Thought you 7th genners might like to see this. It was good to see a Max in there:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/..._apeal/11.html

Hope you're enjoying your ride- it's a great car!

 

Good catch. Thanks, SMOKIN'MAX.

 

I rent em all the time...but still prefer my 5.5gen!

 

Thanks, good find.

 

You rent the 7th gens? thats pretty cool.... i have never seen one here in ny at a renting place

 

I could be wrong, of course, but I think he means that he leases a new Maxima every 3-4 years.

 

My local Enterprise rents them. I have rented one for a weekend. They have the 18's, cloth and a sunroof.

 

So the 09 Maxima falls in the "large car" category?

The interior passenger volume of the 09 Maxima (96.2 cu ft) is less than that of the 09 Altima (100.7 cu ft) and the Altima is a midsize sedan.

 

National has lots of them (hard to get per lot people, as people ****** them up) Enterprise has a few floating around.

 

Great find and we appreciate your compliments and support.

 

I love this car, it is the bomb. Sexxxxa too.

 

I drove a 5th gen SE for five years, and absolutely loved it. Never had a problem the entire five years. Really hurt to part with that car.

BUT

The 5th gen was yesterday's car. The 7th gen is today's car. I find my '09 Maxima has the edge over my 5th gen in virtually every way a car can be measured.

Of course the '09 you drove as a rental was the base 'S'. There is a VAST difference (many dozens of things) in the appointments of an 'S' as compared with an 'SV' with Premium and Technology packages.

I suppose everyone has their own way of evaluating things.

 

I feel the same way that Light does, I stll have my 2003 SE Maxima but there's simply no comparison to the 09 Maxima because this car excels in every manner over that version of Maxima.

 

Opinions will vary.

Apparently this even includes the size of the car

They must have used the same system the rental car agencies use when classifying cars.

 

Now, now! We already have enough trouble trying to figure out exactly where the Maxima fits into various rating systems. In some ways, it doesn't fit anywhere. We all know it is a stretch to call the Maxima a 'large' car. But it isn't a compact either. Maybe the use of the term 'large' was reached by including the price in the equation? At least the same question of 'large' might also be applied to the cars that finished second and third in this survey.

 

I drove a current Altima for a week. Even though many of the dimensions are similar to the 09 Maxima, the Altima definitely felt like a smaller vehicle.