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Originally Posted by 02X5
A buddy of mine and me where having a conversation and he was trying to tell me that the Infiniti FX45 drives and performs better than the X5. Anyone who has driven both or has good knowledge please reply so i can have some info to go back at him with.
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I owned the FX45 for 18 months prior to the X5 4.4
*If you are into plastic interior components, wafer thin carpets and cheap leather seats that wrinkle, the FX is for you.
*How about mold in the AC system that keeps returning after being treated?
*Can you tolerate pops and rattles from the rear seats and hatch due to body flex?
*16 mpg driving like a granny.
* Do you enjoy hearing an engine with a death rattle if it's started and shut down without being throughly warmed up?
* The FX exhaust note is unique but not the nice deap tone like the X5 V8.
*Many are under the impression that the FX is a warmed over Murano. Not a good feeling when the price tag is about 15K more. Sold it to Carmax and it sat on their lot over 4 months.
The FX45 has a bone jarring ride but maybe the X5 with 20" wheels and sport suspension is similar.
Overall performance, acceleration and handling, are about the same.