Ugh, I wish I could wash my car. Not sure it's worth it with haboobs and sprinkling of rain always looming during monsoon season.

She's so dirty. :(

I like it more than I thought I would. Love the VK50, motor has plenty of low end grunt and pulls smoothly all the way up. The steering is quite heavy, heavier than my Z (275/35/19 front tires) and G sedan. The initial turn-in was the biggest surprise, as it's sharper than I imagined very little body roll. It shares 7AT and Akebonos with Z and G.

On the flip side, this car swallows gasoline. Car seems to be stiffly sprung, and the 21 inch wheels and low profile 265/45/21 tires don't help ride comfort at all. OEM tire size has an extremely limited selection, and many enthusiasts switch to 275/45/21. Trunk is quite small. The designer believed in form over function. It's not an SUV designed for hauling furniture. Think X6, not X5.

One known problem was one of the fuel sensors malfunctioning causing gas gauge to read empty. Mine failed @ around 65k miles. There's a TSB for it and cost few hundred bucks to fix at the infiniti dealership I went to.

changed the rear tires to new OEM Potenzas :driving:

Mines happily baking in the sun, and reluctantly accepting pollen deposits until this evenings daily chemical guys wipe down.

How many hear have just broken down and keep a dozen towels and two bottles of detailer spray IN the car?

My options:

A) Do nothing = nissan paint goes to **** in less than a year
B) Wipedown every 1-3 days
C) Do nothing, then be forced to claybar/polish once per month...

Is this normal? How is anyone else able to "Cope" when they see crap on the paint and just not even think/worry/etc? I'm still not in that "I'll get to that some other day" mode as of yet....

Open to options on how to not go completely insane until I can get a garage for it again or a car cover....

Did a simple first mod, change out the ignition button for the red GTR one.

Not sure what's quicker and easier than buying a car cover :ugh2:

Clearly you have no Junkman in your life.

https://www.calcarduster.com/ I keep one in the hatch.

Got the Z washed, waxed and detailed this morning. Then this evening ordered both upper and lower ported intake manifolds.

Oh yeah, also attended the Central Florida Z Club meet at the Ace Cafe in Orlando yesterday. And it was pretty cool that I got there a little early and got to park right up front with the cool guys. :tup:

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How does Junkman prevent daily pollen deposits on the car? I believe he has a garage.

I think he meant that unless the car surface and the inside of the cover are completely without dust, the act of putting in and pulling off the cover alone will put fine scratches on the clear coat.

Ahhh, that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying. Maybe a canopy (Walmart?) would help the OP prevent daily bee pollen deposits on the car until he gets another garage setup.

haven't driven my car much in about 6 weeks.. BOVs were stuck and car needed an oil change but my garage was so full of crap from the remodel I haven't been able to use it.. finally got it cleared out and got the car on stands... one BOV was full of water (not sure how that happens) and completely stuck.. got it cleaned out and lubed up but then noticed one IC inlet pipe had a hole worn through it from where it was contacting one of the front bumper/fender liner/undershroud bolts! Yikes!

Boom!