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Old Apr 10, 2002 | 05:56 PM
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anyone who stilll hasn't test driven the Alty

I suggest you do it for the Kenneth Cole bag. I did a 2.5 5-spd but I wish they'd had a V6.

The bag is surprisingly good quality. I have about 8 laptop bags given to me by various vendors at work, and the logos look nice but the bags are not that good. Enough with the shirts, bags, mugs, palm pilots, key chains, let's see the sports tickets!!

Anyway, the one from Nissan has a very comfy strap and even another Kenneth Cole bag to go around the laptop--a bag inside a bag. Not sure what the retail is but the watch is only $75 or so.

If more people took test drives and told Nissan that the steering is way too light, maybe they'd do something.

I just got done driving a Sunfire GT rental for 1400 miles, and here we go again. The steering was really tight--when I got back in my 4th gen it felt loose. I'm not sure why GM's Alero, Grand Am, and this Sunfire GT have such good steering. Nissan should definitely be able to do that too. If not across the board, then why not with SE models??
Old Apr 10, 2002 | 06:53 PM
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I feel you

My dad's 1995 Eddy bauer 4x4 Explorer's steering feels ALOT tighter than my Minima...and it's a damn SUV w/4WD and huge tires...it's supposed to be loose to give when off-roading...

Goes to show how Nissan overboosts their damn steering...I guess they got the wrong concept and took off their beautifully overpowerful engines and used the same concept in their steering
Old Apr 10, 2002 | 07:31 PM
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I got a watch for my test drive. Had many comments on it too.
Old Apr 10, 2002 | 07:32 PM
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you guys are cheap bastards. Only in it for a free gift.
Old Apr 10, 2002 | 09:14 PM
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Originally posted by NickStam
you guys are cheap bastards. Only in it for a free gift.
First of all, if you're gonna use that B word, you better put a smiley after it. That's pretty rude. If you're young, you're forgiven but you'll learn.

It's business. The super boxes for baseball, the club boxes for hockey, 50-yard line football, courtside b-ball. When a vendor drops off 4 World Series tickets or 24 polo shirts, what do you think it's for? They want to get your business, close the deal. Unless your corp. has a compliance policy against accepting these freebies, then there is nothing wrong with it, unless you're holier than thou. Grow up. No wait, my bad, your comment is an April fools joke.
Old Apr 10, 2002 | 09:30 PM
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Re: I feel you

Originally posted by Craig Mack
My dad's 1995 Eddy bauer 4x4 Explorer's steering feels ALOT tighter than my Minima...and it's a damn SUV w/4WD and huge tires...it's supposed to be loose to give when off-roading...
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....a Ford Explorer(let alone any of today's SUVs) going "off road"...hahahaha, that'll be the day!
Old Apr 10, 2002 | 10:03 PM
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Originally posted by Frank Fontaine


First of all, if you're gonna use that B word, you better put a smiley after it. That's pretty rude. If you're young, you're forgiven but you'll learn.

It's business. The super boxes for baseball, the club boxes for hockey, 50-yard line football, courtside b-ball. When a vendor drops off 4 World Series tickets or 24 polo shirts, what do you think it's for? They want to get your business, close the deal. Unless your corp. has a compliance policy against accepting these freebies, then there is nothing wrong with it, unless you're holier than thou. Grow up. No wait, my bad, your comment is an April fools joke.
you don't know nick very well
Old Apr 10, 2002 | 10:14 PM
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Re: anyone who stilll hasn't test driven the Alty

Originally posted by Frank Fontaine
I suggest you do it for the Kenneth Cole bag. I did a 2.5 5-spd but I wish they'd had a V6.

The bag is surprisingly good quality. I have about 8 laptop bags given to me by various vendors at work, and the logos look nice but the bags are not that good. Enough with the shirts, bags, mugs, palm pilots, key chains, let's see the sports tickets!!

Anyway, the one from Nissan has a very comfy strap and even another Kenneth Cole bag to go around the laptop--a bag inside a bag. Not sure what the retail is but the watch is only $75 or so.

If more people took test drives and told Nissan that the steering is way too light, maybe they'd do something.

I just got done driving a Sunfire GT rental for 1400 miles, and here we go again. The steering was really tight--when I got back in my 4th gen it felt loose. I'm not sure why GM's Alero, Grand Am, and this Sunfire GT have such good steering. Nissan should definitely be able to do that too. If not across the board, then why not with SE models??
the steering on my car is the tightest in the house that includes:
2000 lincoln navigator
1981 toyota corrolla
1996 jaguar xjs
1999 mercury cougar
and my baby 1998 I30t

i drive other cars and i feel i can hardly control them. maybe i havent driven enough bmw's...
Old Apr 10, 2002 | 10:18 PM
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Yeah

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Frank Fontaine
[B]

First of all, if you're gonna use that B word, you better put a smiley after it. That's pretty rude. If you're young, you're forgiven but you'll learn.

you had better use a smiley or Frank will berate you on a forum.


Old Apr 11, 2002 | 05:02 AM
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I got the women's watch for my fiance (yes, she knows where I got it).








































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