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Sedans Nissan Sentra Nissan Sentra vs Honda Civic
226 messages, Last post on Jan 10, 2009 at 3:50 PM
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Replying to: tthota (Feb 11, 2006 9:59 am) Well that's a no-brainer right there. I'm not sure why anyone would need to floor it, though. I've never "had" to floor my Accord from a redlight to get the lead on traffic, say, if I needed to change lanes and found it easier to do so in front of everyone instead of trying to fit in the traffic. You managed to get nearly 33mpg, very nice, but compared with the Honda when driven gently, it still falls behind. I just got 36.4 mpgs on my Honda Accord, so strictly by numbers I could get approx. 43 mpg on the Civic when driven as gently. One last thing about Nissan that bothers me has been their Interior quality. While my granddad's 99 Nissan Frontier XE feels solid inside, the last Armada, Titan, new Frontier, Altima, and Quests I've sat in (International Auto Show) had buttons that felt loose in their housings compared to my 1996 Honda, and felt especially bad compared with my new one. They need to take a page from Honda's and Toyota's interior quality, so that I don't feel like I'm going to break the climate control knob in my hand. |
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Replying to: tthota (Feb 11, 2006 9:59 am) The Sentra is a fine choice if the items where the Civic excels dont mean anything to you- efficiency, safety, room, build quality, ride, handling, resale value. For me, and many, thats too much to ignore simply in favor of low-end torque. ~alpha
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Replying to: tthota (Feb 10, 2006 7:50 pm) Cheers, Going to put some mile on the S2000 to break it in right. P.s I was passed by A Senta 
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Replying to: midnightcowboy (Feb 11, 2006 11:41 am) I had good luck with my 83 200sx, 87 Maxima, 91 Pathfinder and 94 240sx. The 84 Celica costed me a lot on repairs. With my 97 Accord, the only problem has been the front rotors. You would think the rotors are just 30 bucks a piece. You are partially right. To take the rotors out, 3-4 hours of laber on each side, plus a special tool to pull out some stuff. My friend can replace timing belts on any Nissan, but he can't replace the Accord rotors. What a sophisticated design. I replaced rotors on 4 or 5 cars, including both rear rotors on an 89 BMW 325i, none of them costed me more than $100. There are also a good story about Accord: I have a factory muffler (in one piece with pipe) installed by dealer for $250 with life time warranty. The same repear at Tuffy would be $230, with only 1 year warranty on the pipe. Almost every Honda before 95 has rust next to the rear wheels, like every Toyota before some year has rust on the trunk lid. I hope that is history. Honda's regular maintenance cost is higher than average. Service appointments at my local Honda dealer are never current, usually a week. All the 4 Honda dealers are all that buzy. A friend has a 03 Sentra, perfect condition for 40,000 miles. Another friend bought a one-year-old Sentra with collision record 16 years ago. He treaded it in for a new car 10 years later, not a single repear other than replacing tires, break pads and muffler. Another friend spent $700 repairing her AC compressor/condenser on an 89 Accord in 1995. My ACs on the 87 Maxima, 93 240sx and 91 Pathfinder never stopped working (14 years, with original R12, very cold). |
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Replying to: alpha01 (Feb 11, 2006 11:26 am)
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Replying to: tthota (Feb 11, 2006 4:00 pm) http://beta.abc3340.com/static/weather/video/040898tornado.WMV It's actually scary video (although no good footage is available. 34 people were killed in the storm, several in a neighborhood adjacent to mine.
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Replying to: thegraduate (Feb 11, 2006 4:17 pm) Maybe your 96 Accord is luckier than my 97 Accord. I mean it probably, magically, did not get a 90 degree direct hit by any large debris. If not: I have a few friends working for Detroit. Before I bought the 06 Sentra, one of them told me to be careful about a weaker body, since some car makers reduce the thickness of body steel in the last year of a model. This is mean, unlike mechanical problems in the first year of a new model. I hope Honda did not do what others did. I agree with you on the Honda interior. My 97 Accord is still like new inside. My 91 Pathfinder is also pretty good after God knows how many owners. I damaged some stuff because I loaded dry walls, 2*4s and other building materials in it. At 150000 miles, it has 15-19 mpg, better than its 14-17 spec numbers. One bad case: a friend had to replace the CD/radio in his 99 Accord V6 in 2003, while the radio in his 92 Accord still working. Perhaps there are a few more Nissan lemoms than Honda lemoms. In general, Nissan quality is good too. |
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Replying to: thegraduate (Feb 11, 2006 4:17 pm)  4900.
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Replying to: tthota (Feb 11, 2006 5:12 pm) The 98-02 Accord model has its max torque 152 4900. A v6 Accord of the same years is great: 1954700. 30% more torque for 7% more weight. If Honda changed the 1524900 to 1523700, it would have been much better at low speed, while cost Honda quite a few more dollars per engine/powertrain. Not to say 1522500, competing with Audi?
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Replying to: tthota (Feb 11, 2006 5:12 pm) 4300 ~= 1524900? I haven't tested one so far. I will test one when I go to Honda dealer to change oil for my Honda car. Maybe I'll change idea. 
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