I was at a Peak Nissan and i was looking for a car. The salesman was trying to sell me a 96 SE. He was saying it was the "SPECIAL EDITION" ={ Now i always though it was the SPORTS EDITION and im sticking w/ the SPORTS EDITION. Now could he of been confused w/ that new 2003 SE which has 265 HP. http://www.freshalloy.com/site/cars/...001/home.shtml
thats a link. IS that just the regular old Sports edition or is that a special edition.?
damn salesmen = dont know anything

 

Typical Nissan dealer; research before you buy, those nissan dealers dont know squat sometimes... I.E. "we dont offer manual"

 

SE = Sport Edition
and the 02-03 maxima's have 255 hp, not 265. fresh alloy needs to update that page.

 

Being dead serious, when i went and bought my 97 Maxima in 2000, the dealer/salesman told me it was a V8. I laughed and told him that he should get a job at McDonnalds.

 

Actually if you read it says the Maxima has an aftermarket intake and a muffler that brought the hp up to 265. They didn't say the 2k3 Maxima was that stock.

 

So are the 2003s out or what? I hear you all on the topic of dealers not knowing squat about their cars. I was flabbergasted by how little they knew about their maximas. I was under the impression that I was test driving a 2002 SE this past May. btw, very impressed with that engine. So how do I know if I am looking at a 2002 or 2003? Any key differences I should be aware of?

I've gotten most of my info from nissandriven.com and carpoint.msn.com

 

the sticker on the window (the one with the price & specs) should tell you whether its 2k2 or 2k3

 

Ok, that's a fair enough answer. Let me refine my request: What are the differences between 2k2 and 2k3 SE's. What are the new features available on the 2k3, if any? Could someone point me in the direction of a definitive source. I get unlcear results when I search for this information. Thanks in advance.

 

ummm......there is no difference unless u get the titanium package, which gives u chrome wheels, and compas in the rear view mirror.....other things if i remember correctly, it has leather seats.....and maybe a better stereo......basically, cosmetic differences....engine is the same.

 

among others, the product section of www.nissannews.com

 

What I want to know is how to get that grille from Twin Custom Concepts...

 

Don't remember who posted it ( a while back) but he said according to Nissan, SE stands for "Standard Edition" and was done mainly for insurance purposes

 

Now is a really gook time to buy a 2002.Most of the cosmetic upgrades you can do aftermarket. Mechanically the car is the same. The biggest difference is in the price you'll walk away with.

The dealer know nothing. They just don't do their homework. You'd figure it would be easy enough since they only sell six models (sentra, altima, Maxima, Xterra, Pfinder, Frontier)

 

WHAT ABOUT THE QUEST?

 

i just noticed this.....why do so many nissan cars end with an a at the end

 

so do Kias and Hyundais and Toyotas. maybe its a marketing thing. us americans must like the sound of A's.

 

Oops... I didn't notice the page was for the Street Concept Max...

 

Pinnacle Nissan in Scottsdale continually told me that the Sentra Spec V was a V6 and had close to 300 hp. Even after I opened up the jood and showed him, he continued to call it a V6.

Who trains these MORONS!?!?!?! All they are are "salespeople". I am in advertising sales and my general manger is the exact same way. he doesn't know or care to know jack squat about our product. Just how to use sales tactics. And our clients realize this too when they meet him.

Most of the ignorant people I have seen are older salespeople- the group that thrived in the 80's with the "what's it gonna take" crap.

 

I just received delivery of a 2000 SE and according to the salesman it has 290hp. I also test drove a 2001 Altima that they had that was rated at 190hp according to the sales rep. I tried to correct him but he really thought that he was correct with his performance figures. I thought it was funny. These were bone stock cars at a Nissan dealership.

 

You should tell him it's a Yugo and should cost thousands less.

 

No, no, no. The 2000SE is 290hp per cylinder. And since it has 7 of them thats 2030 total hp. Tell him to get his facts straight.

 

It seems like the dealers talk to some really stupid people the will buy anything the salesman tell them to buy. I saw like a 90 year old guy in a base SE, what the hell. The very appearance of the SE should tell you that its a "Sport Edition". I will say this though, the dealer that I go to other than the service department is great. Everyone knows me and they know thier shi**. I've looked at the Acura, but the Max just gets my blood flowing. Gives me this sense of euphoria

 

My Grandfather, while a VERY big car feak, knows little about foreign cars, did you know that old fart had to nerve to tell me that the Accord had an optional V8 engine! I'm not kidding either. He's one of those olddie-types that you just can't argue with! I laughed all the way out the door. Can you imagine an Accord with a V8, heck, the Avalon doesn't even have a V8, Acura can't even be offered with a V8!

Hey Bob, what kind of car do you drive. "Oh, I drive a Honda Accord EXV8!

 

I was talking about the price of putting premium gas in the Maxima. The salesperson then said, "The manual says to put in premium, but you don't have to."
I said, "Oh really...what do you guys put in at the dealership?"
He replied, "Oh it just depends on who's puttin in the gas."

Now this 02 Max I was test driving already had 250 miles on it already. I wonder how much regular unleaded was pumped into it...

 

Just imagine the rentals!

 

I don't put premium in my car. I put 87 octane in it, never had a fuel related problem, the only thing the car suffers from is lack of power. I drive, well crawl, through Chicago everyday and just don't see the point of putting premium in my car, especially when it cost 20 cents more a gallon and I fill up 1 to 2 times a week.

 

Triple8Sol, it doesn't surprise me...it's just like when I went to the parts department at a local Nissan Dealership and asked if I could buy a gallon of NISSAN antifreeze (for top-off). He said they don't stock it. So, I said, "I guess you don't use Nissan coolant when you do flushes and fills, right?" He said, "that's right, we use whatever is the cheapest at the time."
Makes you feel good doesn't it?

 

You know that is only one tank of gas so just one time =]

 

Same with my local dealership, the salesman there kept claiming the Sentra Spec V was a V6. When I argued he supported his claim by poiting out that the name Spec "V" is for the "V"6 in the car?? and looked at me as if I was some dumbass. I immediately popped the hood and showed him the 4cyl and then the side sticker and then I went in and asked for another more experienced sales person that I usually work with. The saddest thing was that he was young.