Originally Posted by Hugh Jorgens

You might be right ab the mirrors. I know a lot of cars have the same circuit for mirrors/rear window defrost. But usually, there's a graphic telling you that both are operated in one.

Again...I'll try this out next time and hope that y'all are correct and that I'm just a dummy.

Originally Posted by Hugh Jorgens

You might be right ab the mirrors. I know a lot of cars have the same circuit for mirrors/rear window defrost. But usually, there's a graphic telling you that both are operated in one.

Again...I'll try this out next time and hope that y'all are correct and that I'm just a dummy.

Originally Posted by Hugh Jorgens

Man, I think I'll likely get flamed for being so weak....

Alright...there are some things that I did kind of know before buying the car..
Like, the MPG. I can read the EPA estimates. Unfortunately, despite any reasonable efforts, I'm getting a mixed highway/suburbs average of like 20-22MPG.
I have about an 80 mile round trip commute. My fault, yes. And it's not a question of affordability or anything of that sort. But more a question of logic. Why TF does the MPG need to be this bad? V6 Acuras that have like 25 less HP get IMMENSELY better MPG.

The MPG I can sometimes overlook...because the car is genuinely fun to drive and I have learned to really like the shifter and clutch. Weird, right?!
I love the car's engine and chassis and brakes. They did an excellent job.

BUT...the first word in "driver's car" is DRIVER('s)
Why TF are the cupholders so bad?!!! This is not something I like...look for before I buy a car. I just assume that a car the size of a yacht will have usable cupholders.
I operate them for the first time and it blows my head off how bad they are. To add insult to the scalding burns I got from my coffee...some jackass decided that instead of making more cup room, a better use of the space would be to make a 1" wide strip of velvet (?!!!) that leads up to be a coin holder big enough for 4 coins. The only thing I can buy with 4 coins is a drink small enough to fit in the stupid cupholder. Am I just being centric? Is there a denomination of Yen that's worth it's space in that stupid coin holder??

I'll put it into the craziest terms you will hear in your life.
My S2000 has a larger and better cupholder.
German cars come with better cupholders.

Also....it snowed and I had to drive this car.
I look over and see a bunch of ice on my wing mirror. "No problem", I think. I'll just turn on the mirror heaters.
I'm frantically looking all over the dash for mirror heaters.
Nope.
I'm not built to scrape snow off of anything.
I don't clean snow. I take enough of the snow from my windshield to make a small porthole....turn on every heated surface in the car.....and then I'm off.
I'll drive like a submariner until the rest of the snow blows off as god intended.

Now I have to scrape snow.
And my fu@$ing coffee has to sit on the seat.

They could have also made a lot better use of the available space. The centre console and storage areas could be WAY bigger than they are.
Why is the passenger airbag light there? Any why TF is it big enough to see from space?? Who tf cares whether it's on or off? Turn that mother into a flip up storage area.

It's a sedan dammit.

#sorry for swearing. I was very upset about the heated mirrors today.

Originally Posted by stealthee

My 3000GT has heated mirrors, but no graphic saying they are operated by the rear defrost. The button is exactly the same in ones that don't have heated mirrors. There are many other vehicles with heated mirrors that just indicate you are turning on defrost, and it also controls the mirrors.

Originally Posted by RobC7

Unfortunately this is the best Infiniti could do with the weight and RWD configuration. A 6spd maxima with the VQ will get the MPGs comparable to your honda/acuras. I wonder if a 7spd auto rear end would greatly improve your highway MPGs.

At the end of the day you bought a small entry level 'luxury' sports sedan. If you want more, you will need to shop in the midsize segment and your options become even more limited. Unfortunately I don't think any of the midsize options will get better than 25mpg highway with a manual.

Originally Posted by Rochester

You should pick up a used Nissan Leaf for commuting like that. 150 electric miles a day, quiet, responsive, kind of interesting looking.

Looking around auto trader, you could get a 4-5 year old Leaf for around $10k, give or take.

Originally Posted by BULL

Hugh, the cup holder applies to coupes only. The sedan has a much more comfortable design since it doesnt have an E brake to share. I live in FL so I can't confirm the mirrors.
I come from the Honda world and their efficiency spoiled us. If you pay attention the J series engines have a closer bank angle and smaller ports that help with torque along with intake only Vtec which under Vtec the cam profiles are set for efficiency. Most of this efficiency is the reason why Honda V6s struggle to get anywhere close to 300whp when the VQ35/37 can achieve these easily.

It's not until you look at Infiniti's newer lines that you see they started to move towards comfort.

Originally Posted by Hugh Jorgens

I have a sedan, mensch.

This cupholder is as bad (size wise) as DC chassis Integras were. But...the Integra still holds the stupidest cupholder award. An award that wouldn't fit in either car's cupholder, ironically.

Originally Posted by Hugh Jorgens

I was thinking along the lines of a GS350H maybe. Would be a good road tripper. I plan to go to/from NYC a lot in the next few months.

Maybe Los Angeles in a few months.

Originally Posted by RobC7

I don't know how people do it by putting different gears in the G. In stock form the RPMs are already too high for my liking on the highway.

Originally Posted by Rochester

You lose maybe 0.5 mpg overall, and highway cruising is maybe 300 rpm higher than typical 6th gear coasting.

That's really it. The returns are so much more than that compromise added to the cost. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by Hugh Jorgens

I'm just saying....in terms of gas mileage...its MY fault that I'm driving this thing 80 miles a day. But this is the first car that I've owned that's done WORSE than the EPA sticker says.