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G Fo12ce

Ya I forgot to mention that too

On the same note did you try to hang the gas cap by the threads on the door like most cars? Took me a sec to realize what the little hook and loop were for.

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OldGuy

I spent hours during my first days of owning my new base Z trying to figure out why my music played only through the front speakers. A thread on this Forum answered the question for me. In retrospect, maybe I wasn't really to be blamed, as I never knew of any other car that had control settings and places for rear speakers with none included and an owner's manual that made no mention of it. As they say, "Go figure!"

SophiaZ

haha, I took my car for the first oil change at Nissan and asked the dude to check out my rears speakers too cuz I didn't hear no sound coming out. I was sure I blew them. He came back about 30 minutes later and said " Yea, you don't hear any sound because you have the base model which doesn't come with the rears" DAYM!

fullmonty

Don't worry you're not missing the world!

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frost

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

boggs

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.

elmz

Wow, I'm actually surprised I'm not alone with my story. Now I don't feel like such an idiot.

kenchan

newb moment...hummm... yah, i didnt know there was a glove box behind the passenger seat for the owner's manual.

Attaboy

newb moment - had been away from driving a manual for about 5 years. the first time i went to fill the car up with gas, i forgot to leave the car in gear or at least pull the parking break. i got out of the car and went around to the pump to get it started and noticed the car slowly rolling back out of the corner of my eye!! good thing i had the windows down - i jumped in through the passenger window far enough to yank the parking break up and stop the car, looking like a complete dumb ***.

as far as i could tell, only the attendant inside the store saw me.

i guess i dont feel so bad now, though. at least i knew how to open the fuel door

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fullmonty

I couldn't figure out how to use the windsheild wipers. Felt like a pretty big idiot

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PapoZalsa

I almost had to pull out the owners manual, then the light click. The embarrassing thing was that I had a line of cars waiting to pump gas behind me.

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NCSUPACK09

I just bought the car, the guy pulled it around and parked it, we went over the checklist, he gave me the keys and said enjoy it. He walks away and I go to put it into reverse and ....

All I'm getting is 6th. Now I tried everything to get it into reverse, tried to find a collar to lift, push it through a gate w/ resistance (i.e. BMW), everything.

I run in to the dealership to find the guy and am like, uh, how do you put the car in reverse? haha.

That's when I found out that you had to push the stick down and then over to get it in reverse. And yes, I did test drive the car before I bought it, but I never had to back it out.

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labk888

LOL... I was fumbling for reverse today too. Some chick almost reversed into me while she was trying to leave the service area while I was parked behind her. I was like... "NOOOOOoOOOO, not my car!!!" The scene unfolded like a bad action movie slow motion scene. Luckily, I got out of there in time.

zentropy

It took me about 2 months two realize there was an actual key INSIDE the fob!

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Azathoth

i've now had a few... of course, the gas latch. I searched for about 2mins, then opened the quick ref. guide to pg 15 and laughed. And I have been wondering why the door has a keyhole. I had no idea the fob had a key!

I also spent many yrs driving ATs. I've stalled her a few times, but I i'm getting the hang of it. Only hills give me trouble, at this point. Slowly learning the clutch-break method.