reset the ipod.  The problem was probably the cable.  Believe it or not, the cable for older ipods does NOT work for the newer ones.  For example, I used the plug from an old IPod and plugged in my newer touch and it reset my newer touch and didn't charge.  I forget how to reset the thing.  I think you hold down the standby and the dot for 12 secs or something.  Look it up on google.  Otherwise take it in.  They will reset it.  Nice thing about IPod is you just resync the thing and everything is right back to where you were.  I'll say this about Infiniti though, they by far have the best interface for IPods.  Stupid Lexus (on a brand new GX460 with Mark Levinson) makes you scroll through all your songs to pick a solitary one.  No quick movement, no album cover art, no fast forward just skip, it's very basic.  You ever try to scroll down to a song starting with Z when it goes 2 per sec on an ipod with 1000 songs?  It's incredibly annoying.

Thanks for the info!  I'm gonna take the car and cable to the dealer and have them check it out and tell me why it isn't working.  As for the bricked ipod touch, I'll bring it to the apple store right near the dealership.  Hopefully they can get it reset.  I tried holding down the corner button and the front button at the same time for a pretty long time and it didn't respond.  Tried it also while hooked up to itunes, still no response.  The store will probably get it straightened out though.