infiniti before, pull that out when you've got the best price you can get. The $1000 doesn't affect the dealership!
Thanks for your help, karz.
Anyway, I'll try to help if I can. My feeling was, I took, the invoice price for the car they had on the lot, that I wanted to buy, subtracted the $1500 dealer cash, subtracted the $1000 infiniti loyalty (even though technically I owned a Max previously, and according to some should not have qualified for it), and then took another 500 off just for the hell of it, figuring I don't know everything the dealer knew, and maybe they have some other money I don't know about, but at the same time, I couldn't really see bidding any lower than I was already, although you could try.
So dlr was throwing numbers at me, 1,000 below inv., 1200 below, 1500 below, etc. I had not yet disclosed any of my thoughts at this point. Basically, this was after I had been back to look at the car for the third time over a couple week period in my comparisons, and said I had to go, but they wanted to see if we could agree on some numbers. At this point I went to my car to get my info, after they were already 1500 below. I pointed out what the invoice was, and said, I appreciate your offer, but in my circumstance a car is a business expense, and that's not where I need to be to do something today. dlr SM: so what are you thinking, I said, well your salesperson said I would qualify for the loyalty, which is 1,000, and I know there's at least 1500 dlr cash in the car, and I don't know everything about your business, there may be a few hundred in expenses, there may be a few hundered in additional money such as holdback, so if I add the 1000, the 1500, and an additional 500 for misc, subtract that from the invoice, that left me at 27k, which is what i had in the back of my mind i would do the car for today. If not, I will have to think about it some more.
GSM left for a few minutes, while the salesperson complimented me on my professionalism and calm behaviour, and said at this point I just get a 'flat' when it's this low, I hope they give it to you. GSM came back and said 'GM said write him up'. To be honest I was a little surprised, I thought they'd try something else, but it was actually quite a pleasant experience, although as I said they TRIED to jack me on the interest
Sorry for the long post, but hope it helps, I don't know what else to tell you, except layout how the deal worked for me. For me I think the key was a motivated seller, and they sensed I was serious and would not move off my set price, but I WOULD do the deal as described if they agreed. I'm just a novice this time around, good luck to you.
Karz
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Karz10: Congrats on the new purchase and the great deal. Where and which dealer did you buy her from? Your deal was good enough to possible warrant a long drive or special delivery.
anyway, is the cd designed to work in only one particular car?
matt-I forget which model you have, and I don't have Nav in my '01 I30t, but for what it's worth, when I went to drive the '02 I35, asked salesman to show me the Nav,
he said 'ok, let me go get a disc, we don't keep them in the cars, coz they get stolen'....
comes back with a box that has two cd's in it, he says 'yeah I keep a couple in my desk so I have one to show when I need to, one time someone got in there when it wasn't locked, took the discs but put the jackets back in the box, so I thought I still had them, until I went to show them.'
This would lead me to believe that this has been something that he has done for awhile, and indicates there's probably not any connection between a specific car/nav-unit
I think tgif has Nav, maybe he'll check in soon...
Karz
Hope this answers your question
STEVE
my problem was that when i put in the cd, i would get a 'cdrom version is incorrect'. none of the local dealers knew what the problem was, they all told me different things.
eventually what happened was that the disc was an updated version and the program (operating system, if you will call it that) in the navi system itself needed to be upgraded to be able to use the new version. so all the dealer had to do was to pop in the programming disc, reprogram the navi, then my cdrom worked fine. hope this helps anyone else with a similar problem.
also, i noticed that when the driver's window is about halfway down, it makes a clicking noise over bumps.. anyone else have that problem?
MSRP: 33,710
Invoice: 30,300
My price: 28,500 (out the door!)
Thanks again for all your help. I couldn't be happier with my purchase!
jhacamb
Check out the I35 board. Someone had took a delivery for the I35 already.
A guy I officiated basketball with this past Sunday showed me his I35 (silver with black interior). Nice car! According to him, this is the 1st one delivered with navi on the east coast (we are in nothern VA area). He traded in a RX-300 and got a good deal -- can't remember the exact $$$s but he got a pretty good trade-in on his RX300 (he paid cash for the RX). I think it was something like $27,500 trade-in and he put $5,000 with it???? Anyway, he knew I had been interested in a 2000 I-30 (wife ended up buying an ES-300 -- her car), and he just wanted to "rub it in".
I've been looking at the I30's for quite a while, waiting for a good deal. Now that the deals are sweet, I'm torn between the I30 and I35. Sounds like you got a great deal on your I30. Good luck with it.
wildeman-good luck, glad to hear the light went out, again may be an o2 sensor down the road, in the mean time don't fill your gas with the engine running, and make sure you close the cap tight a couple clicks when done filling up, those are a couple things I hear that can cause the light to go on...can't help you on the choice between the i35 and the i30 but sure either would be great
update: so far so good, got 1,000 miles on my blk/blk i30t w/ sport pkg, nothing but compliments so far from others, and i am enjoying the ride, comfort and handling, just can't wait to be a little more liberal on the gas pedal
i don't think i'm getting the best gas mileage yet, only about 300 mi on a tankm but that's mostly city driving last few weeks
met the people that bought my maxima today as my title finally arrived from the CA finance co., got to see my max again to say goodbye, and climb back into my new ride...love the sunshade, the rims/tires, comfortable sporty ride, and above all the less expensive price tag....
i mention the less expensive price tag which equates to a lower pmt because i, and hundreds of others, got laid off Tuesday, so at least $100 or so less per month than other cars i was considering since i got the i30t for 27k, and i got a nice ride to go on interviews with
i'll check in from time to time, have fun!!
karz
I put exaclty 16 gallons in after about 340 mi, if my math serves me, that's about 21.25 mpg. So far seems a little less than my Maxima, I would get that on mostly city driving w/ 130k mi. Guess I'll try to keep an eye on it, make sure I keep track of it correctly, see if any improvement...
Got 1500 mi on the I30t so far, all is well.
Karz
Karz