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Sedans Honda Civic Nissan Sentra vs. Honda Civic
226 messages, Last post on Jan 10, 2009 at 3:50 PM
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Replying to: james31278 (Mar 22, 2007 12:26 pm) |
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| Lighter than the current Spec V. I wasn't even referring to the Si. | |
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Replying to: eldaino (Mar 22, 2007 11:32 am) Well, number of lack of power can be fixed and tires can be made slightly wider via after market parts, but the overall height of the car, even w/ lowering can't be changed much... unless if you chop off the top. =P |
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The current edition of Car and Driver did not review the new Sentra SER Spec V well. Rated it 4 out of 5. "The Sentra starts off with one foot in a hole: None of us likes its looks. The lamentably shaped body gets an SE-R go-fast costume consisting of the shovel nose, spoilered tail, special headlights and tail lights, and rocker-panel furbelows....." "The problem here, really, is not just looks. The SE-R Spec V lacks spirit. Competence, sure, it has plenty of that, but there's no eagerness, no fire, no gotta-go. Power toys like to play around. The SE-R is well-behaved to the point of ---yawn--lets go home. So it finished in fourth place, just five points up on the veteran WRX." It goes on to mention "Steering response is soft. Brakes are gradual." "cushions have a cheap feel, as if commodity-grade stuffing had been overlaid with a thin layer of plush."
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Replying to: carfanatic007 (Mar 29, 2007 5:46 am) |
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Having gone from one to the other last June, all I can say is there's really no comparison between the two. Old technology versus new basically. The Sentra was just an economy car without much economy in my case. Mileage in the lower 20's city and not even 28 highway was unacceptable. Lousy brakes and an uncomfortable ride only made the car feel worse. And the check engine light that the dealer could never really fix pushed me to buy the Civic. Luckily, the light did eventually go out a week after the warranty was up. Two weeks later the car was history and have been a happy camper ever since. Civic does everything an economy car should do without any drama and lots of fun. When I really want to "zoom zoom", I just get behind the wheel of the wife's Mazda 3s and I'm gone! The Sandman 
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Replying to: sandman46 (Jun 02, 2007 2:52 pm)
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Replying to: eldaino (Jun 04, 2007 8:46 am)  
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yes.
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