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| Performance | 9.5/10   |
|---|---|
| Practicality | 9.2/10 |
| Reliability | 9.6/10 |
| Value for Money | 9.6/10 |
| Overall rating | 9.6/10 |
By BigFly.
on 19th Jun 2002
| Performance | 9/10 |
|---|---|
| Practicality | 10/10 |
| Reliability | 8/10 |
| Value for money | 9/10 |
| Overall value | 9/10 |
 BigFly.'s recommendation | |
- Great acceleration
- Comfortable Ride
- Great gas mileage on highway
- 6-disc CD changer
- 6-speed manual has notchy shifting
- Poor paint quality?
- Gas pedal and brake too close together
I bought a Sterling Mist 2002 Nissan Maxima SE 6-speed manual about 2 weeks ago and I absolutely love the car so far! It is an ideal car for people who are looking for a practical/reliable family car that borders on luxurious, while at the same time providing performance that makes most other cars on the road envious. On the highway, while traveling at 140KM/h (85MPH), I was still getting gas mileage of 35MPG with a comfortable ride, and the 6-disc CD changer is a joy. One of my only complaints so far is with the manual transmission, I am finding the shift between gears to be really notchy and I am also finding when I am accelerating quickly that it is very difficult to shift smoothly. One other thing too is that I have only owned the car for a couple of weeks and have discovered 3 or 4 fairly significant paint chips already. I decided not to get the additional paint protector when I bought it and now I am beginning to regret it. Hopefully this is just bad luck and not a continuing trend. One other small complaint I have is that I find the gas pedal and brake pedal to be too close together for someone with big feet like me.
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Total Respect: +1
Jim. on 26th Apr 2003
code_slinger. on 7th May 2003
BigFly on 23rd Feb 2004