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Giving up such a great car as the M35 for frankly 3rd rate Swedish front drivers is definitely NOT worth it though just for some snow.
In a few weeks I'm going to meet with the owner of the Infiniti dealership - he has been quite friendly with me and told me if I needed anything done to contact him direct.
I test drove three other M35s and didn't hear the sound on any of them. No service rep ever heard the noise and few have complained on this board so it is definitely not "normal". I have to believe that if others heard this sound they would have complained to their dealer but that hasn't been the case.
Thanks.
- How big is the trunk? Am I wasting my time on this car if I need to drop 2-3 golf bags into it every weekend?
- How is the quality of the paint? I currently drive a Nissan Murano and the paint on this car chips like crazy... I have as many spots of missing paint on it in 2 years as I did with 5 on my previous car! Wanted to see if Nissan uses the same paint technique on all of their vehicles.
- Is there an Aux. input on any of the radio options? I do not see one listed but I wanted to ask just in case... I'd love to plug my iPod directly into that 5.1 system!
Thanks for any answers you can provide!
The Aux input is accessible through a little door which is on the outside rear of the the center console (facing the rear passengers). The aux input uses 3 RCA phono tips. (Audio Left and Right, and a video input as well.) You can get a cheap adapter at radio shack with a mini stereo plug (1/8th inch) on one end and two RCA males on the other end, and it will sound great.
Pete
Don't know about your paint issue.
On the audio, I think you have to have the DVD system (most expensive) to hook up the iPod directly.
and I have a full size spare.
Cardas and Analysis Plus also make iPod to RCA cables if you REALLY want it to sound great They cost about 20x as much as the Radioshack cable though
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I tend to be a bit skeptical on those super expensive cables, especially with MP3s players. Have you tried it, vs the standard ones, and are you giving us your personal endorsement?
Pete
Signal Cable
After using my ipod, an integrated solution (one that allows control through the car's CD controls would be ideal. I've noticed on the internet devices that claim to do this. Any experience with these?
One final note. I havent seen any discussion on the forum regarding the fact that you can play mp3s on the CD changer. This effectively allows the equivalent ~60 CDs to be available in the changer at once with text.This almost makes ipod unnecessary.
Making MP3 CDs would be another way to go, but keep in mind that iTunes .m4a files wont work.
Paint? I've never seen an Infiniti peel or fade (like Jaguar). I wouldn't give the paintjob a second thought.
What were to rest of the terms, months, down?, taxes in pmt?, and was it 600/mo or 584/month.
thanks
However, with four winter tires mounted, I would suspect you would be OK for the late December through mid February period. The AWD isn't THAT much extra money is it? With AWD in this part of the US, 4 UHP A/S tires would probably be fine on the M35X.
With 2WD winter tires are a virtual "must have."
I hooked up my ipod with an inexpensive RCA cable and used it for about a week. From time to time, I'd hear significant static...
Should also note that I had the ipod charging on the outlet at the same time, but that didn't seem to be the problem.
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That static can be from any of several different sources. I personally believe that inexpensive cables (as say, from radio shack) are only slightly more likely to cause that kind of problem than are expensive ones, given that the vast majority of new ones will work just fine.
Here are some of the potential causes
- faulty ipod headphone connector. (Over the years, I've seen 5 ipods in my family with faulty headphone connectors. They used to break down as they got older, more so on the earlier generation ipods.) Isolate this by trying another music source.
- noise from the charger and it's circuit. This has been a problem for me, and can be isolated by checking if noise goes away when the charger is completely disconnected.
- An intermittent short or break in the cable. The most common cause of this would be pulling out the tight fitting RCA plugs by yanking the wire instead of grabbing the plug itself. Try another cheap cable, no kidding, but a different brand. If the problem is still there, IMO, its not the cable.
- a problem with the aux input circuitry. I actually had an intermittent short in my mercedes aux input, which the dealer handled for me.
- rca plugs that are not plugged ALL the way in, which can cause an intermittent connection. Some of those RCA plugs are very tight and seem to be plugged in when the outer ground contact is just barely touching. In that case they actually can go further in another 1/4 of an inch.
You should be able to isolate this completely by getting a different cable and some other music source and changing things out until you've found the culprit.
Pete
Still, I see quite a few RWD Mercs, BMW, and Lexus, all without snow tires, that seem to get along fine. I imagine that only the more recent of these models would have some type of computer-controlled traction/yaw mechanism, which leads me to believe that AWD south of say, Chicago, may be overkill. Thoughts?
S
Lease payment- $618 plus $30 to payoff BMW lease plus sales tax of $59 equals $707.
XM has crossed the 4 million subscriber mark. Sirius is about 1.4 million. XM thinks they will be at 5.5 million by year end. Sirius has visions that include the Stern impact and the Martha Stewart influence. Supposedly Donald Trump likes Sirius (from a biz perspective, one would imagine).
I have no axe to grind for or against XM.
I have been listening to Sirius as much as I can for the past 18 days. I have never heard the same song twice on "the Vault." My wife has 6 stations programmed into the buttons on her steering wheel and she claims not to have heard any repetition. We are now piping it through our home theater system since you can access it "free" if you have a subscription (even though it was paid for by BMW or however this works).
Generally speaking I would say sat radio is fantastic and if it can survive (maybe only one will survive) it ought to kill FM radio -- heck it may impact AM for all I know.)
The quality is better than the best FM and almost CD quality.
The selection of channels is wide, diverse and almost difficult to imagine.
I grew up listening to what was called (then) Progressive Rock -- I would give this at least a B+ or possibly A- as a faithful recreation of the music and the announcers are current and engaging. No commercials makes this quite the relaxing experience.
I cannot advise you which one to get -- we have Sirius and despite some folks belief that their libraries (of music) is shallow, I have not found this to be the case.
Four million XM subscribers is impressive (and neither service is making any money, yet). The M35 was offered with either Sirius or XM, the BMW only with Sirius, so we both elected Sirius (that and the magazine articles and a friend who claims his GM car has XM and his wife's whatever has Sirius and he prefers Sirius).
I say, who cares which one you get, you will be amazed -- well you will be if your taste expands beyond AM talk radio -- but even for that sat radio permits commercial free content and crystal clear sound.
Push the meter illumination control knob for 1 second to turn the needle sweep on or off. The knob is located at the lower left side of the tech dial.
The wheat color I have is probably not going to be too hot in the summer but then again I'm already seeing dirt tracking in on the wheat colored mats when it rains. I'm ordering some protective mats (transparent). In case you're wondering Infiniti doesn't sell customized protective mats for the M yet. (as per ray catena this saturday) The set I ordered is supposedly customized from the M (www.drivingcomfort.com)- hopefully they are high quality.
I know alot of people have said people who purchase cars in this class should not care about fuel efficiency but I really have 2 issues:
1. I do alot of driving and I do not want to be at the station every other day.
2. Gas is seemingly only going one way and it does get expensive.
I already ordered the car (M35x) and I am just curious what you have experienced out of the box and after say 5,000 miles.
Did anyone in NY get the wheel and tire warranty? I purchased my care at Atlantic Infinity and they do not offer the warranty. I would like to get the warranty from another dealer if possible.
Thanks
I'm in Phoenix, and my previous cars have had them, but this is my first car in this price range and can't decide whether it would ruin the look of the dash or not.
I'm hoping this was just a temporary glitch. I have no idea what could be the cause. Sunspots? Full moon? Satellite issues? Has anyone else had this happen to them? Do you know what could cause this?
Conventional wisdom says don't buy the first year of a new model, but I liked this car so much I swam upstream. I've not had a hint of a problem anywhere in the car, although others here have had nuisance issues resolved. I'm not hard on my cars ... but cars with systematic glitches expose them irrespective of driving habits. I've seen nothing serious or repetitive on this thread that causes me to worry about my decision.
No I didn't. We don't have any! LOL Well, I take that back. We do have a few trees that are home to birds capable of delivering massive amounts of "stuff" onto a clean surface and I'd rather roast than be bathed in excrement.
It's funny that you mentioned that, because I was wondering what ever happened to the survey and the winter mats I was promised (for completing the survey.)
They told me I would get it in the mail...1 month later...no survey...no mats. :confuse:
The nav functioned flawlessly until last night, when it could not locate me. I drove about 35 miles and for the entire drive it placed me about 5 miles SE of my actual location.
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I've had my Q45 for three years, and I had pretty much the identical problem, just once when the car was about 2 months old. It was definitely unsettling at that time, but the problem disappeared about a half hour later, and never once reappeared.
A few weeks later, when I went to the dealer for another reason, I asked him to recalibrate the nav, just to be safe. Note that I HAD used the system regularly between that failure and the recalibration, without any hint of a problem.
OTOH, If the problem continues to recur I'm sure it can be dealt with. There are two kinds of calibration adjustments for the Q. Worst case would be to replace the GPS antenna and/or the NAV unit, which no doubt the dealer would be willing to do if nothing else worked.
Pete
ANSWER: The Speedometer and the Tach will only do the half circle swing around the dials when your setting for the gauges is to have the light around the gauges ON. This is the switch on the left side of the gauge cluster aka the eclipse dimmer. Keep pressing it to decrease or increase the brightness and to turn on and off the ring light around the gauges.