14 May
I arrived last night in Seattle for a short training course. My colleague drove the previous time I was here, so this would be my first time driving in Washington state. I knew it wouldn’t be a party, but my short stint from airport to hotel was worse than expected:
It was raining.
It was [...]
12 Apr
Just watched Transporter 3 on DVD. In the film set in Europe, the Russian/Ukrainian bad guys use Land Rover Range Rovers for transportation. This is in contract in US where American gangs seems to prefer blinged Cadillacs Escalades. I prefer a Range Rover over Escalade anytime.
6 Sep
I am here at a local Infiniti dealer for the first scheduled maintenance servicing on my Infiniti G35. It’s a simple oil change, supposedly taking 60 to 90 minutes.
16 Aug
I’d like to reflect on my Infiniti G35 after 2.5 months of ownership. Might as well, since today I just completed two ownership surveys from independent parties. (J.D. Powers even included a $1 bill in the survey forms!)
Aside: Why didn’t I get any such surveys when I bought my two Hondas? Do marketing firms only [...]
30 Jun
Over the weekend I watched season 11, episode 1 of Top Gear. One of the comparison tests was to see how far a bunch of exotic cars can travel on one gallon of gas. The cars were raced full throttle on a track, so no Prius-like mpg was to be expected. Still, [...]
27 Jun
As I was flipping through the latest issue (August 2008) of Road & Track, I couldn’t help but to notice all the mention of power and speed throughout the pages. While I understand car magazines naturally lean towards performance car coverages, it is in stark contrast to today’s reality. I for one restrain [...]
15 Jun
Today I filled up the gas tank in my G35 with my own money for the first time. Boy it was painful to pay for premium gas at $4.75 a gallon.
7 Jun
我买了，或者更正确地说是，我又“败”了。
Yes, I took the plunge and traded in my Civic Si for a 2008 Infiniti G35 6MT with Premium and Navigation packages. Date of crime? June 1, 2008.
买车后的那晚我真的有一点后悔，因为这G35怎么讲都是一件奢侈品，而我再怎么把脸打胖也充不起富人，不知这次是不是“败”得太狠了点。
I really only wanted the Premium package, but all 6MTs in Northern California come with Navigation. That’s a $2k option, but included are some useful [...]
29 May
So I have been shopping for an Infiniti G35 6MT. The quotes for the 6MT itself were pretty decent, as in very close to invoice. The trade-in quote for my Civic Si, however, were not so favorable. One dealer gave me a value that’s $3000 less than Kelly Blue Book (KBB)’s trade-in [...]
