Spent a few days in our G35 Sport recently. Much of it was spent cursing the car's groaning clutch pedal and too stiff ride, but I also managed to find some time to grow frustrated with the sedan's rubbery shifter and narrow seat.
Even with all that going on, I packed the wherewithal to notice the G35 supplies the driver with multiple timepieces. Two, in fact, the analog unit that looks like a wristwatch and a digital readout up on the navigation screen. We're not sure why this is?..
I drove something like 250 cars last year and they all had one clock each, which seems to be enough. Infiniti does provide a provision for eliminating the redundant digital readout, but I thought it was interesting, nonetheless.
Eagle eyes among you will also notice that the clocks are reading different times in this photo. Well, that was my fault. I mistakenly reset the digital clock while trying to eliminate it.
Scott Oldham, Inside Line Editor-in-Chief @ 4,750 miles
vviley says:
08:13 PM, 05/16/07
I would have thought that with a GPS system, it would just set the clock via the GPS signal. Not having a lot of experience w/ in-dash units, but most/all portable units set their time independent of user input.
7driver says:
11:32 PM, 05/16/07
Yes, getting the time signal via GPS is usually the default, but I seem to recall there also being an option on most nav systems to bypass. Perhaps to keep it sync'ed with the home clock when you cross time zones, maybe?
jaeger1 says:
05:45 AM, 05/17/07
The analog clock has been an Infiniti signature since their inception - I don't see it going away anytime soon. I quite like the classic retro look. I assume if you don't have Nav, then it would be your only clock.
SubyTrojan says:
09:21 AM, 05/17/07
Perhaps the interior designer was listening to or inspired by "Time After Time" when he or she penned the design?
Like jaeger1 just said, does the analog clock serve as the only clock on G35s without the navigation system?
ttummy says:
07:00 AM, 05/18/07
When there was only the analog clock people complained. Now when there are two clocks, people complain,
actualsize says:
08:59 AM, 05/23/07
If people didn't complain about cars, we'd all be driving Pintos and Gremlins.