Comments on: 2009 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SV Review – the original 4-door sports car continues to deliver

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By: Lewis deSoto

Lewis deSoto — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:51:49 +0000

I tried my old 2nd generation iPod and it worked as well, though once an hour or so, it would “disconnect” itself and then start up after 10 seconds of off time.

My vehicle has the Bridgestone Potenza RE 050A tires, but I felt that they had some road feel and good feed back over uneven surfaces. Not as much as I would like, but I feel the tires are too new. What I’ve found is that Nitto NT555 Extreme tires give nice feed back and feel.

Yesterday I scrabbled through the backroads of Napa County, using the paddle shifters to great effect. Nice to get such a small car feeling from such a large vehicle.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:53:58 +0000

Our test car was shod with Bridgestone Potenza RE 050A tires. Basically, they are a max performance summer tire according to the category assigned by TireRack.

Connectivity to my 4th generation iPod worked perfectly. I didn’t connect up an iPhone and cannot fathom why Danny’s iPhone wouldn’t work.

By: Lewis deSoto

Lewis deSoto — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:49:46 +0000

I would like to comment on your review of the Maxima. First of all, I purchased an SV/Sport with Tech package about a month ago. I ordered it with the summer tires, which gives more resistance and road feel in regard to steering feel that the all season tires do. You did not mention whether you were shod with the summer tire combo. Also in regard to the iPod interconnection, I found that my iPhone (while it does not charge, you need an adapter for that), if does play music perfectly, including the iPod Touch. So I’m wondering if you had a bad cable or if it wasn’t plugged in properly. I have not bothered with attempting to transfer phone #’s from my phone to the car (I hear that iPhone transfers do not work), but realistically, there are probably only ten phone #’s I would want input anyway, so that is not an issue.

When I looked for a car, I was also tempted by the G series sedans, but I found them too narrow and claustrophobic inside, though I enjoyed the performance. The itsy trunk was also problematic for me; the Maxima’s trunk was deep and wide enough to accommodate my photo gear.

I was also pleasantly surprised that when I went to purchase one, the Nissan dealer was more generous than the Infiniti folks and the disparity in price rose from a few thousand to six thousand out the door.

I find the styling is striking and different, I also see the styling cues from the Z models and GTR incorporated, so the car looks decidedly more performance oriented than the G37, which has a sad, kind of jelly bean look to it, in particular the character line which droops past the rear wheels (I think the G35 was a better design).