Re: Acura or Infiniti?
Infinitis have to be the most user unfriendly cars around - really bad design features.
Interesting. I have not driven one yet, but in the pictures, it appeared that the interiors are very upscale and suave. For my wife's next car, I was (still am) seriously considering the EX-35 by Infiniti. Of course, I won't buy one before test driving them.
However, I must caution that sometimes limited time behind the wheels does not give us an appropriate chance to evaluate the features of a car's advanced electronics. For example, pretty much all car reviewers pan BMW's iDrive. Some call it tumor, most call it non-user-friendly etc. Problem is that many of these people spend just a few minutes or a few hours with the car, and could not figure out iDrive and end up hating it. In my BMW X5, after getting over the initial learning curve, I now think that iDrive is one of the most sophisticated and user-friendly interface design to control so many advanced features of the car. It surely beats, hands down, having a gazillion buttons surrounding the navigation screen. Best part is, its placed just in front of the arm-rest, so I can control pretty much anything without reaching out for it. Its fabulous. But the only reason I know is because I own the car and drive it every day. I am pretty sure if I just test drove it and gave up on iDrive, I'd end up hating it too. This is one reason, BMW doesn't simply sell you a car. They make sure each new owner is given one hour of one-to-one demonstration of car's functionality. This helps new owners get comfortable with these kinds of advanced features. Modern cars, especially luxury cars, have come a long way in advanced electronics, and many things are no longer learnt just by intuition.