After a less than great experience at the dealer (Midway Infiniti) in Phoenix, we finally got our new car. I will not be shopping there again.
The good news is that the car is great!
'07 G35S, auto, premium package, tech, navi, spoiler. It's the red with black interior (I forget the actual color names). I am most impressed with the stereo and the hard drive, the navigation, and all the voice commands. It will take a long time to figure it all out.
Just wanted to say hi.
Jay

 

Welcome to the Driver boards and congrats on the beautiful looking new '07. Enjoy!

 

Congratz, enjoy your new Garnet Ember/Graphite G35. Great choice .

 

Welcome, congrats on the new ride!

 

Welcome, Jay.....congrats on the new G/Ember Sedan. She's a beauty.

C.

 

Jay, welcome to the forum and congrats on the purchase of your G35. You have the exact same car as I do except I don't have the Tech package. Great choice on the color too.

Feel free to post up some pictures in 07 Sedan owners thread below.

https://g35driver.com/forums/media-share-v36-sedan/124304-2nd-gen-sedan-owners-pics-thread.html

 

Congrats on the new G. It is a fantastic vehicle.

If you feel strongly enough about the dealer, please post your buying experiences so others in your area will be aware and possibly avoid that dealer. Understood if this takes a while as you need some seat time in your new G.

Enjoy your new baby.

 

Thank you all for the warm welcome.
It's good to be able to call myself an owner now.
Jay

 

I wanted to thank you specifically because I found your photobucket site with all the pictures of your car which is basically the same as my car. For 2 days, I looked at your pictures and printed them and counted the hours till mine got here. I was lucky to find someone with a ton of pics of the same car and colors. Thanks!
Jay

 

Hey, hey, a new Garnet Ember. Welcome!

 

Hahaha, too funny! I am glad that my pics helped with your decision!

 

man, i want one of these =(

 

Sweet car. Garnet Ember was my first color choice but I couldn't find one locally, so I moved to my backup color, Liquid Platinum. The new G is a sweet ride, best of luck with yours.

 

Jay, what type of problems did you experience with Midway?

 

Here's my long post from the buying/leasing section-

First of all, sorry for the length.
I posted up in the new owners section and someone suggested I post my buying experience for others to read. This was just 1 guys experience so maybe others will have better luck.
First I had e-mailed the fleet/internet manager about 6 or so times about some general pricing and my trade in. He kept requesting I call him to finalize a date/time for me to come in and he'd have a car ready for me to test drive and have someone ready to appraise my car. I wanted to keep as much over the internet, but I called him and confirmed the appointment.
I arrive at the appointment time and they said he left for the day already. I was immediately let down. So they got another older salesman to help us out. Now I had to start all over with the price, my trade, what I was looking for etc... This guy knew close to nothing about the G35. He was talking about the power door locks and windows and look how fast the car is as he beats on it before letting me drive. When I asked him specifics about the music box and voice commands, it was obvious that he was clueless. No matter cause my wife and I had researched the car for weeks. We knew way more than him which is sad.
So then he breaks out the 4 box paper and says my trade in car needs to get appraised. The internet salesman said he needed an appointment to get my car appraised, but the new sales guy goes outside opens the door and says, "wow, that car is really nice and clean". The he talks to a few other people and writes down an extremely low ball value.
Then I proceed to tell him I want a 36 month lease. So he talks to the special people who sit in the elevated office behind the glass and comes back with a price and right next to it it says "60L" I asked him why it said "60L" and said, doesnt that mean 60 month lease. He assures me it doesnt mean 60 months and it's for 36 months. Again I said I doubt that cause why would it say 60L, but he again says that its for 36 months.
We negotiate prices and down payments for a while then talks to the special people again then comes back and apologizes and says the price is higher because you want a 36 month lease. I was now starting to get angry. I told him it said 60L and he acknowledged and said sorry.
Finally after further frustration and delays (probably so we wouldn't go back to the BMW dealer which closes earlier than Infiniti) we work out a price. Looking back I should not have told them that we already looked at the 335i and may want to return there today before they close.
Then my wife says she wants a red one. They said red is very rare and the salesman allegedly looks up the inventory on a computer and says there may be only 1 red G35S with navigation in the country. I told him that as of 4 hours ago, there were 3 red G35S with navigation at Infiniti of Scottsdale according to their website. He says that's not true. Another guy says it could take a few weeks. So we said fine and didn't sign anything and left with the thought that the deal wouldn't happen.
The next afternoon the salesman calls and says how lucky we were that they found the exact car we wanted, plus it had a spoiler and tech package and would be there tomorrow. I said I am not paying any more and didn't ask for a spoiler or tech. He says not to worry, we'll work it out. But he won't tell me for sure it won't go up.
So we go back in the next day and there's the car with the Infiniti of Scottsdale sticker on it (like I told him they had in stock).
Turns out the payment only went up $1 per month. Maybe just a symbolic increase for them to think they won or something.
I wasn't going to write this but I got a call about an hour ago from the finance guy who leaves me a message saying they messed up the paperwork on our trade because it was a lease car dealer trade in or something like that and he'd like us to come back in to sign some new papers. Well, I don't feel like driving an hour each way for their mistake. I haven't called them back yet.
My final thought are- this dealership either was having a bad day, or I just had bad luck. Many people were involved in my sale and every one of them made mistakes- the original internet salesman that was a no show and didn't ask someone else to be there for me, the new salesman that has no idea about the car and gives me prices for the wrong lease term, to the finance guy who can't write a contract up correctly the first time.
The good news is that the car is great and we love it!
If anyone goes to Midway in Phoenix, just be prepared.
After the deal, I read this article and the people that sold me my car must have to read this in order to work there cause they use most of the tactics mentioned-
http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying...2/article.html
Take care everyone!
Jay