Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V

[SupraMan22]

Hey everyone. I haven't found any real information on this car, let alone people who own or have drived them to get feed back from. I'm getting a new car because I'm making the money to finally. I'm wanting a Sentra SE-R Spec V, I was wondering if anyone knows about the car or owns one. Any information would be awesome, I have narrowed my searches down and need to make a final decision. Thanks for any help!

[scottie300z]

Brand new I imagine?

[SupraMan22]

Yeah either a 08 if I can nail a closing sale.. if not a 2009.

[scottie300z]

Ah, I don't have any experience with those. I test drove an 04 for a weekend. The engine a transmissions should be similar though.

It tops out in 5th so the 6th gear is only good for cruising on the highway. The torque is strong so you'll spin your wheels shifting into third if I remember correctly. And shifting into second under hard driving results in a lot of wheel spin. So much that a 5spd wouldn't necessarily have been a bad thing. But that's the perormance side.

The 04 felt too tall and skinny for my liking but the new design seems lower and wider so that feeling may not still be there. (But I had also just come off of driving a 300zx so everything would feel that way.) The 04's also handled pretty nicely and felt pretty good to drive. I also hadn't driven a manual in like 6 months at the time and never had drivien a 6spd but I took to it real easy and I imagine the new one has a friendly transmission as well.

I'd say it was a pretty nice mixture of performance and economy for the most part. Take a test drive of the new one a report back, I'm interested now.

[kingofthering]

The new one? I have the Nuerburgring DVD

It's nice and all, but I heard it's kinda lacking in certain areas. Road and Track tested it.

[SupraMan22]

link?

[coolieman1220]

how much are they running for?

what about an Si?

[f6fhellcat13]

It's nice and all, but I heard it's kinda lacking in certain areas. Road and Track tested it.

link?

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=5245
I hope this is the right MY

[SupraMan22]

No on the Si.. They are more expensive and the only Si I want to buy is the Mugen. And its in the 30g price range.. a bit out of my range. The Spec V I am looking at now is 21,000 and its a 2009. But I am also looking at a used 2008 with 7000 miles for 16,000.

[digitalcraft]

Go for the used and save the rest for hookers and blow. Er, I mean modifications.

[SupraMan22]

As if i haven't taken it into consideration already.. no really though if the dealership keeps the car until next week I'm going to start getting stuff ready to possibly buy it. It's red.. I wanted black.. but red looks pretty bad ass. Plus this way, if i buy it used, there will be no lease involved. Which is good. There is also the possibility right now that i can take my brothers truck payments over, he recently bought out his lease on his 05 X-Runner. This weekend will tell all.

I'm still trying to find exactly what is done to the Spec V to achieve 200 hp. Bored over? If anyone could help me with that I would appreciate it.

[clutch-monkey]

what engine is it? some variant of the SR20?

[whiteballz]

I know there was a 2.0 turbo in the nissan x-trail that used the SR20, so i guess its possible they've gone to use it again in the sentra..

[Zytek_Fan]

Why not a used Infiniti G35?

[coolieman1220]

nissan could do better. G35 is the way to go. i love mine