Time for a new car

[Vinsanity]

That drive to Vegas must be pretty sweet.  I love a nice open road.  There are so few of them around here.

Are you happy with the move, or would you prefer to stay in the old office?

The freeway between SoCal and Vegas is pretty heavily traveled, though, and when it does open up, there's always a cop lurking somewhere right when you're ready to drop the hammer. It's frustrating as hell.

All things considered, the move should make my life much easier, if also more boring. I'm going to have to find something to do with the extra 2 hours of free time I have every weekday, but I suppose that's not a bad problem to have.

[Cookie Monster]

Congrats on the car, SVT!

BTW, start a new thread for it! This one has been taken over by the man-love between dazzle and vinsanity anyways.

[MrH]

Congrats on the car, SVT!

BTW, start a new thread for it! This one has been taken over by the man-love between dazzle and vinsanity anyways.

Moderators just need to merge it with Coug's thread. They're twinsies now.

[MexicoCityM3]

Congrats.

[SVT666]

Moderators just need to merge it with Coug's thread. They're twinsies now.

Nah.  He drives a rental.

[TBR]

Congrats on the car. Good color choices too. The G looks great in classy pearlescent, and the beige is definitely the way to go (the black + aluminium trim just looks cold).

[GoCougs]

Not as new or as low mileage as mine, and missing the updates/improvements that occurred in MY2010+, but I approve of course.

Interesting that in the US the (not really) "sport" package only comes with nav (one of the many reasons I passed on "sport").

Should think about the body-colored splash guards; they're expensive buggers but worth it to protect the paint, especially in areas with snow.

I'd never have that interior; you'll never keep it clean, but at least unlike the other lighter interior colors this has the black dash/console/doors. The others don't and looks so dated:

[280Z Turbo]

I think the floor mats would be impossible to keep clean in the winter months. I'd get some rubber floor mats for sure.

[SVT666]

There are no meaningful differences between the 2009 and 2010 G37. 

[Raza]

I'm thinking about the black wrap.  I love how yours looks.

Vinyl roof conversion!  Get that four door convertible with the top up look.

[SVT666]

Not as new or as low mileage as mine, and missing the updates/improvements that occurred in MY2010+, but I approve of course.

I have looked up what these "improvements" are and I can't find anything about them.  You listed them in a previous post, yet my car has some of them (so they weren't new for 2010), and the blue guages are still there in 2010 on the Sport model, so there's no difference there, and I looked into the transmission programming and it didn't change between 2009 and 2010.

Interesting that in the US the (not really) "sport" package only comes with nav (one of the many reasons I passed on "sport").

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

Should think about the body-colored splash guards; they're expensive buggers but worth it to protect the paint, especially in areas with snow.

Good tip.  I'll look into them.

I'd never have that interior; you'll never keep it clean, but at least unlike the other lighter interior colors this has the black dash/console/doors. The others don't and looks so dated:

The floor mats will never stay clean, but I'm getting rubber ones for the winter anyway.  As for the leather staying clean, we have beige leather in the Explorer and stains and spills clean up really easy.  Just to be on the safe side though, the kids have to take their shoes off when they get in and there and no drinks (except water) and no food allowed int he Infiniti.

[TurboDan]

Interesting that in the US the (not really) "sport" package only comes with nav (one of the many reasons I passed on "sport").

Yeah, who would want a great, useful feature in one's vehicle? 

[CALL_911]

Yeah, who would want a great, useful feature in one's vehicle?  

Yeah, only a retard would pay $100 for an external GPS. Who would do that when you could pay 20x as much for a built in unit that does the same thing? I love getting ripped off!


(Ignore the fact that my car has built in nav- it was used and a decent deal. I wouldn't pay for that shit otherwise)

[Colonel Cadillac]

Yeah, only a retard would pay $100 for an external GPS. Who would do that when you could pay 20x as much for a built in unit that does the same thing? I love getting ripped off!


(Ignore the fact that my car has built in nav- it was used and a decent deal. I wouldn't pay for that shit otherwise)

We're talking about used cars here. What's the premium for a nav unit in a used G37?

[TurboDan]

Yeah, only a retard would pay $100 for an external GPS. Who would do that when you could pay 20x as much for a built in unit that does the same thing? I love getting ripped off!


(Ignore the fact that my car has built in nav- it was used and a decent deal. I wouldn't pay for that shit otherwise)

But this whole thread is about used cars, and generally the price of nav in a used car becomes a decent deal. 'Cougs said he purposely did not get the trim that had nav simply because it had nav. That's absolutely senseless.

Honestly, I absolutely hate with a passion wires flying around my vehicle, sticking things to the windshield and/or dash with suction cups, digging the external unit out of the glovebox, etc. Did that in my Passat, both with nav and sat radio, and it sucked. It's so much easier, more efficient in terms of space and aesthetically pleasing to have it built in. When the computer voice speaks, it lowers your radio volume momentarily, it integrates with other functions in the vehicle and in my experience loads up faster.

[CALL_911]

Fair, my dad feels the same way. In my case, if there was a GTI with a sunroof within 200 miles of home that didn't have navigation, I'd probably get it over my car.

Then again, I also don't trust navigation systems (I've used mine enough times to count on one hand). They're great at finding the most retarded way to get to point B.

[Colonel Cadillac]

Fair, my dad feels the same way. In my case, if there was a GTI with a sunroof within 200 miles of home that didn't have navigation, I'd probably get it over my car.

Then again, I also don't trust navigation systems (I've used mine enough times to count on one hand). They're great at finding the most retarded way to get to point B.

Better than spending 20 minutes finding the fastest way to point B using a map

[Raza]

But this whole thread is about used cars, and generally the price of nav in a used car becomes a decent deal. 'Cougs said he purposely did not get the trim that had nav simply because it had nav. That's absolutely senseless.

Honestly, I absolutely hate with a passion wires flying around my vehicle, sticking things to the windshield and/or dash with suction cups, digging the external unit out of the glovebox, etc. Did that in my Passat, both with nav and sat radio, and it sucked. It's so much easier, more efficient in terms of space and aesthetically pleasing to have it built in. When the computer voice speaks, it lowers your radio volume momentarily, it integrates with other functions in the vehicle and in my experience loads up faster.

See that little cubby under the center stack?  That's where I keep my nav.  Most people think it's an integrated system.

[SVT666]

See that little cubby under the center stack?  That's where I keep my nav.  Most people think it's an integrated system.

That's cool.  Most cars don't have that little cubby though.

[CALL_911]

Better than spending 20 minutes finding the fastest way to point B using a map

I don't know, I usually use Google maps and change up their directions, depending on how good their suggested route is. My nav system sucks (although having directions in the gauge cluster display is pretty cool).

[2o6]

Yeah, who would want a great, useful feature in one's vehicle? 

Aren't those things absurdly hard to update?

[TurboDan]

Aren't those things absurdly hard to update?

No. You buy the current year's map DVD, put it in the DVD slot, and it updates itself.

[GoCougs]

Yeah, who would want a great, useful feature in one's vehicle? 

In-car nav is monolithic technology, especially in an older model like the second gen G. Smartphone nav is better for me; the app is many-times updateable (for example Apple will be porting Siri over to its own nav app for the iPhone5 = win) and there's no mucking about with media to update the maps.

[Cookie Monster]

I have looked up what these "improvements" are and I can't find anything about them.  You listed them in a previous post, yet my car has some of them (so they weren't new for 2010), and the blue guages are still there in 2010 on the Sport model, so there's no difference there, and I looked into the transmission programming and it didn't change between 2009 and 2010.
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
Good tip.  I'll look into them.
The floor mats will never stay clean, but I'm getting rubber ones for the winter anyway.  As for the leather staying clean, we have beige leather in the Explorer and stains and spills clean up really easy.  Just to be on the safe side though, the kids have to take their shoes off when they get in and there and no drinks (except water) and no food allowed int he Infiniti.

You're going to make them take their shoes off before getting in a car?

[SVT666]

You're going to make them take their shoes off before getting in a car?

I'll post pictures of what the back of my seats look like in the Focus.  Their legs aren't long enough to bend down towards the floor, so they end up with the bottoms of their shoes on the backs of the front seats.  Their shoes comes off anyway on most trips int he car, so now they just come off when they get in rather than after they have dirtied up the back of my seats.

[MrH]

Makes sense.  What rubber floor mats are you getting?  I figure you Canadians get them all the time.  Do you get OEM ones, or WeatherTech, or what?

[TurboDan]

Smartphone nav is better for me

I guess you never have to drive in an urban area, then. No smartphone GPS app works well at all in NYC or Philly, in my experience. Can't see why it would be better in any other large city. It's always getting lost, forgetting to tell you to turn and such. It also drains your battery like a mofo. Plus your smartphone screen is small (so you don't have as much eye-ready access to important info) and holding your smartphone in your hand when you need it could earn you a ticket.

At the end of the day, above all else, I just like everything smooth and integrated. Don't think I could go back to external, though I'm not sure even I would allow myself to be ripped off on an internal unit if I was buying a car new rather than used. If VW makes the BlueSport I'm pretty sure I'll buy one new, and that will annoy the hell out of me what they'll presumably want to charge for built-in GPS.

[Cookie Monster]

I'll post pictures of what the back of my seats look like in the Focus.  Their legs aren't long enough to bend down towards the floor, so they end up with the bottoms of their shoes on the backs of the front seats.  Their shoes comes off anyway on most trips int he car, so now they just come off when they get in rather than after they have dirtied up the back of my seats.

Ah I see, good point.

[ifcar]

I guess you never have to drive in an urban area, then. No smartphone GPS app works well at all in NYC or Philly, in my experience. Can't see why it would be better in any other large city. It's always getting lost, forgetting to tell you to turn and such. It also drains your battery like a mofo. Plus your smartphone screen is small (so you don't have as much eye-ready access to important info) and holding your smartphone in your hand when you need it could earn you a ticket.

At the end of the day, above all else, I just like everything smooth and integrated. Don't think I could go back to external, though I'm not sure even I would allow myself to be ripped off on an internal unit if I was buying a car new rather than used. If VW makes the BlueSport I'm pretty sure I'll buy one new, and that will annoy the hell out of me what they'll presumably want to charge for built-in GPS.

Prices are fortunately coming down for the factory units, at least from some manufacturers. VW has never been one to offer a bargain, though.

[GoCougs]

I guess you never have to drive in an urban area, then. No smartphone GPS app works well at all in NYC or Philly, in my experience. Can't see why it would be better in any other large city. It's always getting lost, forgetting to tell you to turn and such. It also drains your battery like a mofo. Plus your smartphone screen is small (so you don't have as much eye-ready access to important info) and holding your smartphone in your hand when you need it could earn you a ticket.

At the end of the day, above all else, I just like everything smooth and integrated. Don't think I could go back to external, though I'm not sure even I would allow myself to be ripped off on an internal unit if I was buying a car new rather than used. If VW makes the BlueSport I'm pretty sure I'll buy one new, and that will annoy the hell out of me what they'll presumably want to charge for built-in GPS.

So "absolutely senseless" isn't quite so then? Above all else I prefer more versatile platform; in-dash nav can't touch a smartphone for that. The Siri Apple nav is going to rock.

Seattle + surrounding area is plenty urban, and my app works just fine (I don't look at the screen - I go voice command only).