Apparently, my local dealer has an Athens Blue with graphite interior, premium and nav on their lot. Of course, not wanting nav, I went ahead and ordered elsewhere, getting a better price as well.

I think I'll go check out the color since I haven't really seen it in person.

I kinda knew this was going to happen. I'm sure they ordered the car just to tempt me.

 

u haven't seen athen's blue in person yet?

 

I saw a G35 out in North Conway, NH that looks like Athens blue - quite nice, but no, I haven't seen the exact color in person.

 

Ahhh geet Nav you might not want/need it but its only a few bucks more in the end.

 

I just bought a Harman Kardon GPS 310 that will satisfy my GPS lust. I'll be sticking this onto the car.

 

Yes, better to get navi now, then end up wanting it later.

fyi: its worth it.

 

yup, the nav on the g37 is the best system i've ever used.

 

Like I said before, if they hadn't packaged it with the rear-camera, I would've ordered it.

I think I'll check out the car at lunch. Stay tuned..

 

Are you feeling alright today man!??

What do you have against the rear camera??? If you don't like the cut out try and get a chrome lip with no hole for $300..

Nav is excellent even if you have a seperate unit and you'd really like the reverse camera too.

Anywhoo, gl I love Athens, they never had any in FL with my options so I gots Blue Slate instead.

 

I didn't get nav, I don't need it ...BUT if I had it to do over again I would--resell value. In 3-5 years nav will be even more prevelent than it is now and will make the car more desirable with higher trade-in value.

 

The G37 has poor visibility when backing up, the camera helps a lot and you can back into a parking spot and safely get as close as you like to another object without hitting it.
If you don't get the nav/cam and you happen to accidentally back up into something, we will tease you to no end.

 

I wasn't planning on getting the nav package when I purchase mine, but after messing around enough on the nav system on my parent's Lexus and seeing its capabalities, I will absolutely refuse the car now if it doesn't have nav. I know you could get the portable ones, but they really are a pain to use compared to the built in navs and they are limited in scope of power and use compared to the built in ones. Plus the backup camera on the lexus is great, and from what I have seen, the Infiniti one is better due to those hash marks which at least tell you how much space you have left. Add in the 9 GB hard drive and that package is a winner.

 

Okay, so I went to take a look at the car. They apparently just received it yesterday.

The color: Just awesome! I thought the Athens Blue would be a lot lighter, but in today's partly cloudy skies, it just looked awesome! It's darker than I've seen in the pictures which is great!

The spoiler: DROOL!!!

The interior: Again, wow! The smell brings back memories of last year when I test-drove this thing. The car should be about driving and not just equipment.

The Nav package: Awesome integration with the steering wheel and voice recognition. Very intuitive controls and quite easy to use. A few too many options and settings for my liking. I don't really care for the compact card or HDD especially knowing its limitations. And the rear camera, the guy showed it to me and I've seen them operate before on the FX45 by my wife - wasn't impressed. Still, at the price point and the package, I don't believe it's worth it when considering aftermarket options. And why can't Infiniti offer the GPS as a standalone option? That boggles my mind when you compare with Audi offering it as standalone in the A5/S5.

I'd still rather do that modification adding in the Garmin black box to the AUX.

But of course, this car is going to be leased, so I can always change my mind in two years.

 

i would def. get the nav. great system with backup camera is just the beginning, i just think putting a aftermarket gps screen on the dash would look really silly. i have a backup cam in my lexus and it saved my bumper several times when street parking, great feature.

 

That car must have come off the ship that unloaded in New york on the 15th, I'm hoping that mine was on that ship!

It's good that you got to see the color in person!
But now it will be even harder to wait until the end of March!!