InfinitiGuy1997

Wow, i'm sorry to hear that. I've been buying/leasing my cars from Suburban for over 10 years now and have never had a problem. Maybe you should talk to the manager instead of the salesperson. I'm sure you would rather service you car where you bought it. I also know for a fact that they do pick up and delivery for their customers too. I highly reccomend that you call them. Good luck!

JasonHarper

Here's the response from my friend at Nissan who spoke to the engineer, your comments here were significantly more helpful then his, but it's nice to see.

Arvig

Jason,

I have a 2009 G37x Coupe, and although I don't know the specific tires on the G37x Sport sedans, and I want to say that at least the diameter of the wheels and tire size is the same as on my car. Our winter has been exceptionally mild this year, but even so we have had our days with snow and my coupe has handled fine, not been a "death trap". In fact, the day I brought my car home was one of the few days we had a "real" snow for this winter and I was impressed with how the car handled all the way home, I had about a 45 minute drive, give or take.

As an aside, this is from the online brochure/information for the 2010 G37x Coupe, right off of Infiniti's site:

"
Double 5-spoke, 18 x 8.0-inch aluminum-alloy with 225/50R18 V-rated all-season performance tires (front and rear)
"

I'd ask that dealer what makes the wheels and tires on the coupe perfectly safe for winter, and yet on the G37x Sport sedan a death trap. Yes it's 8 inch wheels, not 7.5, and it looks like a bit different shape to the spokes, but the tires are the same size, the diameter the same size and I'd assume for ease of manufacturing they would just order in one tire of the same size for both car models, as opposed to having two tires of the same size for fairly similar cars.

To edit I only read your OP so I haven't seen if someone else brings this up but I see you did get an engineer to give a reply that pretty much makes it sound safe to use 18 inch tires on a G37x. Which well..I can attest to that.

JasonHarper

have you been going to Troy or Novi Suburban? I went into the Troy location when i shopping for my current G, they were a much nicer facility, but I went Novi b/c they are so close to my house.

I'm going with Ann Arbor for sure for this one and for service.

Arvig

Oh, now reading the posts, it sounds like you have all but bought a car now, just need to compare a sport to a standard G37x. Congrats on that!

JasonHarper

Here's an email I just got from Surburban, home of the high pressure sale. Note, the guy in Ann Arbor not only got one for me with 20 hours notice, he is giving it to me for the same price as surburban was giving me the non sport, and is not charging me 1-2000 extra just to get one in. Oh, and the surburban guy told me there arent any in the area, that i woudl need to get one from Texas or order it from japan.

JasonHarper

correct, I'm turning in my 08 G35x and getting a 10 G37x today. as long as the test drive works out, and I will be paying attention to the seats, I'll be driving home in the sport.

BTW, VPP pricing right now is just nuts. I'm getting a $0 down ($1300 due at signing) 36mo, 15k per year, prem, nav, sport, 2010 G37 for $445/mo inc tax. My current payment on the G35x prem, nav 24 mo 12k per year is $550 with tax. this is just the best time to buy a nissan/infiniti if you have a friend who works there. its 3.5% under dealer invoice for friends, we basically get employee pricing now through March 31st (close of nissan fiscal)

JasonHarper

one more email from Surburban. Sorry if piling on a dealer doesn't belong on this string, it just helps to vent.

Arvig

Jason,

Yes, that other dealership is a bit "pushy" IMO. I had to order in my car, I went ahead and got a 2009 in December due to the deal I got on both the car itself and my trade in, along with the interest rate. (I bought instead of leasing). Anyway, the dealer here in December had no coupes left, but they had no issues whatsoever contacting dealerships over in Seattle for a car. Only way my local one was "pushy" is the salesman after the fact did contact me a couple times asking if I had any friends or family interested in an Infiniti, Ford or Nissan (the dealership locally is Ford, Nissan and Infiniti, kind of a small automall) but I won't exactly begrudge the guy, if I did I would refer them to him.

Anyway, to be honest I'd contact the Novi, Mi. one and find a nice and polite way to explain that you went with the Ann Arbor people since they managed to both find what you're looking for, and are willing to prep a non-sport if you dislike the sport when you see it in person. But that's just me, I guess I'd find it amusing to imagine the look on the guy's face when he's been claiming he'd have to order from Texas or Japan, and then find out that you know there's one in Ann Arbor, and you've all but leased it.

JasonHarper

I will be giving them the feedback, I just need to wait a little bit so I am nice about it and not rubbing it in their face. The guys are just trying to pay their own mortgage as best they know how. It just unfortunate parts of it are at my expense, which means me needing to not want to go in there yelling "HA HA, you screwed with the wrong customer!! HA HA Look at my new car that I all but handed you!! HA HA!!", but provide nice calm honest genuine feedback.

JasonHarper

Or, I could take the real easy way out and just send him a link to this discussion

BlueMalibu

Small world...I also had trouble with Novi and ended up buying in Ann Arbor. I got a G37S 6MT last November. I have Blizzaks on it and it is fine in the snow. It was very difficult to find a RWD manual trans car around here but AA got one for me.

eauty

Jason,
I too had truble with the Novi site and have ended up at the Troy dealership for my last 2 Infiniti's. I've owned 5 of them and by far the Troy site has been the most user friendly. I'm glad you found a good guy in AA as it would have been a drag to have been stuck with Suburban. PM me with the saleman's last name that was the idiot from Novi. I have a feeling it is the same idiot who caused me to go to Troy a few years ago.
Good luck and you will love your car, trust me!

SindhiStyle

Jason,

Am I reading your post correctly? Ann Arbor charges only $15 for an oil change?!?! WHAT?

JasonHarper

technically, they are $25, but when you buy from them they give you 10 $10 off oil changes, so in effect $15 oil changes.

I can't say enough about the ann arbor experience, they were just great to work with, and the guys seemed like really nice guys. and not once did they say anything remotely close to "so what's it gonna take to bla bla bla"

Here's the shot of my old g35x next to the g37xs just after the plate transfer. The S drove fine in the snow all the way home, it was fitting that we have gotten several inches today, so I was able to play around in the snow on the test drive, and put this to rest for me.