Test drove a 2004 today
03-28-2003, 06:50 PM
#1
Test drove a 2004 today
I test drove a 2004 3.5 SE today at Jack Ingram Nissan in Montgomery, AL
The car was an automatic with cloth interior, standard stereo, no nav, skyview roof, etc. A base SE.
Draw your own conclusions about the looks. It's definitely different. The only thing I would change would be to make the big chrome square in the grille body-colored.
The interior is well laid out if funny looking. Most of the controls are easy to use, but the tiny buttons can be a pain. Overall materials seemed high-quality, but the assembly was sub-par. Also, the terry cloth on the doors and across the dash looks like they used a bath towel to trim out the interior.
This car definitely feels like is was put together in the good ole USA. (this is not a good thing)
On the road it's pretty nice car. It has good power all across the rev range. The transmission doesn't waste too much time shifting or kicking down to pass. As you would expect, the "manu-matic" feature is useless. It handles much better than the 5th gen cars. I think this is due to the new sophisitcated rear suspension design. It feels much more stable in all handling moves.
The ride is isolated enough, but it still feels buttoned down and secure.
Overall assesment: If you are looking for a quick sedan in the low $30k range, get the G35.
The car was an automatic with cloth interior, standard stereo, no nav, skyview roof, etc. A base SE.
Draw your own conclusions about the looks. It's definitely different. The only thing I would change would be to make the big chrome square in the grille body-colored.
The interior is well laid out if funny looking. Most of the controls are easy to use, but the tiny buttons can be a pain. Overall materials seemed high-quality, but the assembly was sub-par. Also, the terry cloth on the doors and across the dash looks like they used a bath towel to trim out the interior.
This car definitely feels like is was put together in the good ole USA. (this is not a good thing)
On the road it's pretty nice car. It has good power all across the rev range. The transmission doesn't waste too much time shifting or kicking down to pass. As you would expect, the "manu-matic" feature is useless. It handles much better than the 5th gen cars. I think this is due to the new sophisitcated rear suspension design. It feels much more stable in all handling moves.
The ride is isolated enough, but it still feels buttoned down and secure.
Overall assesment: If you are looking for a quick sedan in the low $30k range, get the G35.
03-28-2003, 07:40 PM
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good assessment, i'll have to test one out at a dealer in my area sometime soon, but a ? about the info center screen? I assume yours had the non-nav system, how was the layout of it? was it a monochromatic display as shown in some pics or multi-colored?
03-28-2003, 07:43 PM
#3
Originally posted by Wht98SE
good assessment, i'll have to test one out at a dealer in my area sometime soon, but a ? about the info center screen? I assume yours had the non-nav system, how was the layout of it? was it a monochromatic display as shown in some pics or multi-colored?
good assessment, i'll have to test one out at a dealer in my area sometime soon, but a ? about the info center screen? I assume yours had the non-nav system, how was the layout of it? was it a monochromatic display as shown in some pics or multi-colored?
04-01-2003, 03:34 PM
#6
Re: Test drove a 2004 today
Originally posted by mzmtg
This car definitely feels like is was put together in the good ole USA. (this is not a good thing)
This car definitely feels like is was put together in the good ole USA. (this is not a good thing)
04-02-2003, 11:33 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 517
Re: Test drove a 2004 today
Originally posted by mzmtg
I test drove a 2004 3.5 SE today at Jack Ingram Nissan in Montgomery, AL
The car was an automatic with cloth interior, standard stereo, no nav, skyview roof, etc. A base SE.
Draw your own conclusions about the looks. It's definitely different. The only thing I would change would be to make the big chrome square in the grille body-colored.
The interior is well laid out if funny looking. Most of the controls are easy to use, but the tiny buttons can be a pain. Overall materials seemed high-quality, but the assembly was sub-par. Also, the terry cloth on the doors and across the dash looks like they used a bath towel to trim out the interior.
This car definitely feels like is was put together in the good ole USA. (this is not a good thing)
On the road it's pretty nice car. It has good power all across the rev range. The transmission doesn't waste too much time shifting or kicking down to pass. As you would expect, the "manu-matic" feature is useless. It handles much better than the 5th gen cars. I think this is due to the new sophisitcated rear suspension design. It feels much more stable in all handling moves.
The ride is isolated enough, but it still feels buttoned down and secure.
Overall assesment: If you are looking for a quick sedan in the low $30k range, get the G35.
I test drove a 2004 3.5 SE today at Jack Ingram Nissan in Montgomery, AL
The car was an automatic with cloth interior, standard stereo, no nav, skyview roof, etc. A base SE.
Draw your own conclusions about the looks. It's definitely different. The only thing I would change would be to make the big chrome square in the grille body-colored.
The interior is well laid out if funny looking. Most of the controls are easy to use, but the tiny buttons can be a pain. Overall materials seemed high-quality, but the assembly was sub-par. Also, the terry cloth on the doors and across the dash looks like they used a bath towel to trim out the interior.
This car definitely feels like is was put together in the good ole USA. (this is not a good thing)
On the road it's pretty nice car. It has good power all across the rev range. The transmission doesn't waste too much time shifting or kicking down to pass. As you would expect, the "manu-matic" feature is useless. It handles much better than the 5th gen cars. I think this is due to the new sophisitcated rear suspension design. It feels much more stable in all handling moves.
The ride is isolated enough, but it still feels buttoned down and secure.
Overall assesment: If you are looking for a quick sedan in the low $30k range, get the G35.
04-03-2003, 08:43 AM
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Mike, there may be some build quality issues, especially in a "new" model. I do know that when I was looking for my '02 Maxima that I test drove an '02 3.5 Altima first and it rattled, had lots of gaps inside and out. I mentioned this to the salesman and he said, "well, you know where the Altima is built." I nodded my head and ended up getting the Maxima instead. Now, understand I do like American built cars...the Maxima is my first import car. I own an '01 Vette, '02 Stang, and my son drives a Neon...so I'm not against owning American built cars. But for my first import I really wanted one that was built in Japan. And so far, it's been faultless (except for the fact that the MAXIMA emblem was a bit crooked, which I had them replace).
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