Nissan Maxima SE

I bought this one used last week. It had 72,000 kilometers (about 45,000 miles), automatic and is very fast--though I'll never find out how fast. If this car turns out to be quality, I'll keep it ten years at least because it has the makings of a classic, in my opinion. The brakes are currently warped and shake horribly. I won't really know how good this car is till I get new brakes and tires, which I'm doing on the weekend.

Great power, roomy interior, heated seats and steering wheel, excellent sound system, roomy back seat and trunk, best combo of sport and luxury I've seen. I highly recommend this car.

Great value for money, the power, response, handling and appearance are good. Great car.

What an excellent car for £800 + £57.50 for a good valet + £36 to replace the wiper blades. Performance is excellent for the car's size although traction control would be nice as the front wheels do spin quite easily. Handling and ride are very good although the seats could be better at supporting your upper body when cornering. It's still a shock to find that all the electric bits still work and that nothing has fallen off after 2 years of Jaguar driving. A proper replacement for the XJR despite the rather anonymous looks - just as well in view of the state of my driving licence.

I'm the proud owner of a 2002 Maxima SE 6Speed. It came with 17" wheels, HID headlamps, steering wheel mounted audio controls, 255hp 3.5 liter V6 and much more. It has flagship feel. All after a month of test drivin Saab 9-3, Audi A4,

BMW 325, I made the best choice by saving myself more than $10K and getting a better performing automobile with a better history of reliability.

I got the limited slip differential and the traction control but I never use it, only in the snow. I have the car stock and have added the following cars to my kill list: Acura TL typeS(close), Grand Prix GTP(not even close), Mustang GT (close because it was automatic), Audi A6 2.7T (neck to neck but it has twin-turbos, and a BMW 330i. In Englishtown, NJ hit the quarter mile time in 14.49sec at 96.8mph !!Stock!! Enuff said

Overall I love this car. It's really quick. Interior quality far exceeds the altima. It is a good value and I hope to keep this car for 10 years.

The Nissan Maxima SE is an awesome car. It gives me satisfaction and pride just like my 22 year old datsun 810 maxima diesel that still lives. I retired it and stuck it in my garage - 286,000 miles no engine or transmission work. I gave it a rest and restored the entire car to like-new condition. I have a 2001 mercedes e55 amg and the emotions are pretty much identical. There is no car that can come close to the 2003 Nissan Maxima in reliablity, performance and quality for the money. Gotta say I'm hooked on that Maxima feeling.

I'm not 100% happy with my dealings...BUT LOVE THE CAR

I bought a Sterling Mist 2002 Nissan Maxima SE 6-speed manual about 2 weeks ago and I absolutely love the car so far! It is an ideal car for people who are looking for a practical/reliable family car that borders on luxurious, while at the same time providing performance that makes most other cars on the road envious. On the highway, while traveling at 140KM/h (85MPH), I was still getting gas mileage of 35MPG with a comfortable ride, and the 6-disc CD changer is a joy. One of my only complaints so far is with the manual transmission, I am finding the shift between gears to be really notchy and I am also finding when I am accelerating quickly that it is very difficult to shift smoothly. One other thing too is that I have only owned the car for a couple of weeks and have discovered 3 or 4 fairly significant paint chips already. I decided not to get the additional paint protector when I bought it and now I am beginning to regret it. Hopefully this is just bad luck and not a continuing trend. One other small complaint I have is that I find the gas pedal and brake pedal to be too close together for someone with big feet like me.

This Nissan 2002 Maxima SE car is amazing inside-out. With a realistic price sticker, it provides much more than toyota, honda, and any domestic car for that matter. Performance is the key benefit. With the lowest buck/performance ratio out of imports, this car deserves the right to be called the car of the year, not its sister - Altima. Torque is so abundant on the Maxima, that it becomes a drawback. 0 - 60 is about 8 seconds, 1 of which is spent on speening in place, and smoking tires...