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scupking

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I was coming home from work today got off the highway and up at the stop light a head was a black Nissan Maxima SL. So I pulled into the lane next to him at the light. I figured I could get in front of him before the lane turned into one. The light turned green and he floored it and I floored it most of the way but had to left off some seeing as we were going up a hill and my tires spun a little. He got a head and stayed about a half a car length a head of me till we stopped at 55mph (the speed limit on the road is 50). I was kind of pissed that I couldn’t pass him. Those Maximas are quick stock. He will be behind me when I get 4.10s and Stage one cams.
 

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Yeah, they sure move. They have 255HP (nissan rerated them down from 265HP) and have some serious pull off the line.

My sis has an '05 SE that i take from time to time and i've surprised a few Mustangs with it
 

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thats not bad, I could hardly pull on a honda odyssey minivan pulling onto the freeway yeterday. I almost wrecked her because I didn think the van would keep up before I had to turn. Turns out those vans have 260hp, go figure.
 

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Avalons come with 260HP too.

V6's are fast. Nissan is already getting 300HP from it's 3.5L V6. Give it a couple more years and everyone will be making 300HP from a V6

But on the other hand, every V8 out there will be making over 400HP N/A (except Ford )
 

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the new Maximas rock im thinking of picking one up for a DD
 

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I was surprised when the guy punched it off the line. It was just some guy in a business suite. Isn’t the new 350z GT-R that’s coming out supposed to have 450hp or something like that?
 

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Yep the Mustangs are slow, I test drove a cs/gt today for 15miles and way bored by time we got back to the dealer, absolutly no balls for what I expect for a 2006 factory sports car. Might as well get a four door sedan like the MAX.
 

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hmmm... I guess I'm not the only one with problems with the maxima... I spun through 1st and he got a car length on me... sucks.

period...

sucks.
 

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squares98 said:
Yep the Mustangs are slow, I test drove a cs/gt today, absolutly no balls for what I expect for a 2006 factory sports car.
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The GT/CS is considered an '07. No balls for '07 either. Unless you want to bend over for a Shelby.
 
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Everything has ~260hp these days, its
 

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The GT/CS is considered an '07. No balls for '07 either. Unless you want to bend over for a Shelby.
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It's not that it doesn't have balls....it just doesn't feel like a 13 second car
 

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exactly. Though it's about as exciting as driving a Buick.
 
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