New Genesis owner

[matt21484]

Just picked up a new to me 2010 Genesis in Sapphire Blue Pearl w/ black leather interior. Has the Nav package as well. It was a one owner lease w/ 29K miles on it. I traded in my old 2001 Lexus GS300 w/ 218,xxx miles. It served me well and I'm hoping the Genesis does the same. No questions yet, just introducing myself. Crappy cell phone pics below...

 

[12Genny]

Beautiful car Matt, I'm sure you will enjoy many happy miles. Welcome to the group.

 

[dcuccia]

Nice! My favorite color combo. Enjoy!!

 

[Kevinc5a]

Just picked up a new to me 2010 Genesis in Sapphire Blue Pearl w/ black leather interior. Has the Nav package as well. It was a one owner lease w/ 29K miles on it. I traded in my old 2001 Lexus GS300 w/ 218,xxx miles.

How much did you get for the Lexus?

 

[Majin SSJ Eric]

Hey, mine's sapphire blue too! But tan interior...

 

[matt21484]

How much did you get for the Lexus?

They offered $2500 which i took. All of the money negotiated off of the asking price was rolled into the trade though.
Car also has premium package.
I found the original window sticker today in the manual, which was a nice find since the dealer said they didn't have it. Original msrp was $38300

 

[CC4.6]

 

[Aquineas]

Matt, and may you have lots of trouble-free miles!

 

[matt21484]

Quick update, I'm thinking about ordering the chrome wing trunk emblem off ebay. Has anyone used this seller before? Just want to make sure I'm not going to get ripped off. It's only 11 bucks so I'm not too worried, but I also don't want to get some junk.

 

[marty5marty]

Seems legit to me! welcome!

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[StangKiller]

Seems legit to me! welcome!

Ordered mine from KDMLAND or something like that -- seemed to be fine. The seller you reference seems fine as well.

 

[marty5marty]

If you don't want to wait 3-4 weeks since it comes from Korea you can get from US Sellers aswell...which would take only a week most

 

[topspeed]

Welcome to the forum. I like the sapphire blue pearl myself. Enjoy your Genesis. I don't think you will regret your decision.

 

[Kaiserseal]

Another Lexus convert.

 

[matt21484]

Did my first 'mod' last night...
Half way there...

Done!

Process wasn't really that hard. Getting the emblem off was the easy part. Taking all of the glue off while worrying if I'm using too much heat/chemicals on a brand new car is what gets to you. I ended up using my fingers a lot to pull the glue off. Overall though, I really like it. Next up is the center caps, but I have a question on those.

Here is what wheels I have. Do I just need to buy the small black center cap or the larger black & grey surround as a package? Thanks!

 

[Mark_888]

Looks like you forgot to white-out the license plate in the first pic.

Edit: I see you now corrected that.

 

[matt21484]

Looks like you forgot to white-out the license plate in the first pic.

Edit: I see you now corrected that.

Man that was quick! I had done the white out in Photobucket, but for some reason when I copied the tag, it didn't carry over the whiteout on the pic. Had to re-save it w/ a new name for it to work.

 

[matt21484]

So I've had the car for about 2 weeks now and I do really like it. Nice step up from what we had before. That being said, I've noticed that my one keyfob is acting up. Sometimes it requires me to insert it into the dash to start the car and other times it doesn't. Again, sometimes it won't lock the doors or pop the trunk when I'm standing right next to it and other times it will. This sounds like a dead/dying battery, but has anyone else seen this behavior? Also the Nav unit is a bit wonky. It appears to only be affected when I start the car first thing in the morning, but sometimes the rearview camera doesn't show at all, it will just stay on whatever mode it was in (phone, AM/FM, etc). Other times it will show the runway lights (red, yellow, green) on a black screen or I've seen it have a gray bar across the top (see picture). This mostly happens in the morning only. The car is garage kept, but temps are down in the 20's. Not unusual at all. Anybody else see things like this? I've sent an e-mail to the dealer, but would like to know if I'm alone here.

 

[Gurkha]

Do I just need to buy the small black center cap or the larger black & grey surround as a package? Thanks!

You need the larger one as you described as you have the regular V6 wheels for that MY.

 

[homeofstone]

So I've had the car for about 2 weeks now and I do really like it. Nice step up from what we had before. That being said, I've noticed that my one keyfob is acting up. Sometimes it requires me to insert it into the dash to start the car and other times it doesn't. Again, sometimes it won't lock the doors or pop the trunk when I'm standing right next to it and other times it will. This sounds like a dead/dying battery, but has anyone else seen this behavior? Also the Nav unit is a bit wonky. It appears to only be affected when I start the car first thing in the morning, but sometimes the rearview camera doesn't show at all, it will just stay on whatever mode it was in (phone, AM/FM, etc). Other times it will show the runway lights (red, yellow, green) on a black screen or I've seen it have a gray bar across the top (see picture). This mostly happens in the morning only. The car is garage kept, but temps are down in the 20's. Not unusual at all. Anybody else see things like this? I've sent an e-mail to the dealer, but would like to know if I'm alone here.

You most likely have a bad wire to the camera on the trunk lid or the camera needs replacing. It acts like a loose wire though.