Originally posted by ScottK:
Originally posted by gsxr907:
Watch out!!!!
My new ride is 2005 Altima SE-R
Tell you what they did this car right!
If you are looking to replace Csvt-hands down this is it.
260 hp nice
Big Brakes
18 inch wheels that look Great!
Yeah - a bit spendy though (29,880).
Yeah, that's LIST price, you can get it for about 2k less than that, with better service plans, and 1% financing right now.
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I'd get a base 3.5 SE and save myself 6 grand, then spend maybe 2k on intake, exhaust and struts and be more than happy. 250 hp aint to bad for a base price of 23k!
Yeah, the SE guys over on nissanclub.com have beat this topic to death ugh. Fact is, a loaded SE model runs about 2k less than the SE-R. The tire/wheel package alone costs that much aftermarket (600 each list for the wheels alone - they are lightweight forged wheels). That doesn't include the custom seats, dash, brakes, engine improvements, etc. It's a good deal when you look at it properly. Yeah you can buy a stripper SE with zero options for 23k, and that's exactly what you get...
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And no ricer SE-R badges either!
SE-R stands for the same thing SVT does, limited production performance variants of ordinary production vehicles. Either we're all rice (meaning all limited production cars), or we're not, there is no middle ground.
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Seriously, if I'm up around 30k anyway I'd start looking at a 298 hp G35 instead (30,600).
That's the base G35 with zero options. The SE-R is the top model of the Alty lineup and has only one option available (safety package for side airbags and TC). Price out the top model of the G35 and you're up in the 35-37k range, considerably higher than 28k OTD for the SE-R, and you get a mass production vehicle with no uniqueness factor.
All that said, I'd sure as heck wished that Nissan would've upped the HP in the SE-R to 280-290HP, but it's too close to the 350Z and G35 series cars...
Last edited by cjbaldw; 03/08/05 07:26 PM.
