Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: Pariah
Arkaign, you're easily the biggest Nissan fanboy on this board. It's not even close. Running a search for posts by you about how awesome every Nissan is would probably overload Anand's servers from all the results. Nothing you have to say on anything Nissan related is of any interest to me.
And for the record, I hate Porsche. Their cars are ugly, and all look the same, they sound terrible to me and I would never consider buying one. That said, I respect who they are as a company and what they have accomplished. I can't say the same for Nissan.
If you know your posters as well as you claim you'd know he's more likely to be a BMW fanboy, but in reality he's pretty even handed.
Thanks for the backup DBZ.
I am certainly *not* a Nissan fanboy. I'm pretty model/configuration specific with my pro/con opinions on vehicles. Do a search on 350Z threads and you'll see me slamming Nissan for what amounts to almost a disgrace to the Z-car legacy. I'm hopeful on the 370Z, even though it still has the blob+angles styling fusion thing that never has looked very good to me.
I did like the look of the new Maxima in person, though it really should be AWD or RWD by this point, though I suppose they don't want to step on Infiniti's feet with that.
The previous Maxima made no sense at all to me.
The Altima I'm moderately impressed with, but think the 2.5 is underpowered as a match to it, 175hp isn't the best match for a 3100lb vehicle (and that's the lighter coupe version), other than perhaps with the 5-speed version.
The VQ is a solid motor, though a bit thirsty.
The current Sentra is not a very viable competitor, and it looks styled by the Borg.
The lack of a proper 'SX' vehicle to replace the 240SX is troublesome.
The Titan has the fuel economy of an aircraft carrier, and the interior is pretty cheap.
So, my general feeling on Nissan ranges from outright dislike to moderate interest for their regular models, and only a fool would discount the performance capability of the GT-R, even though it's looks are decidedly odd (the R8 looks much cooler).
And why the Porsche hate? I can't really think of any auto company I *hate*, perhaps other than Chrysler/Dodge for screwing me over on a Neon that I bought new that died very young after a laundry list of stupid failures. Porsche is an icon in auto performance history, hell James Dean was a Porsche guy.