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To see location, you could always purposefully (and temporarily) inflate one to a few PSI more than the others to confirm location.
I can see his future now. Sitting alone at a bar somewhere in Margaritaville, getting into a fight over a salt shaker... Just wasting away. It's sad.
Yes, Yes Yes. I have the M35X and the driving experience is exceptional. There are a few things I wish i could fix, but its that way on any vehicle you purchase. Its a personal choice but I happen to prefer the wood over the aluminum. My car has vewry low profile ties and I live in NY (LI). I would not want any lover profile tires. The car is very quick and handles well. You need to adjust the the way the power comes on, almost like turbo lag. Its not a big deal as long as you konmw about it and are not pulling into traffic!
If you have an specific questions, this board was very helpfull in helping me make a decision. At this point the only other vehicle I would look at is thew IS350. I have not driven it yet, but they do make a good product. I like the sportyness on the M over the GS.
Good Luck!
You really should test drive both extensively. I'd strongly recommend driving each on the same route, trying to cover twisty roads, to compare handling, and the roughest possible highways, to compare cruising.
A downside to the sport is a somewhat noisier and harsher ride, which becomes really apparent on rough roads. I believe all but the hardcore enthusiasts will find the non-sport to be the perfect balance between sporty handling and great highway cruising.
With good test drives your choice will probably be pretty clear. The dealers want your business and will be happy to oblige.
Pete
Pete
I've watched the Problems/Solutions board regularly, most experience very minor problems. I have had none on my M45 Sport. Very sorry for your situation, apparently a bad build.
We should probably pick this discussion up on the "problems and solutions" board. Keep us posted.
Guedo has certainly generated a number of responses on this board from concerned/sympathetic people who actually drive the car.
In the LPS (Luxury Performance Sedan) board, a very useful post included the following: "One of these has cut-and-pasted the same post on multiple boards (praising the car, d***ing the company--making my first impression one of a competitor's shill)"
I absolutely agree. I follow a number of these boards and Guedo's post seems totally at odds with everything else. I guess there's nothing to prevent a sales person who has lost one too many deals to the M from doing such a thing.
Those of you who have cars, Infiniti or otherwise, that aren't problematic should just be happy. And none of you, whatever your situation is, should attack someone who has issues.
In fact, none of you should attack another member for any reason whatsoever - see your Membership Agreement linked on the left side of the page.
Thank you for your cooperation.
My wife OTOH has a 2003 Mercedes CLK. She's had one problem after another. Loose mechanicals under the car making a huge racket, convertible top stopped working numerous times, each requiring a trip to the dealer. Many other problems, and now she's got a faulty muffler that makes the car sound like a 56 junker. The part has been back ordered since October, and they don't know when it's coming. She's embarrassed to be seen and heard with it.
Pete
"My bluetooth sound is horrible as well. Callers on the other end cannot understand me, and all I hear is a muffled mess! I have spoken to my local dealership and to Infiniti "Customer Service" (and I use that term lightly), they have told me that Verizon wireless is to blame as their service is lacking. Now I am not an unreasonable person, but does the service of the phone have anything to do with the bluetooth linking up? My thoughts are no.....I have been to Lexus, Acura, and BMW and my phone sounds great in all of these other makes, my bluetooth headset also has great sound. My bluetooth link is active even if I am in the mountains and have no service. I am at a loss, Infiniti said that they got their "excuse" from JD Power and Assoc. - I cannot find that statement anywhere from JDP&A. I have been fighting with Infiniti since February 28, 2005 - the day I bought this
nightmare, I mean car.Some other problems I have experienced are:
*Sunroof not working - fixed by replacement
*Sunroof rattle - dealer states "unable to duplicate" (still driving me crazy)
*Bluetooth not working correctly - dealer states "due to customer phone" and the technology is "too new, we do not know what to do with it"
*Reverse Camera Blinks (and turns off) intermittently - dealer states "unable to duplicate" or "working as designed"
*Gas mileage extremely poor (less than 10mpg at times) - dealer states "operating normally"
*Bluetooth Phone book and Navigation Address book wiped out and voice tags erased (multiple times) - dealer states due to possible customer error (as if I would erase each of them) or "unable to duplicate"
*Brakes grinding - dealer states "normal operation" (AT 12,000 MILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!) - Found out is was my warped Rotors (I had to pay for new brakes as a result)
*Loud pinging noise from under car when turned off - dealer states "unable to duplicate"
*Right rear window would not roll up - repaired magically
*Lane Departure Warning System will not shut up - dealer states "working as designed" (and gave me a lecture on how to use this option - including visual aides!!!!)
*Car will not immediately recognize the key - dealer states "working properly".
I am going out of my mind. Infiniti will not do anything to help me, and my dealership is useless! Any ideas, or similar issues? I have obtained an attorney, so we will see if that gets the big "I's" attention!"
Since you bought your car 11 months ago, and the 28th of February was the first day the cars could be sold, part of your situation could be due to having a pre-production car. You appear to have come into possession of yours a month before most others even could have.
Hang in there.
First, have you tried taking the car to another dealer? It sounds like your dealer is as much of a lemon as your car.
There are TSB's for the moonroof rattle and the pinging. These should be easy to fix.
I have found that the LDW gets fooled on wet roads and when driving into the sun. Is this when it has bothered you? I usually just turn it off for that trip in these cases.
As to recognizing the fob, the car is a little quirky. To differentiate between the two fobs, I have to go through a lock/unlock cycle. The car only recognizes the new fob if that is the one that unlocks the car (whether from the button or the door).
The brake pads should have been replaced free of charge with the rotors.
Have you ever had "normal" mileage? My instantaneous readings are frequently below 10 mpg when accelerating. Are your numbers based on averaged MPG over normal driving? Most report 15-19 mpg in city driving and 21-25 on the highway.
My car was one of the first ordered and delivered and I didn't get it until the third week in March. Did you get one of the dealer's demos? It may have been abused during test drives in addition to the early-production problems (you will see from some of the TSBs that some problems only apply to early builds--Infiniti jumped on them pretty fast).
*The next closest dealer is 1.5 hours+ away and unfortunately I do not have the time to go that far.
*The moonroof was fixed, however the rattling has not stopped.
*The pinging has gotten quieter and less frequent, but none the less, the dealership has told me that there is no problem, and that is normal. Even after I told them about the TSB - go figure.
*I live in the Southern CA desert, we don't get much rain, but we sure get our fair share of sun. I have not noticed that the LDW system goes haywire in certain specific situations - I will keep my eyes open.
*I only use one fob, the other one is always at home. I showed the dealership the issue, and I was told that a "slight delay is normal". I of course do not believe that because more often than not there is no delay, it recognizes the key instantly.
*As for the brake pads, I was told that since there is nothing wrong with my car, all of the other times it has been in for (what I thought was warrantee) repairs have been "good will" repairs. Apparently, I used all of my "good will" repairs, so they would not cover them. I had to shell out $185.62.
*My average MPG is in the 13mpg range. This is an average of city and highway driving. I was told that this is normal, as I must "drive hard".
*I don't think that I got a dealer demo, as it only had 12 miles on it when I bought it. When I first test drove it, there was no sticker price for it. I don't know if that means anything, but when the dealership got the sticker in, they called me and told me I was the first person to own an M and that was 11 months ago on 2/28/05.
Guedo, your gas mileage seems very low. I drive in southern cal bumper to bumper traffic and get about 16-17 mpg.
Any thoughts/help would be appreciated while I escalate this to Infiniti, if that will do anything.
S
Good luck!
It's pretty easy to check mpg on the highway as well as in mixed driving. Going into the settings section, and doing a reset on the mpg log, I've gotten several mpg readouts from long (600+) mile highway trips - my mpg is very close to 22.5 each time. My mixed, daily, MPG varies from 17-19. So, close to yours and the published #'s. Bluetooth also work well for me with and e815, incoming calls vary in sound quality, like with any other cell phone. For outgoing calls, my call recipients report the best sound quality when I speak in a very normal, not loud, tone. Easy to talk too loud when your are not speaking into a microphone and get no feedback on how loud you are talking.
rrob
I have 21,000 on my M35x. I replaced the original equipment tires with the Avons recommended by TireRack. They were a softer ride and quiet when new, but now, on concrete they are very noisy. Asphalt is better, but still noisier than I would like. I drive usually between 70 and 80 on Interstate. I must say that with this many miles on my car that I have had not a single problem with anything. I couldn't be happier with the car. I noticed in an earlier post that someone had gone to a smaller wheel and had good luck with noise even with Blizzaks on. Is it OK to go to a smaller wheel with the M35x and do you think this would help with the ride and the noise. Thanks for any suggestion anyone may have. Peace.
I haven't experienced anywhere near what you have, problem wise, but I CAN back you up to the hilt on the "Sunroof Rattle" and "Gas Mileage Extremely Poor" topics. I have repeatedly had my car in for sunroof/head liner/DVD rattles (see my earlier posts). The dealer fix, when they are "able to duplicate it" seems to only work temporarily. At one point a service tech told me that the DVD player is directly attached to the metal roof, so there was no place to shim or otherwise tinker with it, but "he would see what he could do". I asked him if he thought that Infiniti intended to sell a luxury product with built-in rattles being normal and acceptable. He didn't have a great comeback for that one.
Otherwise, beside the mileage, mine has been great. I live in the Chicago area and was pleasantly surprised by the handling in the 12" of snow we had in early/mid December. I still haven't put snow tires on the car yet. Maybe soon.
One of the reasons I traded an '04 FX35 Sport was due to the "harsh" ride. I chose the non-Sport over the Sport M due to ride, road noise, and replacement costs. I prefer All-Season radials for wet road traction and the M's 19s have very limited (high-priced) choices. I prefer the wood trim (but thats a cosmetic choice); with the cost savings I got the Full Aero Package.
Bottom line I do NOT regret passing on the Sport trim. :shades: