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<blockquote data-quote="Danny Tanner" data-source="post: 1820817" data-attributes="member: 10619"><p>My wife has a 2005 Altima 3.5 SE currently rolling at 125,000 miles. Still runs and drives smooth as butter. It's quiet, as far as road noise and clinks and rattles. The acceleration is quick, steering wheel feels solid. It averages about 24 MPG on mostly highway travel, but is a very capable engine for this car and fun to drive for being a grocery-getting sedan with an automatic transmission. I understand the 2.5, while better on gas, is less reliable. I have no experience with it, it's just what I understand from my brother who used to work as a service manager at Bob Howard Nissan. What problems exactly? I don't know, it didn't apply to me so I didn't care to ask. My buddy has a 2006 2.5 and hasn't had issues in the 2 years he's owned his car, so who knows.</p><p></p><p>We've had it for several years without any issues, but the one complaint I do have about it is the turning radius. A school bus could do doughnuts inside the turning radius of my wife's car. Some times, it feels like that's no exaggeration. My 2004 Silverado turns tighter than this car by a noticeable margin. Performing 3-point turns to get into 1 out of every 10-15 parking spaces shouldn't be a concern with a car this size. U-turns are fun, too. My wife wants to get herself a Jeep some time next year and I've warned her to practice steering in one first so she doesn't roll it on the highway when trying to change lanes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danny Tanner, post: 1820817, member: 10619"] My wife has a 2005 Altima 3.5 SE currently rolling at 125,000 miles. Still runs and drives smooth as butter. It's quiet, as far as road noise and clinks and rattles. The acceleration is quick, steering wheel feels solid. It averages about 24 MPG on mostly highway travel, but is a very capable engine for this car and fun to drive for being a grocery-getting sedan with an automatic transmission. I understand the 2.5, while better on gas, is less reliable. I have no experience with it, it's just what I understand from my brother who used to work as a service manager at Bob Howard Nissan. What problems exactly? I don't know, it didn't apply to me so I didn't care to ask. My buddy has a 2006 2.5 and hasn't had issues in the 2 years he's owned his car, so who knows. We've had it for several years without any issues, but the one complaint I do have about it is the turning radius. A school bus could do doughnuts inside the turning radius of my wife's car. Some times, it feels like that's no exaggeration. My 2004 Silverado turns tighter than this car by a noticeable margin. Performing 3-point turns to get into 1 out of every 10-15 parking spaces shouldn't be a concern with a car this size. U-turns are fun, too. My wife wants to get herself a Jeep some time next year and I've warned her to practice steering in one first so she doesn't roll it on the highway when trying to change lanes. [/QUOTE]
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