Teamwork wrote:
I wanted a 5th generation in high school. I still think that it looks good today in this day and age. The 6th generation didn't appeal to me what so ever... the 7th generation I thought was a pretty attractive car but dated for the class pretty much within a year in. The new one only gets 20/30 mpg I think it's rated which seems pretty crappy honestly for something that's FWD and CVT.
i dig the new maxima, but the last 2 or 3 gens (between the 5th gen and the new one) were ugly inside and/or out. 5.5 gen was about the epitome. thing is when i was ready to get rid of my 4th gen maxima (98 maxima in 2010), i was ready for something more comfortable, and considered the maxima an uncomfortable car (hard seats). the 5th gen was said to have similarly uncomfortable seats. the newer maximas were out of my reach at that point. i ended up getting an underpowered 96 accord ex manual to replace the maxima. it was more comfortable, luxurious feeling and had a sunroof, but it took a good 1500+ in repairs to get it in good driving condition, and then the power windows still didn't work. looking back, i should've kept that one longer, but at the time i was just afraid of it breaking down. that said, it was much more reliable than the maxima during the last few years i had it. btw, the car i wanted in high school was that very 96 accord, but ideally in coupe form.
Side bar: I did consider Nissan when I was looking at cars... I was looking at a Nismo Juke with the 6 speed manual. It was actually one of the first cars I test drove and inquired in my search. Thing wasn't too bad but I can't get over how lifted off the ground it felt compared to other things even in Nismo form. I couldn't stand the sales experience... the guy who so hands off and passive when I was with him (he honestly seemed bored that I was a potential sale) but after I left he proceeded to call me two times a day for about two weeks. I had to basically shut this guy personally. I might never even consider a Nissan ever again after this experience.
i never car shopped at nissan dealers for me, but i went at least twice with my sister. both experiences i remember were awkward. one was for a used car (sister ended up with a used 98 corolla), other was for a new car. used car salesman proved to be a laidback but still stereotypical used car salesman. the kind who would say (and did) that he doesn't like hondas just to get you to stop talking about them, then you see him driving down the road in a honda (which he did). the other one was one of those retards who act like they don't need your business. i don't think he realized how bad he was. nissans were at their trashiest then (early 2000s), so that made it easy for us to not want one.
In other news my A/C has been holding up strong since the repair... I didn't even realize this may be the first week I've ever had the car and the A/C has worked consistently for 7 consecutive days. A Christmas miracle in September.
hip hip HOORAY!!!!