Drove an '18 Maxima for a week
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Flash forward 20 years, I am willing to bet the '18 that I drove will not be on the road. One, it's not built as well, two, it won't be worth fixing. I saw on the forum there were 2004+ Maximas which needed $4k+ ABS jobs. And with Japanese, there are no $249 rebuilds guaranteed for 5 years, like there are with German cars...
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Could it be that the older Maximas that you all were fond of were built in Japan versus being built in the US of A today have anything to do with your perceived quality/reliability of these cars?
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Random, somewhat off-topic, but my mother-in-law had a '95 Maxima up until recently, but she still had it when we got married. She drove me to run a wedding errand in it, and man, I did not expect her to drive it that quickly around turns. I guess that says something about the handling?
But yeah, 22-year-old car, and seemed pretty solid overall. (She recently has upgraded to a used Lexus ES, didn't say what year.)
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I drove the 2017 Maxima SR and really liked it - great interior with superb driving position, supportive seats with diamond stitching, pretty good power, nice gauges. They were doing insane lease deals also - if it was AWD, i would have got it over the Legacy.
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The 2019 Nissan Altima is rumored to have AWD as an option.
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I drove a brand new one this week in Tennessee. I thought it was pretty nice compared to most rentals these days. It had adequate power, good engine noise, and drove pretty nice. I could never buy a FWD car because I hate getting pulled around and the jerkiness when accelerating, but it was a nice car.
I definitely like the maxima's of the 90s.
I definitely like the maxima's of the 90s.
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Originally Posted by jmtamu
I drove a brand new one this week in Tennessee. I thought it was pretty nice compared to most rentals these days. It had adequate power, good engine noise, and drove pretty nice. I could never buy a FWD car because I hate getting pulled around and the jerkiness when accelerating, but it was a nice car.
I definitely like the maxima's of the 90s.
I definitely like the maxima's of the 90s.
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Still though, the RWD chassis of my 1992 SC300 is superior. The traction off the line is far superior, even doing a high RPM clutch dump, coming out of corners, you just feel a lot more confident, as to where that Camry, you are anticipating wheel spin and it jerking you all over the road. The steering is also way better, yes its a little more vauge on center in the SC300, but there is a lot more feedback through the wheel, you can get a sense of what the front tires are doing, that Camry might as well be playing a video game the steering is so damn numb and uncommunicative. Also the SC300 is way quieter inside and rides a lot nicer. Granted that Camry will smoke it in a drag race, but a race up or down the mountain, I feel a lot more confident pushing that SC than the Camry.
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