Hi! I got some questions:

1) Is front/read active steering the same 4 wheel drive? Or is that two different things on the car? if it is, Does the front/rear steering actually give me a smaller turning circle.

2) Can you get the side mirrors with turn signals?

3) Does the parking sensor option have sensors in the front of teh car to tell me how close I can park to a wall?

4) The paddle shifters, is it fast? I've used a autostick on a Lexus GS350. It's a joke(granted its more a GT than a sports car) when shifting there is like a second or so delay going up or down in gears. Does this car feel the same way?

5) Dunno if there is an answer, But what is :Revised Technology and Navigation Packages for the 08? New features or just "cleaned up"?

 

Forgive my noob status, but have you done a search, or at least clicked on page 2

 

What am I looking for on page2? You mean the thread on g35 08? I missed that one. But after reading it, theres nothing much it says about the looks (no pictures) and adds more questions like : What is revised nav and tech packages? is that new features? Or just that they are shuffling what comes in the package?
I don't see much in answers to my other questions. ie: quicker paddle shifts. I was asking more about how quickly it shifts than someone saying it shifts slow like in a previous post. I didn't drive the car so I don't know how it shifts.

 

1. No, not the same thing. Don't know about turning radius.
2. No.
3. There are no parking sensors, to my knowledge, unless the Tech package is so equipped.
4. Go for a test drive. Would you really trust someone else's subjective impression?
5. Don't know. Go for a test drive, ask the dealer, read the literature.

 

Ok, so...
So anybody have an answer to #1 on if the active steering does anything for the turn radius?

Anybody with the parking sensors? Does it have sensors on the front of the car?

And so far no answers to #4 and 5.

And please, no "go see the dealer". Don't answer if you don't have something constructive. Because that "go see a dealer" or "Go test drive.." crap can be applied to ALL questions here when people asking questions pertaining to buying the car. I just wanted a quick answer.
At least the BMW forums, people answer your questions. just kidding. lol


And I just don't have the time to just take a drive down to try out the car. I'll do that the closer I'm ready to buy it. Because like any questions not aimed at a dealer directly should be taken with a grain of salt.

 

Here are a few answers:

1. 4 Wheel Active Steering differs from All Wheel Drive. 4 WAS helps the car maneuver and turn. AWD supplies power to all four wheel in slippery conditions and that power fluctuates depending on how much traction you lose. I'm not positive on this one. If someone else has more accurate info please pass this along.

2. Turn signals are not available in the 07 G35 sedan

3. The 07 G35 sedan is not available with parking sensors. You can opt for the Tech package ( which also requires that you get the Prem and Nav packages) that will some with rearview camera to assist in parking.
IMO i find this better than a sensor in the rear - the front you still need to do on your own.

4. I can't tell you the paddles shifters - I drive a 6MT

5. Can't tell you about this one either.

 

#3 The only drawback of the camera is that the fisheye lens doesn't help with distance (at least as well as distance sensor).

#4 From my test drive only, the paddles are no faster than the shifter, which can have some lag.

#5 Don't know, but rumors are in the 2008 changes entry

 

i think KJC's answer was perfectly constructive and correct.

 

My car has turn signals. In fact I have left AND right turn signals at the front AND rear of my car. J/K.

The screen has green/yellow/red distance lines to show you distance to objects behind you. It also has projected vehicle path lines on the screen as well. Basically, if you miss with the screen, you suck at the driving.

If there's anything I've learned regarding questions on this board it's that the more you sound like a whiny b**ch, the more people will treat you like a whiny b**ch. Most if not all of these questions of yours could have been answered if you simply checked out Infiniti's corporate website and looked at the available features on the G35 Sedan. Sheesh.

1. 4WAS and AWD are NOT the same thing. Two different acronyms, two different technologies. Gee, who would have thought?

4WAS: At speed 4WAS gets the rear tires involved with turning the vehicle. In other words, lane changes would be done crab like with the rear wheels turning in the same direction as the fronts. The system is NOT active at lower speeds. GM offered 4WAS on their trucks a few years ago (the system was discontinued after a few years on the market as folks found it too expensive) which worked like the G35s system at high speed but also worked in reverse at low speed. That is the rear wheels turned in the opposite direction from the fronts at low speed to give their trucks a better turning radius. Our 4WAS system does NOT have this feature.

ATTESA ET-S: The G35 Sedan's ATTESA ET-S system is an AWD system that under normal conditions sends 100% of the cars power to the rear wheels. When the system detects slip at the rears it can transfer as much as 50% of the available torque to the front wheels. In other words, G35x models are primarily RWD until slip is detected at the rears whereby torque is transferred to the front wheels resulting in AWD driving characteristics, or as I like to say, the best of both worlds.

So as you can see, 4WAS and AWD are obviously NOT the same thing.



2. Turn signals in the side view mirrors are NOT available on the G35 Sedan.



3. Parking Sensors at the front of the car are NOT available as a factory option. That's what your eyes are for. If you want you can get them installed at the dealership at the cost of having the clean look of your front bumper ruined. *This is an assumption since you can have them installed at the rear of your car. I assume they can to the same at the front of your car.*



4. Paddle shifters or no paddle shifters it's still a conventional torque converter automatic transmission. The Gs 5A/T matches revs on downshifts and shifts quicker than a GS from a few years ago (it's really a damn good 5A/T)...but it's still a torque converter slushbox. If you want lightning quick shifts go buy a VW/Audi with a DSG 'box or a BMW (SMG) or Ferrari (F1) with a sequential manual transmission.



5. Supposedly the Reverse Camera will move from the Tech Package to the Navigation Package next year and the Tech Package will gain Pre-Crash seat belts with a motion sensing brake pedal next year. At least this is how things are listed for the '08 Coupe so I assume these changes will make it to the '08 Sedan. The '08 Sedan will also gain factory iPod integration.

 

The paddle shifters are much faster than the Lexus GS350 and the rev matching also helps. There is still a slight delay, but it's not bad at all.

 

paddle shifters == console shifter when it comes to shift time. they are just another way to send a signal to the AT.

the real question is, how fast/smart are the AT and shift computer?

 

Pretty damn smart for a torque converter automatic. I'm still amazed that there are manufacturers out there who sell "sporty" cars with A/Ts that have transmissions which don't match revs on downshifts.

 

They shift really fast.