He has a house he inherited which for most people, not owning their house is their largest expense. Detroit property values are from what I can see, not that great so basically selling the house may be a non-option for him. At $10.55 an hour, owning his own home and not renting or is probably the best option he has. I…

You must be a former/current maxima.org member. ;-)

I understand this is purely my opinion, but I happen to think the '05-'06 Altima SE-R was quite the looker.

Thanks for pointing that out. As an owner of a '98 4th generation Maximo, I'm always amazed at how the configured the passenger compartment within the confines of what I consider to be a fairly compact (not the EPA rating) body relative to today's large sedans. The striking thing for me is how cramped some of today's…

Torquey VQ37 with 330 hp seems like a good match for the Z32 chassis. I agree. Heck the VQ probably weighs a whole lot less than the iron block VG30 anyway. I know when the Maxima switched from the VG to the VQ, the engine was a source of nearly 200 lbs weight loss if I'm not mistaken.

I hope not either, but you said:

I can agree with that, but it's all relative isn't it? I had a 2003 Sentra SE-R Spec-V with the QR25DE making 175 HP and 180 ft-lbs of torque. It was more than adequate in the Sentra. That same engine was also used as the base engine in the much larger and probably much heavier Altima of the same vintage and was…

Touch! However, my reason for asking that question was to indicate that engine is no longer in production because it could not pass current emissions testing. That high specific output came at a price apparently. One that Honda was not willing or able to surmount without going with a completely different engine series.

The Corvette and Camaro are much larger vehicles than the SS?

Where is that engine now? Probably a statistic of ever tightening emissions regulations.

Where is that engine now? Probably a statistic killed by ever tightening emissions regulations.

If your car makes 560hp and you decrease to 550 in the next gen and make it a lot lighter I wont judge you.

I say this with pain in my heart (because I love turbos), but if they used the naturally aspirated VQ35 or VQ37 (to reduce the complexity related to the Twin Turbo motor, it would be awesome! That body style is just classically good looking.

My personal dearly departed 1990 Mazda MX-6 GT

Funny you should mention that, the trunk mounted changer in my MX-6 never worked even once.

1st gen Hyundai Excel

I see LX450s and LX470s quite frequently here in North Texas.

Is it just me or did lots of sedans of the late 80's/early 90's have that exact same profile?

A tear forms in my eye as I remember mine, cut down in it's prime. Sandwiched between an F-150 and an Altima.

Don't forget it's stablemate the Corsica