I have owned two Infinitis, an M45 and the current QX60, and both have been fabulous. The M45 was like a rocket (of course it had a V8), and handled like a dream, especially at freeway speeds. I would highly recommend one
And Infiniti is a division of Nissan, not Mazda.
Mrs Limey needed a new SUV as her lease was up on her beloved Land Rover LR4, and they basically wanted her to buy it again in order to keep it. We’d driven a QX60 in Colorado, and it was thoroughly decent, but she didn’t like the styling which was too minivanish for her tastes. But that wagon gave her confidence to try the brand, and she ended up getting the QX50, in large part because the tech it boasted would be very useful in her work as a real estate agent.
Well, as mentioned above, that tech never worked. She was supposed to be able to send destinations to the nav system over wifi, but that never worked, not even once. The dealership tried multiple ways to fix it, and it never worked for them either. The phone would drop calls consistently and screens would crap out at random times, leaving her with no nav, forcing her to have to pull over, turn the car off and back on again to get it to reboot.
That was embarrassing with clients in the car, made worse because it would forget all the addresses that she’d painstakingly entered for that day’s house hunt (because the wifi thingy didn’t work, remember) so she ended up getting a dash mount for her phone and just using that as her infotainment system. Great advertisement for Infiniti right there!
Then there was all the trouble caused by the driver “assist” features. It would regularly take over and steer her into oncoming traffic when she was trying to make a left turn. And, if there were two left turn lanes, she could not be in the right of the two because that was guaranteed to drive her straight on. She would have to stop in the middle of the intersection, and still the car would not let her go left. She was just stuck there trying to jog back and forth like Austin Powers until she was facing far enough left that it would now let her go where she wanted. All of this was in addition to the tail being easily as flippy as what I experienced in the G35.
That thing was in the dealership more than it was on the road. They were never able to fix any of it. And, because that model had no resale value, there was no way for her to junk it in early without taking a bath. She just lived with it as best she could and Infiniti eventually relented, taking it back 6 months early.
Oops!
I’ve had exactly zero problems with either the M45 or the QX60. They are far and away the best vehicles I’ve ever owned. Mrs Hawk test drove the QX50, and that little four banger was just not gonna butter the parsnips. Not to mention it’s made for munchkins. Can’t say about the tech though. Mrs Hawk is still in awe over power windows.
To stay on topic…Infiniti committed to being all hybrid/electric by 2021 and all electric by 2030. Don’t know if they are on track though.
I guess we can add Infiniti cars to satellite dishes on the list of things that just work for the Hawks but give the rest of Christendom infinite (pun intended) trouble.
Well, they are no iPhones…
This is interesting: the electric equivalent of a jerry can.
This…is basically nuts.
Read an article the other day on the costs of owning an EV, and it brought up insurance rates. On average, it’s about 30% higher for an EV than for a traditional ICE. So for my Limey Flying Death Machine Infiniti QX60 I pay $738/year for full coverage insurance. I could expect to pay closer to $1,000 for an equivalent EV. Not a deal breaker for me personally, but it’s something some folks will have to consider.
What’s the rationale behind the rate difference? Limey-wannabes testing out the 4-second 0-60 capabilities all the time?
I think it’s just the higher cost of EVs, both repairs and replacement. At least in the current world. They are not inherently any more dangerous or likely to crash.
That’s just what Big Electron wants you to believe.
For sure it’s the higher cost. Plus, I would imagine that a front or rear shunt above a certain force has to do some damage to the battery pack, which is the most expensive part.
They’re as insidious as the Egg Council.
Heard from Rivian recently that my order for my 2022 R1S won’t be delivered until “2nd Half 2023.”
Apparently they are overwhelmed as demand went through the roof late 2021 and things are backed up big time for them.
Alas. Gives me more time to figure out my next move as far as living and getting things ready in terms of having an EV.
Also, one of my coworkers the other day in the hotel van said ICEs will have to be around forever seeing as how if you’re stuck in a snow storm for hours on end (which happened recently on the east coast I believe), your EV will fail you.
And he thinks it’s gubment overreach that Biden is promoting EVs, charging stations, et al.
Did I mention he loves his Tesla?
I work with some fucking geniuses. 
Electrons hate cold weather. That’s a known fact.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa.
HH, please don’t go injecting yer scientifical stuff here, man!
But your fuel tank never runs dry, amiright?
Dude parked his Teslas outside overnight in weather colder than that experienced in the Virginia mess, and set the heaters to 70℉ to see how much battery it burned.
In 12 hours in 12℉ weather, the Model Y used 33% of its battery keeping the car nice and toasty inside.
When my coworker was spouting off about how his Tesla burns sooooooooooooo much electricity/battery when he runs the heater in Colorado in the winter, in the back of my mind I was calling bullshit. Then again, I do that with a lot of my coworkers who are self-ascribed experts in economics, law, immunology, gubment, you name it, yada yada.
Regrettably, many pilots just like hearing themselves speak…
On the clip, the guy talks about how heating the Tesla uses a lot of battery at the start, to heat not just the cabin but the battery itself. After that, it calms down. Of the 33% used over 12 hours, 5% went in the first 10 minutes.
As a former pilot, I can confirm this to be true. Not sure if pilots are worse than engineers, but it’s close either way.
Airline Pilots who are engineers are the ‘winning combo’, Ray…