03 Accord Coupe V6 6-Speed VS. 03 Altima 3.5SE 5-Speed

[MyFirstAltima]

Originally Posted by thrasher

what??? i'm sorry, but i would take an Accord coupe v6 over a 5 speed Altima anyday of the week. way better build quality, transmission light years ahead. overall design blows the Altima out of the water

Dude your an iidiot i smoke accords all the time in an a/t 93 altima all the time accords sux man your crazy

[MyFirstAltima]

Altima's kick ass

[MyFirstAltima]

OK all you who picked the accord can all piss off i smoke accords all the time with my A/T 93 altima so go sux a donkey

[MyFirstAltima]

i agree the dude has no idea

[BP2K2Max]

if you're saying you beat a 240 hp accord in a 155 hp 93 altima you're full of shit. i have a 2k2 3.5 and it's close. you think you're ka24 altima can beat me?

[BP2K2Max]

though so

[Shwannyboy]

I went and test drove both versions, there really is no comparison, let's just say after 3 weeks my accord 6 speed just arrived and well worth the wait. C & D numbers:out of the box:
altima 5speed: 1/4 mile in 14.8
accord: 1/4 mile in 14.5 so whoever is saying the altima will blow the doors off, is mistaken.
Besides taking the fit n' finish, quality, resale value and amenities (decisive edge: honda)..oh baby, that sweet 6 speed!!!! the altima tranny feels like your mixing cookie dough.....still a head turner, but honda's got this one

[joeB]

Motor Trend got 14.4 for the 3.5 SE five speed Altima.
So it looks like a drivers race. Fit and finish is perfect,
on my Altima. The Altima was more quiet and has a
better ride than the accord does. Resale is about the
same on both cars.

[BP2K2Max]

no they didn't.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...2_0109_nissan/
14.7 QM, 6.3 0-60.

like we said, accord

[joeB]

Wrong again, February 2003 Motor Trend 0 to 60 5.9
1/4 mile 14.4. They also said - The Altima is the fastest
front-drive production car we've ever tested. If that
weren't enough, its quarter mile time (14.4 seconds @ 98
mph) is also a record-setter and nearly tied a 350z's 14.0
second run. Look it up ..

[BP2K2Max]

Originally Posted by joeB

Look it up ..

i did look it up, what do you think that link is? it's from the motor trend web page, did you even click on it before saying something stupid like "look it up?". it stands 6.3 0-60 14.7 1/4. if you're gonna be a magazine racer at least get the #'s right or show me the article with the "corrected" numbers

[joeB]

Im a pecker head? dawg, you brought up the Motor Trend
page, and thats the same as the magazine. your statement
show an Altima page from september 2001. The February
03 clutch players is on the Motor Trend page also dawg.

[BP2K2Max]

1) what changed then between the two cars tested?
2) why does every other mag have it right around 14.8 and 6.3?
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=1

http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/n...x.cfm/id/37642

even the nissan manual for the car says 6.3 0-60

i've seen consistent reviews of the accord making 14.5 1/4 and 6.0-6.2 to 60mph. that's the ony magazine to get that time with an altima. and they only got it onthat one review, the review prior to that had the same times everyone else got. I've seen a magazine get a 12.76 with a new STI stock, but it's not common.

like i said on the first page, i don't dislike either car. it's one phat car vs another

[Shwannyboy]

Not to throw fuel on the fire....yes ultimately it's personal choice with a lot of these things, but fit and finish is not the same, nissan uses a tacky plastic with terrible cloth, it you get the leather it's not that much better. resale would not be the same.....

the accord 6 speed hasn't been out for that long so consumers are still hungry, the dealerships are selling everyone they get (up on canada we only get about 500 for the year), so there is a big premium on the car and due to it's scarcity it will carry over to the used car market.

the manual altima is uncommon as well, but having said that, the reason according to the dealerships don't really have as large of a demand to fulfill. so it's value may not hold true except to the few that covet it so.

[joeB]

The only plastic that isnt as nice is on the doors of the Altima and
so the new 04 Maxima. I wouldnt say the cloth is terrible either,
seeing how the altimas cloth is almost the same in new camrys
with cloth. One thing about the Altimas leather, I looked at a 02
3.5 SE with 75,000 miles, ( thats alot of miles,) but the black
leather looked like it had hardly been sat in, like older Maximas
Ive seen. Anyhow, bp2k, dont dont know what changed with
the cars, Ive seen it before though. In 95 C&D tested a Maxima
SE (base) , and they got 0 to 60 in 7.3 seconds. Later that year
they had a test of sedans and they tested a Maxima GXE and got
0 to 60 around 7.9 8.0. Maybe it depends on the weather and
other situations. I dont care really what car is faster, but like
I said it would depend on the drivers. Each car is nice in thier
own way though.