JP’s A to Z Challenge – Q is for Infiniti QX80
Ok, it had to happen sooner or later. I ran into a problem with the letter Q and had to resort to finding a boring late model car in order to get a photo or 4. It was supposed to be under control. I found a car, but I have Qualms.
I was certain that I had at least two separate Nissan Quest minivans, one from the 1990s and another from the mid 2000s. But upon closer examination, the older one turned out to be a Quest’s fraternal twin, which was not named Quest at all, but was instead called the Mercury Villager.
The newer one was a minivan I rented for a family trip quite a few years ago. I wrote a rental car review on that Quirky vehicle, but discovered that I never photographed it. To add insult, one of these passed me on the highway (the very day I took these shots) when I couldn’t capture it – probably the first one I had seen in a decade.
I had never captured an Audi Quattro or a Volkswagen Quantum or an Infiniti Q-45, and was out of ideas. So I did the only thing I could do: Quick – find a hoity-toity used car lot. With luck I could find a Maserati Quattroporte, an Audi Q series SUV (Q3, Q5 or Q7) . . . Or one of these. What do you know, a Quintet! And here we are. They had one of the Audis, but I picked this one. Because it’s bigger. Quantity over Quality?
Someone might be Querilous and say that it’s Questionable whether this car complies with the spirit of the challenge. But this Quite surely complies with the technicalities. And you can Quote me on this, so let us not Quibble.
Speaking of Quote, I did not get one on this car, but other than the Marmon from last month, this might be the most expensive car I’ve featured – new ones mostly sticker in the 6 figures. I am in a Quandary over who spends that much on a vehicle. For that kind of money, I could buy something that comes with a Quitclaim deed!
I wanted to end this installment with a clever Quip, but I don’t have one of those handy in my Quiver either.
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All this lawyerspeak Q-words distracting us from the faqt that this one was a last-minute find… nice job!
The cost of cars now-a-days… geez. We were recently shopping to replace my wife’s Jeep. One Subaru we looked at was like 40K — I remember when that was the opening price ranges to German luxury cars.
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I know – I never thought I would live in a world where something under $40k would seem reasonable. I was amazed at seeing new high end pickup trucks well into 6 figures. Like a number quite close to what I paid for a nice house in the early 90s!
At least I have the rest of the alphabet under control. Although Y gave me some concerns.
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Ah, well… good to know. Yugo? (I know, I’m getting ahead of the story).
Yes, a pickup truck — something to throw wood in, fill with dirt, etc. It’s insane.
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I was not equipped to handle such a stream of quippery. And I get queasy thinking I may someday purchase a vehicle over $40k. I got too comfortable in the $20’s over the years.
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Yes, it was like the first time I paid over $100k for a house. I remember thinking “I know what a $100k house looks like, and this ain’t it!”
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Considering that some Ford Expeditions and Chevrolet Tahoes have hit the $100,000 mark, it’s not exactly surprising that Nissan has no qualms about peddling Infinitis at that price. Given its questionable financial state, Nissan needs every dollar it can get.
Infiniti debuted with a big splash, along with Lexus and Acura. Can’t say I’ve heard much about Infiniti lately. It no longer offers sedans…just SUVs and crossovers.
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I had wondered if Infiniti was still offering regular cars. Am I not seeing them because they aren’t selling, or because they don’t exist. Now I know.
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Excellent use of the letter ‘Q’!
Most people think that the word “Queue” is just the letter “Q” followed by four silent letters. But they are not silent. They are just waiting their turn.
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I have never figured out how someone can look at that word and not see two syllables.
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I intended to quiescently quit reading and go on to the next blog but quailed at the thought. I was not quite going to be quick to quit. I’ll be quiet now.
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I make some high demands on my readers, but you certainly qualify!
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Ha ha – I enjoyed the quips as much as the review JP and yes, buy a house for that kind of money and take the bus for goodness sake! I’m sorry you didn’t have the desired pics queued up and ready to go, but there’s no question you did admirably anyway finding this Quintet!
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This thing is almost big enough to make a Quintet by itself!
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It’s good to see you had no qualms about finding something in captivity. As luck would have it, I saw one of these Q-ships yesterday and all the paint was gone on the hood and the first quartile of the roof. Quaint, it was not. Fixing it would take more than a quart of material.
You have me thinking – I’ve driven a Q-ship, but not this one. Enterprise gave us an upgrade to an Audi Q5 last year. It was a quick little thing and I’m glad to have made its acquaintance.
Q provides a lot of choices; I thought identifying one would be a quagmire of frustration.
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The number of Q choices was surprising! Almost enough to make a person queasy.
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That was quite clever, but I would have gone for the Maserati. Audis don’t impress me much.
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Ha, I probably would have gone for the Maserati too, if I had found one. As for Audi, I worked with a guy who owned one, and it was fabulous. Other than a need for regular 4-figure cash infusions to keep it on the road.
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I have to admit all those luxury brands bore me. I don’t even notice. My brother commented that my neighbour was driving a Jaguar, I didn’t even notice because they have 5 cars including a 1990’s red Corvette, which I did notice because of it’s color when it was out of the garage, which is seldom. My mothers neighbour was driving a BMW and I didn’t notice it either, as it was gray. I guess I go by color and style not brand?
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Perhaps it was Quixotic to think you could find a car for every letter of the alphabet? Also, don’t know what it is about the Infiniti logo but it always makes me wonder, “What kind of car is that?” It just doesn’t stick. Looks a little like Acura’s upside-down “V” but not as distinctive IMHO (this from an Acura owner).
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That logo is a really good question. It almost looks like a mountain within an oval, but I have no idea if that is intended, or if it is, why they used it.
I really thought that I had Q in the bag before I started searching, but I think this was a Qualified success. 🙂
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“Qualified” success – nice. I see you left a few Q’s in the bag for your responses to comments.
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