First impressions

Uxi

New owner here. Thought I would share the first impressions as I wrap up my first week in my 2015 Nismo Tech.


Loooove the seats. The steering wheel and steering feel rock, as well.

Loooove the integration of the nav/info system. I thought it was a bit busy with all the buttons before, but I like dedicated buttons. Navigation seems a tiny bit clunky... I was trying to find a local place I knew but the search wanted me to put in the address, which I didn't know, which seemed counterintuitive. I probably need to RTFM, though.

I've scraped in the front a couple times already, so might need to investigate an aftermarket protection tray or something like that, maybe a skidplate... That has made me paranoid to park, as well since I scraped on a parking curb once as well so now I'm usually too far out.

Coming from Hondas, this is a beast down low but should be expected from 3.7 V6 which is rather huge compared to what I'm used to. I'm still in break in period (I generally 'breaking in the way you're going to drive it' school but who knows what the ECU is recording), so not real dogging it yet and have the rev light set to 4500 (so it starts blinking at 4000). Nice little feature. Love the burble of the stock HKS exhaust.

My only real complaint so far is something rather petty: the placement of the trip meter switch. Worst position ever! If it was on the outside edge of the circle, perhaps on the bottom end at around 4 o'clock, it would be perfect.


On the whole this should be the normal base model Nismo as maxed out without extra charge (so call it $39-40k MSRP with invoice in the $37k range) and most to all of the legitimate criticism should be mooted. Navigation systems are such a car maker rip off that I'm hoping the proliferation of smartphones will eliminate so they just integrate Mirror Link and Car Play. XM is right up there, too. Given the lack of rear visibility, the backup camera should be standard feature (as it is for say, Honda Civics, now for example).

I will say I got my first weather alert this morning, which was nice. Checking traffic seems kinda awkward though with a list of a bunch of stuff that is close but going different directions. Perhaps if I actually set a destination...