Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: bctbct
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Talk about a piece of shit.
What was wrong with it?
logo, he just hates American cars
I was going to say, it has a smooth, quiet ride, MP3 CD player, comfy seats, tons of space, relatively cheap parts, and a 100,000 mile warranty.
I like it.
From my thread I posted in the garage about a month ago:
The brakes are decent but the steering wheel and the gas pedal are connected to mush, the seats suck ass and I cannot, for the life of me, find a comfortable seating position. Hard plastic abounds in the dash, the door panels, the console, and the steering wheel. There is plood aplenty and it isn't fooling anyone...it just looks like brown wood inspired plastic.
Styling is ho-hum and I personally cannot see any reason why anyone would buy this car except for blind brand loyalty or the bullshit "buy American" argument. Then again, there's always the used rental market and I'm sure you could buy the exact car I'm driving right now from Enterprise for $12k. Bear in mind that the service engine soon light is on and the oil change sticker on the windshield recommends the oil be changed next at 13,9xx miles and it currently has 19,xxx miles on it.
One thing I like about this car is how quiet it is inside. Not Lexus quiet but definitely better than my Maxima. And the trunk is much deeper. Back seat still doesn't compare in comfort or legroom and my Maxima drives much better.
Nothing about the driving position is comfortable or geared toward the driver. The driver seems like an after thought. Getting in the car, my foot hits the parking brake pedal every time (whatever happened to the handbrake?), the door sills are too high to comfortably rest your arm on and the seats are way too wide and provide zero lateral support.
This pig just won't respond when you press down the go pedal though despite having the exact same size engine and drive train layout as my car (which is 5 years older and responds much much better). You want to accelerate, so you press down further on the gas, and nothing happens, so you press down a little more, and nothing happens, so you press down a little more, and then it kicks down and starts to move forward. The transmission is complete rubbish, it never seems to know what to do when you accelerate.
One more thing, how does a fullsize sedan in the year 2008 not come equipped with ABS standard?
I hate this car.
Oh, and Kudos to Enterprise, the oil life indicator is at 0%...confirming the sticker on the top of the windshield that this car is overdue for an oil change. About 6000 miles overdue if that sticker is accurate.