I had a 1986 Nissan P/U with the Z24 4 cylinder motor (remember the 8 sparkplug setup)? That thing was bulletproof
FWIU, this has nothing to do with the 1.8L. The older 1.6 and newer 1.8L's are great little engines.quote:
Originally posted by Rickey:
I can't think of a sound engineering reason for such a small quantity of oil in the sump of a passenger car. Maybe a lawnmower?
Yes a friend of mine has an older 1.6 in a sentra I believe. And it holds 5qts of oil. He has no problems with the engine. I just wonder why so little oil in this more modern version?quote:
Originally posted by JTK:
FWIU, this has nothing to do with the 1.8L. The older 1.6 and newer 1.8L's are great little engines.quote:
Originally posted by Rickey:
I can't think of a sound engineering reason for such a small quantity of oil in the sump of a passenger car. Maybe a lawnmower?
Joel
Laughable. I've owned around 15 cars during my driving life (about 30 years now). This includes several for the wife. My Infiniti is roughly #2 (maybe #3) on the list of all of them from best to worst. Every car has strengths and weaknesses, and none of them are perfect. Characterizing an entire make as "garbage" is silly and adds nothing to the discussion. So, what are the specific facts that back up your opinion. Check out my recently posted UOA on my G35. Over 7k miles and I couldn't get any wear metals into double digits. . . Yep, that engine is about to just fall apart, what a piece of "garbage". Then there's my wife's best friend who's got around 300k trouble-free miles on her Maxima -- 'nother piece of garbage, right?quote:
Originally posted by Thermactor:
Nissan is garbage. They ride on the coattails of Toyota and Honda as being another reliable Japanese brand just exactly the same way VW rides on the coattails of BMW and Mercedes-Benz as German Engineering!quote:
Originally posted by Hirev:
Would not want to be one of the persons that bought one of those.Nissan seems to have their fair of poor quality issues on many of there models any more from the looks of consumer reports.
Unlike the Toyotas and Honda I've owned in recent years, I actually love owning and driving my G35. It's a great car. I look for excuses to go drive the thing whenever I can, even with the cost of gas and it's "performance car" thirst.quote:
Originally posted by Bror Jace:
Yikes! Everyone ripping on Nissan all of a sudden. I agree they aren't up there with Honda and Toyota but they aren't that bad. (...snip...)--- Bror Jace
Datsun was a product name and model line (small cars and pickup trucks) from 1932 till 1983 (till 2002 in Japan), nothing more. Every Datsun said "Datsun made by Nissan."quote:
Nissan never recovered from changing their branding from Datsun.
Who says being up there with Honda and Toyota Is such a good thing? They've both had their share of problems vented on this forum.quote:
Originally posted by ekpolk:
Unlike the Toyotas and Honda I've owned in recent years, I actually love owning and driving my G35. It's a great car. I look for excuses to go drive the thing whenever I can, even with the cost of gas and it's "performance car" thirst.quote:
Originally posted by Bror Jace:
Yikes! Everyone ripping on Nissan all of a sudden. I agree they aren't up there with Honda and Toyota but they aren't that bad. (...snip...)--- Bror Jace
In your opinion, who engineers VWs?quote:
Nissan is garbage. They ride on the coattails of Toyota and Honda as being another reliable Japanese brand just exactly the same way VW rides on the coattails of BMW and Mercedes-Benz as German Engineering!
Who engineers VWs? I don't know, weird people... who use absolutely horrid quality parts. Maybe it's the bean counters to blame.quote:
Originally posted by moribundman:
In your opinion, who engineers VWs?quote:
Nissan is garbage. They ride on the coattails of Toyota and Honda as being another reliable Japanese brand just exactly the same way VW rides on the coattails of BMW and Mercedes-Benz as German Engineering!
Also, how is VW riding BMW and MB's coattails?
I guess I'm not people.quote:
When people think of German Engineering, they don't think of the flower-power VW Beetle, they think of things like the Mercedes Benz SL65 AMG, or the BMW M5.
(emphasis added).quote:
Originally posted by Thermactor:
(...snip...)you can get 300,000 miles out of any vehicle nowadays, even a Ford. that doesn't mean that it's good.. especially if it's got awful exterior and interior build quality. the body falls apart around the engine, from what I've heard about Nissans. Like on any Nissan more than a few years old, body trim panel bolts get so rusted through that they snap off, instead of unscrewing