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Nissan Sentra vs. Honda Civic

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What is this discussion about? Nissan Sentra, Honda Civic, Car Comparisons, Sedan

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#41 of 226 Re: 1997-2006...And your point is...? [tthota] THERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING [tthota] by midnightcowboy

Feb 10, 2006 (9:41 am)

Replying to: tthota (Feb 10, 2006 8:22 am)
Okay 50-70 times. Look at those times and quit worrying about torque. So what if the car has to downshift in a automatic. So what if the RPM goes up. In a manual transmission to pass at 50-70 I would downshift from 6th to 4th. The car review on manual look at 50-70 accelration in top gear (5th or 6th) and you get a somewhat distorted perspective. Go out an drive the different cars. If you don't like the 50-70 times without going over 4,500 for a seconds don't get it.
 
Torque is base on a lot of things; stroke length, engine size and aspiration. You said: "Those numbers like 0-60 in 7 seconds are for racing" No No they are a metric used to measure performane. They are used to compare one car to another; it doesn't mean you should always try to achieve.
 
By the way did you know that CVT tries to always maintain the optimum engine RPM for efficiency which in many cases is 4,500 or more. Don't ever get a CVT.
 
Again you misunderstand maximum torque. Maximum torque is only one measurement. Put a 4.11 rear end in a compact and see what you think of the torque!
 
My experience tells me you experience is all wet; Ever look at a diesel ?
 
My participation in the discussion has ended. so long.
 
MidCow
 
P.S.- I seems like you want the Sentra and are trying to find a way to justify it abeit rather obtuse. If the Sentra floats your boat more than a Civic than by all menas get the Sentra.

#42 of 226 2.2? by warner

Feb 10, 2006 (1:00 pm)

Replying to: midnightcowboy (Feb 10, 2006 6:50 am)
Cruis'n in a low torque, high RPM 2.2L 4 cylinder,
  
MidCow
 
What happened, Midcow? I thought you were buying an Si, not an S2000? Change of heart? Mind? Just wondering...
 
                 Warner

#43 of 226 Re: 2.2? [warner] by thegraduate

Feb 10, 2006 (1:17 pm)

Replying to: warner (Feb 10, 2006 1:00 pm)
The dealer couldn't get the Si he wanted (color and Navi options weren't right), so the dealer made hima deal for invoice on an S2000 instead! I'm jealous, but loving my own Honda anyway!

#44 of 226 Re: 2.2? [thegraduate] by tthota

Feb 10, 2006 (3:02 pm)

Replying to: thegraduate (Feb 10, 2006 1:17 pm)
Each of you guys should get a S2000, so you can enjoy its peak torque: 1626800. I'm too old for that.
 
Good buy, Honda Fans!

#45 of 226 Re: 2.2? [tthota] by midnightcowboy

Feb 10, 2006 (8:10 pm)

Replying to: tthota (Feb 10, 2006 3:02 pm)
Hey tthota,
 
I'm older than you!. What do you think about me getting a license plate that says "Nvr2Old"
 
And yes I will enjoy my peak torque at 6200 RPM
 
S2000 MidCow

#46 of 226 Re: 2.2? [midnightcowboy] by tthota

Feb 10, 2006 (8:50 pm)

Replying to: midnightcowboy (Feb 10, 2006 8:10 pm)
Good for you. But I feel old, you don't seem to.
 
I still think Nissan is better than Honda per dollar. If I had $30,000 to spend this time, I would have bought a Maxima SE, which could be boring for you. A 350Z is not practical for me, although my favorite car was a 300Z 5 years ago.

#47 of 226 Torque Issue by crissman

Feb 10, 2006 (9:57 pm)

So far, for me, the fact that the Civic develops its greatest torque at high RPMs has really been a non-issue. The transmission is so darn smooth you hardly notice a 5 to 4 downshift (auto trans), which in most cases achieves the acceleration needed. Granted, I tend to drive conservatively, being an old gray-beard, too. Most of the time I'm just putting along in the right lane, and the Civic is only turning about 1900 RPM at 60 mph. If I had to do a lot of passing on two lane roads low end torque might be nicer, but in those situations you floor it, and any car's auto trans will kick down anyway. The two main reasons I picked the '06 Civic were its reliability and economy. All the other nice features are just icing.

#48 of 226 Re: Torque Issue [crissman] by tthota

Feb 10, 2006 (11:45 pm)

Replying to: crissman (Feb 10, 2006 9:57 pm)
According to your experience, it seems the 06 civic is better than my 97 Accord in a downshift situation. The Accord has an obvious dragging. Since I also drive a 89 BMW 325i AT, after sold my old Maxima, in them I never need a downshift and only push gas pedal gradually, the comparison is there. When I push gas pedal gradually in the Accord, my "order" is ignored every time. I tried to floor the pedal in my 06 Sentra today, it did downshift, but I only know it from the tahometer needle and sound, no dragging. To my surprise, the RPM went from 2200 (overdrive) to 3300, not 4000 as in the Accord, and the car behaved almost like the 325i. I like it. In fact, I never needed to floor the pedal in daily driving around NW Ohio. I admit the Sentra is long overdue for a redesign. The round body belongs to the last generation. When I'm paying college tuition for my son at the rate of one Civic per year, the look is less important than the lower price and $2500 rebate. It's $2500 at the top of my mortgage plus its rolling interest for the next ~15 years. I have no reservation to recommend everybody short in cash to buy the 06 Sentra. I wish Nissian had the special edition package available with manual Sentras.

#49 of 226 Can we bring this back to Sentra v. Civic? by alpha01

Feb 11, 2006 (10:03 am)

I think this will be a much more interesting discussion once the new Sentra is out. For now, the Sentra is outdated, outclassed, outfeatured, and just plain outengineered by the new Civic. Its only advantage is purchase price, but thats ok- its what happens when a model is allowed to languish over 7 model years.
 
...this coming from someone who loves his '03 Sentra (2.5L 4A)
 
~alpha

#50 of 226 Re: Can we bring this back to Sentra v. Civic? [alpha01] by tthota

Feb 11, 2006 (10:59 am)

Replying to: alpha01 (Feb 11, 2006 10:03 am)
Just for the low end torque, I still choose sentra over civic, unless I can afford an A4. At the same price, I choose outback sport over civic. We just have to agree to disagree. The good things about civic are low on my priotity list.
 
As for the gas mileage, when there are still F150 on the street, we can drive cars. Sentra is only secondary to corolla and civic on mpg, by not very much. Actually the difference on mpg is the price a Sentra owner has to pay for better low rpm power. One can minimize it by intentionally not use the power. Once I managed to increase the mpg number showing on the Sentra trip computer from 32.6 to 32.9 while driving in local streets for 10 miles. If you floor the gas pedal after stopping at every red light (if no other car before you) in a Civic, the mpg will probably be below 30.
 
Someone told me that Toyota and Honda have their computerized fuel system limit fuel rate to achieve optimized mpg. That is, the driver's desire is distorted by the car. I prefer manual cars because I hate to have the auto transmission distort my desire of proper gears. However, there are too many other things keeping me from getting manual ones. I certainly don't want further distortion from a stupid computer.

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