When you first got your 370 did you have a Newb moment? I'll go first...After a couple days of driving the car around, I had to fill it up with
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03-12-2010, 04:03 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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When you first got your 370 did you have a Newb moment?
I'll go first...After a couple days of driving the car around, I had to fill it up with gas, of course. Being a 350Z owner previously, naturally, I looked for the button to open the gas lid by the VDC button. I searched up and down the car for it. I looked under the seat, next to the seat, even in the cubby holes in case it was purposely hidden for some reason. After a few minutes of searching the car, I walked out to the gas lid to inspect it, in case it could be opened manually by a finger. Needless to say, there was no finger hook or anything. So I hopped back in the car and began to scan the manual. I'm a man, I rarely look through manuals, but on this day I was defeated. I scanned through the pages hoping to quickly find it, then I realized "ha! I'll just use my iPhone and do a Google search". I scanned through the first couple of Google hits, to no avail. Then I scanned through the manual some more...then I got up out of the car and looked at the lid again...and for reasons I couldn't explain I had the sudden urge to push down on it, and Viola! it opened! |
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LOL luckily I had a G35C before wich worked the same as the 370. I could see how it could happen if you always had a release lever.
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Oh boy, I have many!!
I learned to drive manual a week before I bought my 370z, so I have had moments where I come to a stop at a red light and forget to push the clutch! The car doesn't like that!
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HAHA..the same thing happened to me (being a previous 350z owner also) I started looking around the dash couldn't find anything..a few minutes later after looking like a dork...the gas attendant said "Are your doors locked? Try unlocking them." And than there was light LOL..he pushed on the lid and it opened. |
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HAHAH! Funny stuff.
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Lol, great story. I was picturing your puzzled look as you tried to figure it out. I'd never owned a Nissan so I looked through the manual the day I got it. Actually, I like to read manuals when I'm bored (aka on the toilet or whatver).
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My dealer took about an hour to explain everything to me, so I don't have much. The only thing I can think of is that in my 350, one of the 3 gauges in the center was changeable, and I always had it on digital speedo. I spent a while with the 370z trying to figure out how to change the "clock" gauge to speedo
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I had the exact same problem when I went to fill up for gas the first time. Felt like a complete idiot because I didn't even know how to fill my own car up. Everyone is standing there filling their cars up looking at how sweet mine is and I'm busy looking like a complete moron because I can't fill it up haha. Every other car I have ever owned had some sort of release thing inside. I spent close to 15mins trying to figure it out including reading through the owners manual.
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