I just came across this on Carpoint today: http://carpoint.msn.com/advice/windo...Edit2&src=Home

It's good to see the Maxima win some awards and hopefully regain some respect (seems like the Altima gets so much attention these days).

I don't understand the VW Golf being the small car leader in TQI because the three people I know that have (or had) a Golf, 2000 and later, had nothing but trouble with them. Major stuff too, not little nigglies.

Yup, I've heard nothing but problems..

I was thinking the same thing Maxima = Passat < good.

I guess your three friends didn't get the survey.

Wow Sherlock what mystery will you solve next?

These inital owner survey's are mostly an indicator of how good your dealership does their job. Let's face a car should not get sold that hasn't been at least checked over by the dealer. I remember buying a Pontiac and the day I went to pick it up, there were several significant but easily fixable things wrong with it. When I bought my Maxima the only thing I found wrong was one of the tire valve caps. Big difference.

Another problem with this particular survey is that it factors in the purchasing process. Granted purchasing is a big annoyance but they also highlight that a lot of manufacturers are offering incentive plans. Which means that the results will have nothing to do with the reliability of a car.

Long term reports like Car & Driver, etc. do are much more meaningful. Just my $.02.

The mystery of Dan Quayle.