In the past I always bought used Nissan and Honda cars to save money. So I used those saved money to buy this house in 2011. Now this house market price is already two times original buying price...
Conclusion : maybe Nissan is not perfect but it definitely saves you a lot of money, time and effort...
I think the problem is that I have to remove whole engine cover in the bottom for my G and M but for GSF I don't have to.
I believe it's already much easier to work on Nissan when comparing with some other brands but comparing with Toyota, it would still need a little bit more effort...
I keep checking the sizes for both G(sedan) and GSF many times. GSF is about 14cm longer and 4.5cm wider(coincidently both wheelbases are the same)? Will those differences really change driving dynamics so much. I really don't understand...
To be fair of course my GSF is also so much faster when I really push it...
The only thing in E400 which I really impressed was its big wide panel screen. In addition fully loaded E400's price is about the same as my GSF.
I think recent Japanese cars are improved a lot (especially suspension) than those built in 10 or 20 years ago... (maybe because Germany car makers cut down their costs a lot)
Of course if you also consider the reliability, Germany cars are totally overprice...
I had driven latest generation BWM 320i M Sport for one week in Taiwan. I borrowed from my relative 3 years ago and the car was less than 10K km. I really didn't feel any better than my old G35S and M35X. The BMW was a little bit more stable than my stock M but my G(with Koni Yellow Sport + OEM sport springs + stiffer swaybars + summer tires) had much more fun than that stock BMW. In my taste that BMW with M Sport suspension was a little bit soft. (I also did many short tests on C350, 335, A4, 535, etc in USA before. The experiences were all similar but I did feel BMWs were a little bit more stable on the highway...)
Nevertheless I was impressed about the low end torque in that BMW turbo engine. But when I tried to do full throttle on the highway, it became out of steam quickly in higher rpm. So all in all that BMW turbo engine had no magic. Maybe better than 10 or 20 years ago but not much... (Because combustion engine industry is old and stable now. That's why Japanese cars are so good now...)
By the way I met my relative again last winter. She kept complaining her BMW. She said her BMW was so much slower now. I asked her that "Comparing with her previous 10 year old Lexus IS250, Which one is faster now?" Guess what? She said "The Lexus..." This is really funny?!?! Three years ago my relative said her new BWM was so much faster than her previous 10 year old IS250 when I borrowed it...
In addition since my GSF's OEM wheels are big and very beautiful(with very complicated pattern), believe it or not I have to spend one hour to clean them!! But I think it's only cosmetic. So I only clean them every two-three months... (I also plan to use aftermarket brake pads in the future to reduce its brake dust)
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