I did not expect this. Car had new tags still, and I guess he wanted to see if he could take me?!!? All I can say, is that he did see my tail lights. This was off the line. I think it was a auto, (sounded like one), but I pulled 1 car on him by 60, then we let off. I am impressed for the auto, but not impressed enough.

Wooohooo1!!!

Wait for that 5spd Altima, or 6spd Max, I wanna run!

 

Thankfully you/we are still faster than the auto 3.5's

 

Well their still nissans…at least the race was family oriented

 

hey they're still breaking in! don't be dispointed, maybe the next automatic would be faster

 

Wasn't this already posted in the General area?

 

will our little brothers kick our wide butts?

 

Yeah, Big brother picking on little brother on steroids..

 

Hmmm, sounds familiar when I was picking on my younger, linebacker of a brother. Needless to say, I almost got wiped out

 

I test drove a Altima 3.5 5-speed on Saturday. Better watch out guys, this thing is really fast with power from start to finish. The whole time I'm thinking that this thing is going to be a problem for my 2k SE 5-spd.

A couple of other observations:

Interior - This one was white, black leather, 6-disc in dash CD, automatic temp control. Lots of space front & rear. I'm 6-2 could easily sit behind myself with room to spare. Sounds loaded but the interior was definitely on the cheaper side. Stiff leather, really cheap, almost brittle plastic.

Exterior - Kinda sporty. Looks a whole lot better with the spoiler. I almost didn't notice the plastic hood and trunk lid. No lifters on the hood though. And the doors (especially rear) have a thin, tinny feel. Again,

Handling - Might take some getting used to. At low-mid speed cornering it feels pretty smooth. At high speed (65 -75), it feels a little jittery. I might be biased because I'm used to the rock solid nature of the Max (w/FSTB & RSB), which I appreciate during interstate trips. With the same mods, the Altima might be great.

Value - At $25.5K sticker, a lot of car for the money.