Nissan Maxima SE 3.5L 2007

[heavy_duty]

Is this a pretty quick car for a 4 door family ride?
leather
heated seats
18" alloy
traction control
sun roof
Bose 9 speaker sound
Bi-Xenon HID Headlamps
etc....etc....etc...

Getting on saturday - company car.

 

[Smurfy]

of course thats a nice car.

 

[heavy_duty]

have you driven a 3.5L?
i hope its quick. i guess i should look up the stats on it lol

 

[Smurfy]

i dunno. is it a V6?

 

[PICK3]

Interesting to find out how you like the CVT.

Bet it takes some time to get use to it.

 

[heavy_duty]

i dunno. is it a V6?

yes 250ish HP

 

[PICK3]

Your company procures used cars for company vehicles

 

[pdaddyII]

post a fugin pic you noob

 

[heavy_duty]

Your company procures used cars for company vehicles

the owners wife had it since new.

i had to go see it at the detail shop so thats why i did not drive it but it was already detailed so looks mint.

 

[rnch]

suggest you buy the same radar detector that PD uses. there hasn't been a slow maxima since the first generation model.

 

[KillahBee]

I had a Maxima back in maybe 2001 (before they changed the body style to that god awful bubble look...though I like the newer ones) and I absolutely loved it. Great, great car.

 

[heavy_duty]

suggest you buy the same radar detector that PD uses. there hasn't been a slow maxima since the first generation model.

Word
I have been driving trucks or SUV for 10 years now so car is going to feel low but sure not slow

 

[rnch]

Word
I have been driving trucks or SUV for 10 years now so car is going to feel low but sure not slow

compared to an suv, you will be su-prised at how fast you can go around corners without the feeling that the rocker panels are going to scrape on the street.

 

[rnch]

my "company car" is a lousy 4 cyl chevy malibu (last generation). why can't the biggest employer in the world buy better cars?

 

[WAYNEB0354]

i have 2004 maxima 265 horses...will fly..this is my third maxima...great auto...great sound system

 

[Dial_tone]

I prefer a less rounded rear end....at least on a car.

 

[miplank]

maxima's are great cars. The 3.5 is one of the best motors ever made IMO. CVT is awesome as well.

 

[RottenWillow]

the Altima with that engine is infamous for torque steer. If Nissan hasn't tamed that behavior in the Maxima you might find it annoying.

 

[rnch]

the Altima with that engine is infamous for torque steer. If Nissan hasn't tamed that behavior in the Maxima you might find it annoying.

yeh, well......that's an altima, a smaller, narrower, lighter, cheaper car, designed for a 4 cylinder engine.

i've never noticed torque steer in any model maxima i have driven.

 

[RottenWillow]

yeh, well......that's an altima, a smaller, narrower, lighter, cheaper car, designed for a 4 cylinder engine.

well it really wouldn't be effected either way by those charactistics. The differential and to a lesser degree the driveshafts determine torque steer. Sometimes manufacturers cheap out and will use cheap mechanicals on upscale cars to keep the price down, but based on your experience it sounds like the Maxima has a better differential and more equitable halfshafts.

 

[miplank]

yeh, well......that's an altima, a smaller, narrower, lighter, cheaper car, designed for a 4 cylinder engine.

i've never noticed torque steer in any model maxima i have driven.

Maxima is almost identical in size to Altima. Maxima, whose base price is about $1,000 more than the topline Altima, is less than one inch longer than Altima; less than three inches wider and weighs only 201 pounds more.


Not a real drastic difference between the two. And yes, the maxima will have a lil torque steer.

 

[heavy_duty]

once i'm inside the car, i forget what it looks like outside.

 

[PICK3]

my "company car" is a lousy 4 cyl chevy malibu (last generation). why can't the biggest employer in the world buy better cars?

My company car is a 4x4 2009 Ford Explorer

 

[Mr. dB]

my "company car" is a lousy 4 cyl chevy malibu (last generation). why can't the biggest employer in the world buy better cars?

'Cause they own the company.

 

[ortiz34]

well it really wouldn't be effected either way by those charactistics. The differential and to a lesser degree the driveshafts determine torque steer. Sometimes manufacturers cheap out and will use cheap mechanicals on upscale cars to keep the price down, but based on your experience it sounds like the Maxima has a better differential and more equitable halfshafts.

you know your cars

PM me pics so I can be sure you are not a guy

 

[Mr. dB]

Maxima is almost identical in size to Altima. Maxima, whose base price is about $1,000 more than the topline Altima, is less than one inch longer than Altima; less than three inches wider and weighs only 201 pounds more.


Not a real drastic difference between the two. And yes, the maxima will have a lil torque steer.

They're built on the same platform, so of course they're similar.

Kind of like a Camry and an Avalon.

 

[RottenWillow]

you know your cars

PM me pics so I can be sure you are not a guy

I'll get right on that.

 

[miplank]

They're built on the same platform, so of course they're similar.

Kind of like a Camry and an Avalon.

I know that, that's why I posted it.