I'm not getting the Nav although i've gotta agree that the car will look better with it.

The nav is a really great system and completes the car, but I was not up for paying for the touring to just get nav.

It's an expensive option, but I was willing to do some things for it ....


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Are there any talks of a redesign of the center dash for the 2010 non-nav model?

And how is the learning curve with nav system? Is it fairly straight forward?

Very straightforward. My only gripe is that a lot of the more extensive searching capabilities of the GPS turn off when the car is in motion... I really need to find a way to make that stop.

Yeah, spend $1800 so your car won't look like a "WAL MART" car. You definitely don't want that. WOW!

Let me guess, another problem?

I'm somewhat in the same position...ish. Of course I like the look of the interior with navigation and the nicer climate-control layout rather than the conventional 3-dial setup, but I can't justify the cost which ultimately bumps it up to the realm of other cars (Corvette). All the other features that come along with the Touring package and the nav option are nice, but it's just frosting.

For me, it will be the base with just the Sports Package, right around $33k. Outfitting a Touring with the Sports Package and navigation takes it north of $40k. As nice as bells-n-whistles are, you are essentially paying $40k+ for a $29k car. Besides...this is a sports-car, and one of the very few pure sports-cars on the market. I don't need heated leather, Bose, and nav. If I did, I'd would chose another car in garage. All of that stuff just adds weight, too (although negligible). ;)

For $42.5k, I could pick up a brand-new Z51 C6 with NPP and Comp Grey wheels, as my brother did last year...strictly performance-adding options and nothing else (fine, not the wheels, but it's a nice touch). I would take that without any hesitation over a loaded Z. Of course, to be fair, I am comparing the Z's loaded MSRP to a C6 with discounts, but Zs aren't exactly being discounted heavily (yet).

You just have to ask yourself if having a nice looking nav-screen and some cool features is worth the 20% increase in price. If it is...awesome! Personally, if money was no object I would get the Touring w/ nav for sure. Then again, if money was no object, I wouldn't be in a Nissan dealership. :)

unless you were considering the GTR

I choose buying it with the Nav I personally didn't like the extra glovebox that everyone can see that somethings missing and I know you could always add one at less cost of the one included in the package but i didn't like the fact I'd have to have my car torn apart to install it mind you it's a brand new car just my opinion.

That would never happen. I don't care for the GTR one bit.

i kicked the idea around for a couple of weeks before i ordered mine at first i really wanted the gps, but i figured how often will i really need it. granite the little storage area isn't worth a crap. i might buy a garmin so i can use it for my business and in the z if need be

I HAD to get the nav. I plan on keeping this car for 5 plus years and I dont ever want to think to myself that "I should have gotten the nav". Yes it a big option, and I hope that in the future they will offer it on the base model, so it wont be such a huge jump in price if you dont want all those other options in the touring model. Or they could at least make the screen look like a nav, but function like a regular stereo(like in the G37 if im correct). When I look at the outside of my Z, I say to myself "damn thats sexy!", and when I get in my Z with the nav, I say the same thing. I dont think I would say the same if it had a glove box where the nav is. Not only that the bluetooth, Ipod adapter, etc are great features to sweeten the deal. I guess its mostly taste, but I like bells and whistles. I like a small house with lots of toys, not a big one with nothing in it...

First off the picture of the side by side comparison is off. The non-nav isn't even close to looking black - it would look a lot sharper if the picture colour/hue/saturation/whatever was correct so it looks black instead of blue.

The cover for the non-nav looks fantastic and it feels great too. I constantly get compliments on the non-nav compartment as to how classy it looks. You could also argue that it makes the cockpit look less cluttered and less distracting. The drivers focus is straight forward and a quick downward glance for the gauges. You can really argue the asthetics either way.

If money is no object then of course go for it. Personally its hard to justify what I already have built into my phone and would rarely use anyhow. If I'm heading somewhere strange I usually know about it ahead of time and print out a goole map otherwise my phone HTC Touch Pro serves the purpose just fine. If I really wanted nav I could get a killer system for the cost of the stock Nav. For myself I haven't quite reached the money is no object stage in life so I opted for the Touring (no choice on that in Canada) Sports (duh - no brainer for a sports car unless you are building a race car) with NO Nav. That way the $$ I "saved" on not getting the Nav was spent on a Stillen HFC/CBE and CAI. I ALWAYS use that stuff when I drive whereas the Nav would be used very infrequently (although looking good while it sat idoly by). Besides the sound of the car now is way better than any stereo ever!

So in short if money is no object get it for sure otherwise I think its a poor value for the money when the non-nav package has been very very well done.