The Mrs. and I agreed that once her 2001 Infiniti I30t was paid off and it hit 100k miles, we'd sell it and get her something new. Well, we finally got an acceptable offer and sold it.
It served her very well in the 50k miles she had it.
OLD:




She will be missed...

So, since wifey has always had Infiniti's with fantastic luck on all of them, we stayed in the family.
NEW(er):


2005 FX35, 40k miles w/ Sport and Tech packages.
It will be nice to have finally have AWD in the MN winters!
We plan to keep it 4 years, when it will probably be close to 100k miles again, then hopefully trade up again.
We can only hope this Infiniti will bring us the same problem-free ownership as the last two!

 

Love it! Great color.. congrats

 

Thanks! Blue w/Sport AND Tech was hard to find.

Congrats on your second 3 series of the year.

 

Nice! Congrats

 

Looks great! That gen looks so much better than the new one!

 

love the blue. thats my fav color for the FX

 

Congrat.

 

looks great

 

dam. thats a nice color. congrats!!

 

nice! now how about you? you going to get rid of the CL anytime soon for a newer acura or you'll also go to infiniti?

 

Dunno My CL has recently gone through all it's 100K mile replacements and fixes and it running like a top again, so I think I might just keep it and get an S2000 next summer. But that leaves us with three cars for only a two-car garage.

I'm also considering trading it in for a 4-seater hardtop conv. next summer, but it doesn't appear that I'll be able to afford anything I want. So the CL-S/S2K combo might be more viable.

I'd LOVE to get into a G37, but I can't afford it at the moment and a few close friends already beat me to the punch.

 

s2000 sounds like a good plan, but your CL will probably be all alone in the cold MN winters outside.

you know that the G37x coupe is coming right, perfect for snow.. also, the G37x sedan is coming too.

 

I have family with plenty of heated shed space to keep the S2K in storage for the winter, so while the CL would sit out during the summer, it would get a garage space in winter.

Yeah, I see both the G37x and G37 vert coming out in the next year, but I will be hard-pressed to spend more than $25k and I already have too many friends with G37's (based off my recommendations ). So, even though I LOVE them, I need something a little different...

 

Very nice....My wife almost got an 08, but the Lexus won out. I love my Infiniti so far..

 

Yeah, I showed both the RX and FX to the Mrs., but the FX drove so much nicer and there really aren't that many of them around here, so it was FX hands down for wifey. I concurred.

Glad to hear your G is working out for you, I LOVE that car!

 

Wow I don't think I've ever seen that blue before. Looks awesome! I'm sure the exhaust note is quite a step up from the I30. AWD will definitely suite your needs in MN that's for sure. Good luck with it!

 

If the shape of the FX wasn't as..err..egg like, it would have won out....The FX interior and gadgets are way above the RX...

 

My grandmom has a Murano which is like a stripped down less performance FX and she loves it. Congrats on the car.

 

congrats! Love the color and great choice with the FX



off topic, seen a couple of new 09 FX35/45 around town and they are amazing...

 

My foot has definitely been heavier than usual lately.


Thanks all for the kind words!

 

Very nice

We almost pulled the trigger on one of those in 2005, but I vetoed it b/c of gas mileage. Still love it to this day though.

 

Sweet.....

I've never been a cute ute' guy, but that thing is more like a bad ass wagon. Let us know how you like it (um, I mean, ask the wife how much she likes it)....

 

That is the same car that I want to get for my wife, and like you I'll be keeping my CL because it runs flawlessly. What's even more uncanny is that I won't be getting the G37 for the exact same reasons you mentioned (finances and 2 friends with them). I'm thinking Audi A5 in 2011 (or 2010).

Anyway, awesome choice, enjoy

 

Great minds think alike. Thanks!

 

Nice..always loved this truck

 

Very nice upgrade. It looks brand new. I don't like the new ones either, the rims are badass as well. What did she own before the I30?

 

Nice choice for the replacement vehicle!

 

I think they'll grow on you. Did you actually like the FX when it first came out? I thought it was one of the ugliest vehicles on the road at the time. Now I just shake my head when I see one because I like them so much.

It's different, and I like that. It also looks very masculine and it has lots of power. I read that it is better than the X5 in many ways also. Now that I think of it, I'm seeing more of them on the roads now. Maybe I'm just noticing them more, or maybe it's because of the automobile market right now.

 

Congratulations for your new Infiniti! The FX is a fantastic looking thing and I've always wanted one. Every time one pulls up next to me, I pull my windows down to listen to it. Again, congratulations and try to let her drive it sometimes.

 

Love the FX...

 

I thought the FX was a beauty when it first came out. It was unique, powerful, had a nice interior (at the time), and handled extremely well. The new one is disturbingly ugly from the front, and the rest of it leaves a lot to be desired. It has too much of a forced aggressive look whereas the previous FX had a more organic touch to it. Model for model, the new FX actually looks cheaper IMO. Atleast its not as bad as the EX...Infiniti needs to just count its losses and hault production on those things.

 

The EX isn't bad...Its a good alternate to a station wagon..

 

nice car... watch out for the blind spots in it though. my roomate had a g35 coupe and had an fx one day as a loaner when he was getting his oil changed. i swear the two cars have the exact same blind spots.

 

always great getting a good deal on a used car when its better looking than its precessor.

 

Hey...Congrats!!

Sorry I couldn't help you...

 

why didnt your wife lease if she drives so little and owns the car for such a small amount of time?

 

congrats!

that blue is

 

haha, no problem.
I know how it goes. The dealer I got it from picked it up in a WI auction for $23,500. I paid only slightly more than that. It VBB's at $27,800 locally.
It's pretty hard to beat that, even with your secret-handshake license.

 

60k miles in 4 years isn't what I would consider a "little" amount, though I suppose a 15k mile/yr lease would barely fit our needs.
I actually did look into leasing an 08 for about a second, but really, two main reasons why we bought:
1) Lease is ~$440/mos. for one that is comparably optioned. We're paying nowhere near that for our finance payments with the $5k we put down.
2) At the end of our 4 years of ownership, we can sell the FX for $12-$15k (especially in this winter market). That $$ goes right in our pocket.
At the end of a 3 year lease, we'd probably owe money for mileage overages, etc.

...at least that was my reasoning.

 

I bought my FX35 back in 2006 and I still love it.

I've been playing with it a bit.



If you are going to mod it you can find plenty of info @ infinitiscene.com