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Nov 11, 2024
9:02:23am
Skeptical Optimist Political Junky
I drove an Infiniti QX80 for a week as a rental car. That is an objectively terrible "luxury" car.
It was a 2024 model year with 2500 miles on it. I looked it up an the MSRP is $75k.

- I've had 10 year old cars with better tech. No lane keep or lane departure warning. No HUD. Adaptive cruise was crude and half the time it said it wasn't available. The screen was dim and was small by the standards of modern luxury cars. The cameras were terrible. The backup camera only took up a small corner of the screen and was very grainy. It had a camera rear view mirror, but it was zoomed in so much that all you could see was the windshield of the car behind you. No rain sensing wipers - at least ones that worked. Automatic high beams didn't work. It didn't have ventilated seats.
- Throttle response was terrible. It supposedly had 400hp, but took forever to get up to speed.
- It was basically a Nissan Armada with a slightly upgraded interior. But the upgrades weren't even that good. The leather seats felt fake and weren't even soft. No seat ventilation. It had a faux wood grain plastic trim. It just felt like a cheap SUV with a little bit of lipstick on it.

Bottom line, there are plenty of other cars that are a better choice at that price point. I was surprised at how bad it was for a 2024 model year.
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