It's here!
zebelkhan said:
Never....that is if your alternator does not fail, your car does not stall, CD player does not stop working,and there are no rattles or tics. But even then, it will come back real soon....so no worries.
I hope that does not happen. But Japan is famous for its customer service.
Side story: My girlfriend ordered a Christmas gift from a company in Tokyo. There was some confusion regarding payment and they emailed her and said payment was not received. Needless to say this did not go over well considering that she a) had paid and; b) Christams was in 3 days. This resulted in a very one-sided phone call to the company where they did a lot of listening and admitted they had made a mistake. The next day she got a call from a representative of the company saying "I am at the train station in your town (about 1.5 hours from Tokyo by train) and how do I get to your apartment?"
They had taken an express train up here and then took a cab across town and delivered the gift (wrapped) and a formal apology.
The train fare and cab cost almost as much as the item.
Back to the car: It was delivered at about 10:35. The salesman apologized for being late (original appointment was 10:30 but he got caught in holiday traffic). A quick run through the systems and payment (in cash for the down payment) and it was mine - and the bank.
Found something interesting about my navigation system. If the main computer detects a malfunction in the car it will automatically find the nearest Nissan dealership so you can bring it for repair. That plus the free CarWings (like OnStar) gives a real secure feeling.
CarWings lets you talk to a live operator who can locate just about anything for you and then download the info to the navigation system in the car. This feature is free for first three years and about $40/year after that. I also have a function called AutoDJ which has about 100 "channels" of downloadable information including weather and news. This alll works via the hands-free phone system that attaches by a cable to my cell phone. I will post a pic of the phone also.
The book to run the navi and related systems is about 3/4 of an inch thick. That may not seem very much but consider that Japanese kanji results in about 30-50% of the same space required for English. There is another book just on the basic operations of the car.
I will post pictures of the various systems over the weekend.
Now to do a bit of driving....