Infiniti FX - ownership views
Discussion
Other halfs Kodiaq is not going to be replaced with another lease so looking to buy outright.
Usual suspects of X5 / Q7 / Touareg being considered but have always loved the Infiniti FX - its an oddball and different
The 3.0 diesel, 3.7 V6 petrol and 5.0 V8 are all within budget on doing an initial look around but interested in views of anyone who has owned one - I know maintenance can be carried out by Nissan, parts availability is not worrying me. neither is economy as it will only be doing 6-7,000 miles a year (and therefore leaning to the petrols)
Usual suspects of X5 / Q7 / Touareg being considered but have always loved the Infiniti FX - its an oddball and different
The 3.0 diesel, 3.7 V6 petrol and 5.0 V8 are all within budget on doing an initial look around but interested in views of anyone who has owned one - I know maintenance can be carried out by Nissan, parts availability is not worrying me. neither is economy as it will only be doing 6-7,000 miles a year (and therefore leaning to the petrols)
There is an owners thread in the Japanese section:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Martyn76 said:
There is an owners thread in the Japanese section:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Thanks - that had passed me by, will have a lookhttps://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I've got a 2014 QX70, which is a later FX with the mildest of facelifts. I've had it for coming up on two years.
Mine's a 3.0 V6 diesel and I do about 7,000 miles a year -- exclusively long journeys though, so mine tends to sit on the street for a week or two at a time and then get taken out for a 50-mile run. Plus holidays, weekends away, blah-de-blah.
Plus points
It's very comfortable for two people, and there's plenty of equipment
Underneath, it's a big Nissan with a Renault/Nissan engine, I've never encountered any issues with mechanics not wanting to service it, even fairly standard back-street garage type places
For an almost two tonne SUV, it handles well
Plenty of power, in a wafting surge kind of way. Overtaking on motorways is easy, there's always plenty of shove over about 50mph
Personal view but I like how it looks, and I rarely see another one. Other Infiniti drivers usually wave hello
It was much cheaper than the equivalent Lexus RX, which was my other contender
Minus points
The engine is just ever so slightly gruffer than you'd think it's going to be
The auto gearbox seems to have its shift points right where the speed limits are, so if you're in a 20 or 30 zone it's forever shunting between gears
Mine seems to really, really hate short journeys. On a couple of occasions, it's pinged an oil service request after a short journey. So I just avoid any short or low-speed journey now
The boot is titchy, considering the size of the thing. There's no depth to the boot because the battery's under there
It's wiiiiiiiiiiiide; piloting it down suburban streets with cars parked either side can be a trial. And parking can be a pain
It does about 28 to the gallon at best, and it seems to prefer V-Power diesel as well, so has expensive tastes
Nissan dealerships charge Infiniti prices (I use independents now)
The satnav is out of date, and I'm not even sure I could get an update now
It might look -- somewhat -- like an off-roader, but I don't think I'd take mine any rougher than a National Trust car park
Overall I really like it, and it does exactly what I was looking for -- a massive, comfortable armchair to waft me up and down the motorway and up into the Highlands on occasion. Apart from the odd service light thing, it's been 100% reliable so far. If you're not worried about finding someone to service it, I'd say there are definitely worse places to put your cash.
Mine's a 3.0 V6 diesel and I do about 7,000 miles a year -- exclusively long journeys though, so mine tends to sit on the street for a week or two at a time and then get taken out for a 50-mile run. Plus holidays, weekends away, blah-de-blah.
Plus points
It's very comfortable for two people, and there's plenty of equipment
Underneath, it's a big Nissan with a Renault/Nissan engine, I've never encountered any issues with mechanics not wanting to service it, even fairly standard back-street garage type places
For an almost two tonne SUV, it handles well
Plenty of power, in a wafting surge kind of way. Overtaking on motorways is easy, there's always plenty of shove over about 50mph
Personal view but I like how it looks, and I rarely see another one. Other Infiniti drivers usually wave hello
It was much cheaper than the equivalent Lexus RX, which was my other contender
Minus points
The engine is just ever so slightly gruffer than you'd think it's going to be
The auto gearbox seems to have its shift points right where the speed limits are, so if you're in a 20 or 30 zone it's forever shunting between gears
Mine seems to really, really hate short journeys. On a couple of occasions, it's pinged an oil service request after a short journey. So I just avoid any short or low-speed journey now
The boot is titchy, considering the size of the thing. There's no depth to the boot because the battery's under there
It's wiiiiiiiiiiiide; piloting it down suburban streets with cars parked either side can be a trial. And parking can be a pain
It does about 28 to the gallon at best, and it seems to prefer V-Power diesel as well, so has expensive tastes
Nissan dealerships charge Infiniti prices (I use independents now)
The satnav is out of date, and I'm not even sure I could get an update now
It might look -- somewhat -- like an off-roader, but I don't think I'd take mine any rougher than a National Trust car park
Overall I really like it, and it does exactly what I was looking for -- a massive, comfortable armchair to waft me up and down the motorway and up into the Highlands on occasion. Apart from the odd service light thing, it's been 100% reliable so far. If you're not worried about finding someone to service it, I'd say there are definitely worse places to put your cash.
Edited by KomodoWagon on Wednesday 23 June 16:22
KomodoWagon said:
I've got a 2014 QX70, which is a later FX with the mildest of facelifts. I've had it for coming up on two years.
Mine's a 3.0 V6 diesel and I do about 7,000 miles a year -- exclusively long journeys though, so mine tends to sit on the street for a week or two at a time and then get taken out for a 50-mile run. Plus holidays, weekends away, blah-de-blah.
Plus points
It's very comfortable for two people, and there's plenty of equipment
Underneath, it's a big Nissan with a Renault/Nissan engine, I've never encountered any issues with mechanics not wanting to service it, even fairly standard back-street garage type places
For an almost two tonne SUV, it handles well
Plenty of power, in a wafting surge kind of way. Overtaking on motorways is easy, there's always plenty of shove over about 50mph
Personal view but I like how it looks, and I rarely see another one. Other Infiniti drivers usually wave hello
It was much cheaper than the equivalent Lexus RX, which was my other contender
Minus points
The engine is just ever so slightly gruffer than you'd think it's going to be
The auto gearbox seems to have its shift points right where the speed limits are, so if you're in a 20 or 30 zone it's forever shunting between gears
Mine seems to really, really hate short journeys. On a couple of occasions, it's pinged an oil service request after a short journey. So I just avoid any short or low-speed journey now
The boot is titchy, considering the size of the thing. There's no depth to the boot because the battery's under there
It's wiiiiiiiiiiiide; piloting it down suburban streets with cars parked either side can be a trial. And parking can be a pain
It does about 28 to the gallon at best, and it seems to prefer V-Power diesel as well, so has expensive tastes
Nissan dealerships charge Infiniti prices (I use independents now)
The satnav is out of date, and I'm not even sure I could get an update now
Overall I really like it, and it does exactly what I was looking for -- a massive, comfortable armchair to waft me up and down the motorway and up into the Highlands on occasion. Apart from the odd service light thing, it's been 100% reliable so far. If you're not worried about finding someone to service it, I'd say there are definitely worse places to put your cash.
Thanks, very useful, surprising the economy is not better so makes choosing the V8 easier with my man mathsMine's a 3.0 V6 diesel and I do about 7,000 miles a year -- exclusively long journeys though, so mine tends to sit on the street for a week or two at a time and then get taken out for a 50-mile run. Plus holidays, weekends away, blah-de-blah.
Plus points
It's very comfortable for two people, and there's plenty of equipment
Underneath, it's a big Nissan with a Renault/Nissan engine, I've never encountered any issues with mechanics not wanting to service it, even fairly standard back-street garage type places
For an almost two tonne SUV, it handles well
Plenty of power, in a wafting surge kind of way. Overtaking on motorways is easy, there's always plenty of shove over about 50mph
Personal view but I like how it looks, and I rarely see another one. Other Infiniti drivers usually wave hello
It was much cheaper than the equivalent Lexus RX, which was my other contender
Minus points
The engine is just ever so slightly gruffer than you'd think it's going to be
The auto gearbox seems to have its shift points right where the speed limits are, so if you're in a 20 or 30 zone it's forever shunting between gears
Mine seems to really, really hate short journeys. On a couple of occasions, it's pinged an oil service request after a short journey. So I just avoid any short or low-speed journey now
The boot is titchy, considering the size of the thing. There's no depth to the boot because the battery's under there
It's wiiiiiiiiiiiide; piloting it down suburban streets with cars parked either side can be a trial. And parking can be a pain
It does about 28 to the gallon at best, and it seems to prefer V-Power diesel as well, so has expensive tastes
Nissan dealerships charge Infiniti prices (I use independents now)
The satnav is out of date, and I'm not even sure I could get an update now
Overall I really like it, and it does exactly what I was looking for -- a massive, comfortable armchair to waft me up and down the motorway and up into the Highlands on occasion. Apart from the odd service light thing, it's been 100% reliable so far. If you're not worried about finding someone to service it, I'd say there are definitely worse places to put your cash.
KomodoWagon said:
I've got a 2014 QX70, which is a later FX with the mildest of facelifts. I've had it for coming up on two years.
Mine's a 3.0 V6 diesel and I do about 7,000 miles a year -- exclusively long journeys though, so mine tends to sit on the street for a week or two at a time and then get taken out for a 50-mile run. Plus holidays, weekends away, blah-de-blah.
Plus points
It's very comfortable for two people, and there's plenty of equipment
Underneath, it's a big Nissan with a Renault/Nissan engine, I've never encountered any issues with mechanics not wanting to service it, even fairly standard back-street garage type places
For an almost two tonne SUV, it handles well
Plenty of power, in a wafting surge kind of way. Overtaking on motorways is easy, there's always plenty of shove over about 50mph
Personal view but I like how it looks, and I rarely see another one. Other Infiniti drivers usually wave hello
It was much cheaper than the equivalent Lexus RX, which was my other contender
Minus points
The engine is just ever so slightly gruffer than you'd think it's going to be
The auto gearbox seems to have its shift points right where the speed limits are, so if you're in a 20 or 30 zone it's forever shunting between gears
Mine seems to really, really hate short journeys. On a couple of occasions, it's pinged an oil service request after a short journey. So I just avoid any short or low-speed journey now
The boot is titchy, considering the size of the thing. There's no depth to the boot because the battery's under there
It's wiiiiiiiiiiiide; piloting it down suburban streets with cars parked either side can be a trial. And parking can be a pain
It does about 28 to the gallon at best, and it seems to prefer V-Power diesel as well, so has expensive tastes
Nissan dealerships charge Infiniti prices (I use independents now)
The satnav is out of date, and I'm not even sure I could get an update now
It might look -- somewhat -- like an off-roader, but I don't think I'd take mine any rougher than a National Trust car park
Overall I really like it, and it does exactly what I was looking for -- a massive, comfortable armchair to waft me up and down the motorway and up into the Highlands on occasion. Apart from the odd service light thing, it's been 100% reliable so far. If you're not worried about finding someone to service it, I'd say there are definitely worse places to put your cash.
I thought I'd help with a bit of info, you can update the maps via your Nissan dealer, it's not the cheapest though.Mine's a 3.0 V6 diesel and I do about 7,000 miles a year -- exclusively long journeys though, so mine tends to sit on the street for a week or two at a time and then get taken out for a 50-mile run. Plus holidays, weekends away, blah-de-blah.
Plus points
It's very comfortable for two people, and there's plenty of equipment
Underneath, it's a big Nissan with a Renault/Nissan engine, I've never encountered any issues with mechanics not wanting to service it, even fairly standard back-street garage type places
For an almost two tonne SUV, it handles well
Plenty of power, in a wafting surge kind of way. Overtaking on motorways is easy, there's always plenty of shove over about 50mph
Personal view but I like how it looks, and I rarely see another one. Other Infiniti drivers usually wave hello
It was much cheaper than the equivalent Lexus RX, which was my other contender
Minus points
The engine is just ever so slightly gruffer than you'd think it's going to be
The auto gearbox seems to have its shift points right where the speed limits are, so if you're in a 20 or 30 zone it's forever shunting between gears
Mine seems to really, really hate short journeys. On a couple of occasions, it's pinged an oil service request after a short journey. So I just avoid any short or low-speed journey now
The boot is titchy, considering the size of the thing. There's no depth to the boot because the battery's under there
It's wiiiiiiiiiiiide; piloting it down suburban streets with cars parked either side can be a trial. And parking can be a pain
It does about 28 to the gallon at best, and it seems to prefer V-Power diesel as well, so has expensive tastes
Nissan dealerships charge Infiniti prices (I use independents now)
The satnav is out of date, and I'm not even sure I could get an update now
It might look -- somewhat -- like an off-roader, but I don't think I'd take mine any rougher than a National Trust car park
Overall I really like it, and it does exactly what I was looking for -- a massive, comfortable armchair to waft me up and down the motorway and up into the Highlands on occasion. Apart from the odd service light thing, it's been 100% reliable so far. If you're not worried about finding someone to service it, I'd say there are definitely worse places to put your cash.
Edited by KomodoWagon on Wednesday 23 June 16:22
I added this unit to a family members 5.0 2012 FX & a few other Infiniti's.
https://gromaudio.co.uk/nissan-infiniti-grom-vline...
It means you get Android Auto/Apple Car play which brings your infotainment up to date & it works really well.
With the 3.0d a remap makes a nice difference because of the extra torque it shifts up a bit earlier, also a gearbox service seems to help too.
Fuel economy then get's to a real world 33mpg average with Motorways being 37's.
Hope this helps.
Andy665 said:
Thanks, very useful, surprising the economy is not better so makes choosing the V8 easier with my man maths
The 5.0 is the pick see if you can find one with the Bose system (like it's not hard enough to get the V8) as has already been said the boot is small for an SUV.If you think of it as a Coupe SUV you'll be along the right lines, the 3.7 is nice but does almost the same fuel as the 5.0, in the last 6k the 2012 that I sourced for a family member has averaged 22mpg.
They do come loaded with spec (Bi Xenons Adaptive Cruise 360 Cameras Kerb Cam to save the Alloys) with the fit & finish being superb.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106123...
Some useful feedback
Not expecting it or needing it be as roomy as the Kodiaq, theres only the three of us and as long as it can fit a MTB in with front wheel removed (and rear seats folded then thats fine
OH is insistent on keeping the elevated driving position, she did like the Q7 but hearing too many horror stories of reliability so looks like its being narrowed to either Infiniti or X5 at the moment, think the Infiniti is just edging it purely because its different to the norm
Not expecting it or needing it be as roomy as the Kodiaq, theres only the three of us and as long as it can fit a MTB in with front wheel removed (and rear seats folded then thats fine
OH is insistent on keeping the elevated driving position, she did like the Q7 but hearing too many horror stories of reliability so looks like its being narrowed to either Infiniti or X5 at the moment, think the Infiniti is just edging it purely because its different to the norm
I have one and love it.
Really well made, fast, and hugely comfortable on long journeys.
Seem to be full of luxury features as standard - keyless go; ventilated (cooled) as well as heated seats; one touch opening or closing of all windows and sunroof; remote tailgate; fantastic stereo etc.
A recent petrol would be very desirable but there aren’t many around and they sell at a significant premium.
Really well made, fast, and hugely comfortable on long journeys.
Seem to be full of luxury features as standard - keyless go; ventilated (cooled) as well as heated seats; one touch opening or closing of all windows and sunroof; remote tailgate; fantastic stereo etc.
A recent petrol would be very desirable but there aren’t many around and they sell at a significant premium.
ZX10R NIN said:
I thought I'd help with a bit of info, you can update the maps via your Nissan dealer, it's not the cheapest though.
I added this unit to a family members 5.0 2012 FX & a few other Infiniti's.
https://gromaudio.co.uk/nissan-infiniti-grom-vline...
It means you get Android Auto/Apple Car play which brings your infotainment up to date & it works really well.
With the 3.0d a remap makes a nice difference because of the extra torque it shifts up a bit earlier, also a gearbox service seems to help too.
Fuel economy then get's to a real world 33mpg average with Motorways being 37's.
Hope this helps.
This is brilliant and really helpful on all counts, thank you.I added this unit to a family members 5.0 2012 FX & a few other Infiniti's.
https://gromaudio.co.uk/nissan-infiniti-grom-vline...
It means you get Android Auto/Apple Car play which brings your infotainment up to date & it works really well.
With the 3.0d a remap makes a nice difference because of the extra torque it shifts up a bit earlier, also a gearbox service seems to help too.
Fuel economy then get's to a real world 33mpg average with Motorways being 37's.
Hope this helps.
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