I was coming home from work today when I met a TL type S at a set of lights. I revved my engine once...he complied with a rev of his own. Revving our engines, cars behind us were revving too, which was kind of funny. Then we the lights changed, and we were off, I had a good launch. We were neck and neck on my first and second gear, but when I when I got it into third, I was gone. I met him at the gas station at the next set of lights. The first thing he said to me was "You guys and your maximas......I never can keep up with you guys" I said "Yeah, you should have got one also and keep up with the pack"

 

amen

 

I suddenly got a warm tingly feeling.

 

lol

 

Yeah, Maximas are faster. I read somewhere earlier in this forum people debating and weren't really sure which car was faster, well car and driver did road tests for the TL and Altima. I also found on the web someone who did a road test with the 2002 maxima and the results were identical to the altimas.

TL 0-60 = 6.4 I think
Altima and Maxima 0-60 = 6.29

TL quarter mile = 15.1
Altima and Maxima quarter mile = 14.9

 

and that was the TL type S that i was talking about

 

One race means absolutely nothing. Any TLS or Maxima SE owner will tell you that it all depends on the driver. On this forum, Maximas always seem to come out on top but on the TLS forum it is always the other way around. I still can't figure out why people feel the need to title one as faster than the other. Using your logic, I could post this video and say that the 3.2 Type S is faster. PERIOD. But we all know it's a tossup. No flames please. I am just pointing out something very simple.

 

BTW, don't take this the wrong way. I am not one of those Acura-lover boys. In fact, I am thinking about a used 2002 Maxima SE for my project / modding car. The 2003s are nice but I am worried about the HID headlights.

 

Hmm..the 2002 and 2003 both have the HID headlights.

 

I thought for 2k2 HIDs were an option. I am hoping it is.... anyone know?

 

The Max Pack

 

Sorry Bro. They came standard on 2002-2003 models. Unless you wanna wire up some 2000-2001 headlights to your project 2002 max.

 

How did you get them wired up??

 

no, you're absolutely right about this, even though the car in the vid is a CL-S. in general, i feel that maximas fare better when running from a stop, and CL/TL-S's do better when from a roll. just my experience though.

 

Well I've had the experience of racing a TL-S on the highway (wont do that again) and at the track. In both instances, I had the faster car. However, I also believe that comparing the performance between both is akin to splitting hairs.

Just my $.02

 

a video of a 6spd CLS vs and auto maxima seems fair right. To put this to rest a maxima is quicker from a stop and a tls is quicker from a roll until around 110 when it falls on its face

 

I agree with what you posted. It also makes sense because of more available torque in the Maxima.

About the HID's, man I'm bummed out. I'm sure you guys know all too well about getting HIDs ripped off. It just as easily / frequently happens to us TL folks and I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with that.

 

Well it just goes to show that the CLS manual is faster than the auto Maxima SE, which puts the auto Maxima SE on par with the auto TLS in terms of speed. Again, like I said, it can go either way. Also, you'd have to be pretty stupid and inconsiderate to go over 110 mph on a public road. The 4th gear on the TLS may suck but it's a good thing because it prevents me from doing something idiotic and getting myself and possibly others killed. I see that as an advantage.

 

Well you have a good point but to further it a little more you have to be pretty stupid and inconsiderate to break the speed limit. Do you yes and so does everybody else. As far as doing something idiotic or getting yourself and others killed well that can happen at any speed but thats the risk of driving in general.

 

Lets face it. Neither the Maxima nor the TLS is stable at speeds over 110 MPH. You have more control at any speed below that. Despite what you may think, these two cars are not capable of superb handling at such speeds. So wake up and realize that you don't own the ultimate handling machine before you endanger other people. BTW, there is a slight difference between going a bit over the speed limit and going almost double the speed limit.

 

who said I'm endangering anybody and I drive at those speeds??? Also who says that I'm trying to take on a road course at 110??? And I don't endanger anybody but myself if I am traveling at those speeds. I just checked pretty much all you threads and the only thing that you have offered to this site is my tls is faster and better than your maxima. Why are you here to make sure everybody knows the tls is the best car money can buy and the your quote "best handling fwd car out"

 

Both cars are pretty sable at 110+ I drove 125mph for over 2 hrs in Oaklahoma to Kansas City on a 2 lane Toll road with no entraces. Everyone was doing 100.... My car felt very stable in my 2001 Maxima.

The Acura felt just as stable at that speed as well.

 

one more thing IBTL

 

Huh? Why exactly is breaking the speed limit "stupid and inconsiderate"? In fact, in most cities it would be MORE stupid to drive the speed limit, and be traveling 5 - 10 mph less than everyone else.

I've run into Vandy on the TL web site, and he's way more restrained and coherent than some of the folks there - or here...

 

I was making a simple statement

 

Regardless of the posted speed limit, the safest speed is the speed that everybody else is going. If you go the 55 limit around here in the DC area you will seriously get run off of the road and possibly road raged. If traffic is all going 90 in a 55, I go 90.

 

True these atlanta people are speed demons

 

 

if you race the cars from a stop its all on the launch. from a roll its whoever gets the jump. hence its a drivers race all the way.

 

dont' mean to burst your bubble, but 2002 and 2003 Maxima's have the same headlights...

-vq

IBTL
IBGC

 

Thanks for standing up for me on this one. I don't know what blubyu2k2's problem is but I lurked on the TL board for almost a year before I bought one. Nobody asked me why. When people were making claims that it was better than the BMW 3 series I shot them down because I thought they were full of it on some points (handling, etc). Yet in the end, I ended up with a TLS because it got me the most for how much I wanted to spend.

The only time I posted something negative about the Maxima was when someone called me and my TL out. A car is an expensive object and it's human nature to retaliate when someone puts down something you have worked hard for. Also, consider that I wouldn't be here unless I was genuinely interested in the Maxima. It's a waste of time to set ignorant people straight all the time. Now tell me, is there a way on the Maxima to prevent HID theft (alarm, bolts, etc.) because there sure isn't on the TLS and I can't take it everywhere I want to go without worrying.

 

I have no problem with you and if you read back on some of your posts you called BS on me when I had proof from the TLS owner himself. I never once degraded your car or called it a POS or whatever your trying to get at, or said the maxima was better than the TLS. I simply said I won the race and have proof but you had to butt in with some rediculous comment. I'm not one to come on here and start arguements with anybody. I have been here a while and don't BS so I don't understand why newbies try to call BS on me.

 

Don't think so - as I understand it, even the Nissan "fix" doesn't stop theft by breaking the plastic tabs (which is how they're mostly being stolen).

However, unless you live in NY or the Jerz, you probably don't have much to worry about. Unless there's something recent I haven't seen (been out skiing!!), the vast majority of thefts reported have been there.

 

Watching the video, looks to me like the Max driver let off after a while...