gord27

Another CAD owner chiming in. I bought my car off-lease from a local Infiniti dealership and I added the 4 year, 80k warranty. It was like $3800 with a $100 (or $200) deducatable but I get $1900 back after 4 years if I never use it. 2 years in and haven't used it yet. I'm at 113k, bought it at 66k.

Also, if you're going to get new wheels, don't spend money on tires yet. Use up what tires you got and then get new wheels/tires together. Then use your stock wheels for winter tires.

Whatever you buy, do the grounding mod. It's the only mod I've done so far but totally worth it. Coming from only ever driving stick, this transmission is AWFUL without the grounding mod and JUST bearable with it.

someone else

Thanks man.

How much did you pay if you don't mind me asking?

I am looking to spend 14-15-16k for under 100,000km (or as low as possible) for a G37x (and hopefully I can add paddle shifters later).

Will definitely keep a note of the grounding mod, ty.

Coltrane1

A month ago I bought a 2010 G37xS sedan with 114k. I passed on the $3000 warranty w/ deductibles. It's my 2nd "x" sedan, the first an '08 G35x. The '08 has 120k, and still going strong, and obviously has "no warranty."

Congrats on your new G37xS!

mjnoles1

I am not sure exactly what the part is. But, there does seem to be a difference in steering between the X and the XS sedan.

I was checking up something else through discountinfinitiparts.com and came across sections of parts. Looks to be different part numbers for a few items depending if it is a sedan with "AWD with Sport Tuned" or "AWD w/o Sport Tuned"

The original thread I posted, some thought it was for the Coupe. But, it certainly was not as the coupe and sedan had different part numbers.

BionicG35

I used to have an S before I moved to the Midwest and got my current xS. The xS definitely does not have the same "sport tuned" suspension or steering as my old S did.

mjnoles1

This is obvious and not what I was stating. However, there is a difference from what I see, between an xS and just an X.

someone else

Do you drive an xS?

iCrap

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I'm almost 100% sure they are mechanically identical. The difference in steering feel could be the different wheels / tires.

Coltrane1

Well, if it means anything, driving my '08x to the dealership, I immediately felt a difference test driving the xS. The latter was much tighter, and displayed a stiffer sport like suspension. It's as if they were not similar cars. I didn't anticipate there being that much of a noticeable difference between driving a 2008 G35x and a 2010xS - But it felt like a night and day difference between both cars, each of which now reside in my garage.

mjnoles1

Neat to hear a side by side comparison from someone that owned both the S and xS. Please do share.

BionicG35

The S was very tight both in the way that it handled as well as the steering feel. Imagine taking a long swooping turn like an interchange ramp. Then near the end, the road would dip a bit. In the S the car would keep its form throughout, staying nice and flat for the most part and a consistent steering wheel feel. The xS taking the same curve feels fairly tight and flat going in through the beginning of the turn, then starts to feel like the back end is going and kicking up towards the outside. Once you hit the dip, the car feels much less in control. the steering input needs to be more drastically changed, it starts to feel like understeer and then when you counter it feels like the back end will oversteer. In the S I could feel confident to handle the curve at an Interstate speed, while the xS loses its confidence somewhere just above highway speed. The xS still handles way better than your average sports sedan but the S was on par with a sports coupe like the Z.

gord27

I paid around $25k, two years ago. Probably overpaid by a couple thousand but needed a car asap at the time and this came with the tech package (auto cruise, etc.) which made it priced higher. I would have preferred one without since the auto cruise sucks in this car. Thankfully you can disable it since I use cruise control all the time.

mjnoles1

I paid a little more than I should as well when I picked up my 2013 G37xs because it had the tech package. The one option I don't really use for the tech package is the auto cruise as I do not take long trips to use it.

Curious, why do you think it sucks in our car?

iCrap

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I don't think it sucks. Its one of my favorite features... i use it everyday.

gord27

I've driven a Subaru with Eyesight so that's my only real comparison for auto cruise control. For me, the auto cruise in the Infiniti doesn't give you enough warning when you're coming up to someone before it starts braking the car. It also doesn't brake you to a full stop. The Subaru gives you enough warning to check your mirrors, signal your lane change and then move before it starts to slow you down. It will also completely stop the car, if necessary. I know this is like comparing apples to oranges but the Infiniti auto cruise is VERY "first gen" tech.

In addition, out of all the cars I've owned, the Infiniti has the hardest time maintaining a specific speed. Nearly every previous car has been manual so maybe that has something to do with it. However, when I have cruise set for 100 (in an 80 zone) and hit a down hill, the Infiniti cruise will be doing 110+ by the bottom. I find the spread is +/-15Km/h from your setting. That's unacceptable.

The other puzzling feature of the Infiniti cruise control is the ability to switch to manual mode/use the paddles without cancelling cruise control. Having to tap the brake peddle to cancel it is annoying. I know you can press the cancel button but that loses your memory.

Sorry for the long winded response but I've had a lot of time to think about this. The only reason it all stands out is because it's very different than any other car I've experienced.