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Old 11-21-2001, 11:19 PM
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Took a "guest" drive in an 2k2 I35

Now I'm waiting for my m100

What I liked:
Gated auto ****er
HID
255 hp
Heated/auto/leather seats

What I disliked:
body styling
wheels
softer feeling tranny
weird stubby light switch and turn signals
floaty steering (FSTB needed?)
wide open feeling from the drivers seat vs. cockpit feeling in my max
speedometer was a little weird (hard to determine speed)
auto-dimming mirror was hard to see out of at night in the rain
traction control didn't do much in the rain

Most of what I disliked were what makes it more of a luxury car. Nothing really wrong with the car, I just like the overall feeling of my Max better.
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Old 11-21-2001, 11:28 PM
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Re: Took a "guest" drive in an 2k2 I35

I was with my Dad when he test drove an Altima 3.5 SE..

"So which one of you are looking at an Altima?"

"Oh we're just looking"

awkward pause

"Yeah...just turn right right here..."

Don't know if I wanna cause more trouble to a salesman at Infiniti now lol
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Old 11-21-2001, 11:34 PM
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waiting for my brochure...
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Old 11-22-2001, 01:46 AM
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Just went today to Towbin Infiniti with my dad today. I like the headlights and the power, everything else was real similar. The CD-ROM navigation makes you wonder what they're thinking when Acura and Lexus have DVD-ROM standard. Took us 15 min b4 anyone helped us, which is unbelievable when you drive up in a Lexus. Palm, where art thou.
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Old 11-22-2001, 05:32 AM
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Originally posted by xtantmaxima
Took us 15 min b4 anyone helped us, which is unbelievable when you drive up in a Lexus. Palm, where art thou.
Man I went to a local BMW Dealer a few weeks ago to test drive a 330I. I sware they looked at me and thought I couldn't afford a Beemer. I parked my car out back so they didn't see me pull up in my car. No one even steped up to ask if anyone was helping me. I was so ****ed. Thats another reason to Buy a AMG Benz. I walked out and got in my car and started driveing around to look at cars and when the saw me then the guy came out but at this time I didn't wanna deal with them fools.
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Old 11-22-2001, 07:27 AM
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Man I went to a local BMW Dealer a few weeks ago to test drive a 330I. I sware they looked at me and thought I couldn't afford a Beemer. I parked my car out back so they didn't see me pull up in my car. No one even steped up to ask if anyone was helping me. I was so ****ed. Thats another reason to Buy a AMG Benz. I walked out and got in my car and started driveing around to look at cars and when the saw me then the guy came out but at this time I didn't wanna deal with them fools.
ya i had the same problem when i was looking at my 2k2 no one thought i was actually serious. i went to like 4 dealerships and only one has called me back saying that they have a 6-spd, BUT everyone said they would be the first
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I made sure to mention I was driving a 2k max so they new that I made more money than I looked like.
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Old 11-22-2001, 11:08 AM
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Originally posted by punkdork
I made sure to mention I was driving a 2k max so they new that I made more money than I looked like.
well i showed him my all hooked up and NOSed 95 and they prolly just thought i was crazy
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Forgot to mention when they finally did greet us, my dad greeted him with his business card. Lawrence M Lehrner, M.D., PhD and they were SO nice.
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