Yo I actually went down a little rabbit hole of these. I'm looking for something cheap to beat and I already have a GF so a Altima is the next best thing lol. If these were rwd the world would think much different on these.
Most popular mods for a Nissan Altima: - Baby on board sticker - Garbage piled up all the way to the windows - Custom made dents and scratches all over the bodywork - Final notice and parking ticket notes on the windshield - Spare tire - Faded headlights - Clearcoat failure This badboy will spend a lifetime dodging repo trucks and cop cars, forever doing 100mph in the most left lane on the highway. Truly one of the cars ever made
The average life of one these cars begins by speeding off from a buy-here, pay-here lot, down the median of a 4 lane freeway at a buck-20, then over an embankment and into the parking lot of low income housing block. God Damn what a machine
I drove one of these for 9 years before trading it in. It must have been sold to a true Altima driver because a few months later I looked up the VIN and saw that it was totaled in an accident
my wife's friend has a 2009 altima, her husband was driving it and someone ran into it in a parking lot, he shrugged his shoulders and just told the lady not to worry about it, he didn't tell his wife till she asked about it, she didn't really care either, 20 years from now you will never be able to find one of these anywhere, this will be a memory hole in existence for the rest of time because they will all fall apart and no one give a fuck to fix one, a future version of Jay Leno will have a huge collection of cars in 2090 and will lament that there isn't a single intact example of a Nissan Altima in existence
the list of cheap cars that no longer exist is pretty long, when I was in high school in the 90s all the cheap cars from the 80s were what all the 16-17 year old kids were driving, now none of those cars are around at all, it's been a good 20 years since I've one of them at least@@Journey_to_who_knows
My brother just put a new transmission in his 06. Even doing it himself, he spent what the car is worth. He's had it for a long time and likes the car.
I've only been close friends with 2 Altima owners, one was a very chill non car guy with a very clean base model 2016, the other was a car guy with a 2012 V6 he put two 12 inch subs in, a alpine head unit, and 5 percent tint all around. He also runs illegal radar and drives like vin diesel, and his other car is a Honda Shadow. He used to own a Dodge Caliber, until the transmission went out which caused him to cry
Every car is an enthusiast car if your poor or desperate enough... Also, my 2015 Focus 5 speed is an enthusiast car because I can potentially in the future buy a turbo kit that makes almost as much horsepower as a Fiesta ST.
Nissan Altima 3.5 is a force to be reckoned with, and it spawns at the moment you are on a rush, impatient, angry, just want to be alone and in front of every slow driver. It comes and just ruins your whole damn commute because it does absolutely every miracle to get in front of you, get you stuck on the next red light, and does everything you wish to do to get to your destination on time.
The what car of all time? perhaps "Altima really do gotta be the BEST car of all time" ? OR " Altima really do gotta be the WORST car of all time", or "Altima really do gotta be the toughest car of all time" See what I did there? lol
@@dougsmith6262A guy I work with has an HHR. It's a hideous thing... custom orange paint, big goofy wheels, and every chrome plated plastic stick on accent piece imaginable. He gets real uppity when we call it his "homo-hotrod" 😂
Having dailied an unregistered and uninsured (new jersey plate from idk who) throughout Denver when I was working in Aurora, something about driving one of these shitboxes, especially the 2.5 CVT, just screamed HOOOON. Cutting up traffic, ignoring traffic laws, using the gas exclusively as an on off switch, the car just seemed to demand to have the shit kicked out of it while breaking as many laws as possible. I guess the new Altimas are as similar as they could be, but they sure don't make em like they used to.
my father in law inherited one a couple years ago. After 1 year of him dailying it while doordashing, two exterior door handles broke, shifter broke. (keeps a screw driver in it now still works) He immediately crashed it in to the back of a Tesla. Also let a parking garage gate arm lower on to the windshield/roof. He claimed to be previously unaware of the strigma surrounding these cars when I asked him if he was just trying to fit in with all the other Altima owners. I said most of us on the road know to just get the hell out of the way when you see one of those things coming. Especially in the condition like his is in. It was actually in pretty cherry condition for its age when he got it. I've never seen someone run a car cosmetically in to the ground like he did that one. I dont even really consider him to be a bad driver. He loves driving, he's had tons of driving jobs. Just the curse of the Altima I told him. edit: we're white
I’ll give a full run down of the Altima SE-R. It’s essentially just a body kit package (taillights, headlights, front and rear bumper, side skirts and forged Y spoke wheels), interior package (350z dash, leather 350z seats with “SE-R” stitched into the seats) and very minor performance differences being the suspension and the exhaust system. They came in either 5spd automatic or 6spd manual, there were 4 colors. The rarest being “Code Red”. There was a sheer silver and a dark silver as well black as options. Only came with a VQ35DE but many of us who own Altima SE-R’s tend to throw in a 2009-2018 motor since the Maximas of the later generation came with “HR heads”. Less than 10k were made for both 2005 and 2006.
@@emmanuelalva6597 My friend had a 3.5 Maxima and grandfathers friend had a 3.5 Altima. The Maxima with a 6 spd felt faster, but for a family sedan they had a lot of power.
They mostly are the same size and share a lot of parts underneath. There were some differences, the altima ser had the larger brakes from the maxima, the maxima could be optined as a v6 manual 4 seater with center console in the rear. and the altima ser had the 6 speed manual from the maxima while all other manual altimas were 5 speed.
I’m a bodyman in morrow, GA… I’ve worked on more altimas than any other car out there. That and dodge chargers. Not this old, but all of the stereotypes hold true for 2016-2024 models. currently working on one with no brakes. Rotors ground through and pouring brake fluid. Rather than fixing the brakes they have multiple bottles of brake fluid in the back😂😂😂
My monster in law has one and despite her neglect it’s still hanging on. I wouldn’t take it if she gave it to me as it’s a running jalopy in the truest sense. Everything is broken in the interior, electrical is iffy, all xmas on the dash, suspension issues (pulls right all the time, great for circling) brakes squeal. Yet despite all the issues she still chugs along maintenance free. I wish I had her dumb luck as if I look cross at my wife’s cars it’s a warranty repair. I’m into Toyotas now.
@@Badrecon33 it’s still going and that’s back and forth from LA to San Bernardino region. It’s parked in front of my house now. I won’t ride in it anymore even if I have to. I feel like it’s going to give anytime and strand me somewhere.
that why I drive old shitty ford trucks they are all over junkyards and they made 700k alone in 1994! cheap parts for days and they are easy as fuck to fix!
My ex bought a 2009 on marketplace as her first car, against my insistence against it. Turns out the coolant reservoir was filled with stop-leak and it suddenly started running rough. She had it for two weeks and ironically the engine + CVT blew simultaneously probably two days after we broke up. These things are barely worth the Cat Converters they hold.
Everyone knows Toyota is renowned for their reliability. This has created the "Toyota Tax" of people selling used Toyotas at quite the premium. Let me propose inversely the Nissan Discount. Nissan has had a lot of problems with their vehicles, especially the Sedans with the CVTs. This makes particularly their body on frame vehicles unbeatable value as those are pretty rock solid. I got my Nissan Xterra used for $4,500. A similar year/mile 4Runner would have probably been $12,000. I love my Xterra, it's 90% the vehicle of a 4Runner at 30% the price.
Toyota definitely has a steep tax. I think about that as the owner of Highlander when I see a Pathfinder out there. It sucks but I'd much rather have the Toyota.
absolutely dying dude - you guys give me the same vibes as chilling with the guys at my first car meet just joking about stuff. good shit keep it coming
Now its time for you guys to look at the former, unmotivated, "He's a good kid, he just has his own problems" problem child who passed from an OD on the corner of 5th and West Ave... the Chevy Cavalier.
I've got an 2004 Altima. For a car that size with just 150 hp, it somehow felt like it had some pep to it and of all the cars I've had, it's the easiest to squeal the tires. I'm not saying it honestly has good performance, but it seems to do it's best to fake it. Of course it had enough performance for me to lose control on a California highway, spinning it around three times before I slammed tail first into a concrete barrier. I got a half assed repair job, so I think I got my Big Altima Energy street cred.
I say this, both as a massive Nissan enthusiast and two-time Infiniti owner: Nissan made a massive mistake by putting the 3.5 V6 into the Altima. A MASSIVE MISTAKE.
The thing is, those SERs are an absolute steal. They hit 60 in like 5 something seconds and will run like 140+ back in the mid 2000s, and they’re super reliable. If they weren’t associated with the Altima stereotype they’d be consistent $13,000 today.
Saw an Altima use the emergency lane like if it was a regular lane going about 60mph when the traffic gridlocked on the 110fwy in downtown LA the other morning hahaha
The problem with the Altima is that Chevy stopped making cars. The people who used to buy Chevy Malibu's and Impalas flocked to the Altima ever since Chevy stopped making them.
A friend of mine had a 2004 Altima until recently. Like all the others I see in the wild, the paint was fully degraded wherever the sun was hitting it. 3 out of the 4 plastic exterior door handles were broken off. When he picked me up, he had to reach over and open the door for me from inside. Interior was thrashed and filthy. But it got him from point A to point B, and on the weekends, point C. And yet, somehow, he ended up getting a decent amount when he traded it in to a used lot. It was, without a doubt, an car.
Got a 2017 3.5SL with 6 miles on it in black and I would not recommend it for a first time car owner. 277hp from the factory is faster than most cars on the road are willing to push themselves, so I could always stay about 15 mph ahead of highway traffic and know I had the pull power to overtake left lane campers. The car looks slow but it hauls ass. The CVT, while being notoriously unreliable, can get you from 55 on the entrance ramp of the freeway to 136 without sounding loud or feeling TOO fast in about 10 seconds. Teenage me abused the hell out of that car and it just kept begging for more. I love how smooth and low profile it feels, but it is way too much of a temptation to swim through lanes and speed for an undisciplined driver, especially since that fwd won’t lose traction unless you’re hydroplaning. I got 5 tickets in one year before I finally started driving it like a normal human being. Went from 16mpg to about 25 and the urge to speed still comes up from time to time but I fight every day to ignore it. I love the car but fr something about the way it’s constructed can bring the demon out of you and I fear it just as much as I love it. I have an 08 550i bmw 6 speed manual and i don’t feel anywhere close to the Level of impatience i do when I’m driving the Altima. It’s too easy to maneuver, too fast from the factory, and overall I think it’s one of the most slept on FWD cars of all time.
i still have my 05 nissan sentra se-r that i bought brand new in 05. it's been a solid car, bought it as a daily commute vehicle and it's done the job.
I drove one as a rental and did 120 all the way to pitsburg on a 4 hour road trip. It does something to you man, i like classical but the car changed it to ganster rap and i found i was wearing colors and holding a glock with an extendo and switch on it.
Now that Grand Prixs are falling off the road since they haven't been made in over a decade, the Altima has risen up to take its place as the reckless poor people car. As a former Grand Prix GT owner, I can't help but want an Altima lol
80’s/90’s/00’s GM cars will run like dogshit longer than a BMW/Audi/Jaguar/Mini/Volkswagen will run at all. Buick 3800 V6/60° V6/LS + TurboHydromatic/Tremec Manual Gearbox is not a bad powertrain, reliability wise
Rented a 2015 Altima to drive from Wisconsin to Cape Cod. It was brand new with 39 miles on it. Drove straight through without stopping and my back wasn't even sore. Most comfortable car I've ever driven, it's definitely a great highway cruiser.
I have a Altima with a 6 speed but it's not a SE-R unfortunately I wish it was but I have done a lot of work to try to get it to the SE-R level I have only lost 1 street race to an Infinity G6 turbo so I'm not really mad it's definitely been a great car it never left me stranded very reliable and I would buy it again all over again
The official car of I’m a strong independent woman that don’t need no man for anything with my 500 FICO score, 3 kids from 3 different baby daddies paying me child support, a HUD rent voucher, and SNAP benefit card 🤡🤡
I miss my 06 3.5 SE, bought it new and put 205,000 HARD but trouble free miles on it. Drove it like I stole it every day. That being said, my tuned Alltrack is a better car all around, more comfortable, practical, quicker, more modern, better handling, AWD, more of a sleeper.
Nissan used to be great. But in this time period, many brands had cars with bigger engines from higher models. Every model had multiple engines. Nowadays your choice is turbo 4. Or turbo 4.
The “5.5” gen (2001-2003) maxima came with the same drivetrain, but also could be optioned with an HLSD. With good tires, they put down a near 5.9 second 0-60 and are fun as hell to throw down the canyon. It’s no 350z, but it will carry more bitches than one.
The 96 - 99s are still serious on the road I had one for 8 yrs & barely had problems with it . The older Maxima's still will give newer cars a run for their money when tuned properly.
@@robertcamble3543 For sure, they are proven platforms reliability wise, I personally think the 1st and 4th generations look the best. Only issue with the previous gens is really just the transmissions. The 6 speeds in the 5.5 gen could handle 500-600 whp given you upgrade the synchros. Can’t speak on the old 5 speeds though.
I just picked one of these up for $1800, SL model 3.5L, 120k, fun car. I guess I don't get the hate, they are nice daily drivers, provided they are well maintained. And dude, those knocks, fuck...I was watching this 2am, scared the shit out of me.
As an SER owner this is the best video I've seen in a long time, also its a shame these cars where so slept on they are super fun especially with the 6 speed!
I never knew Altima's had this stigma. I've owned two in my lifetime and both were great. An '02 auto 2.5L SL that I had for 4 years until I sold it when I moved across the country. Then I bought a 3.5L manual SL when I had to take my '99 S15 off the road because some jackass did a hit and run and destroyed my front bumper.
I had an 03, treated that thing like total garbage and it kept on truckin. So bland it was basically invisible to police, smoked a ton of weed in that car. Everything was easy to fix yourself and if it didn't get written off for reasons beyond mine or its control, I'd still be driving that thing to do this day. What a machine.
Lost one of the hub caps due to hydroplaning so i removed the other 3 to match. it feels good knowing i never have to fear anyone breaking into my car since altima with no hub caps is seen as having nothing of value inside
I have a 2002 Altima SE V-6 with manual trans. In 2012 I put headers down pipe, cat delete, res delete. Run a cherry bomb instead of the res. magna flow race mufflers, intake and home made ram air. coil overs and a custom ash tray, looks like shit but gets it. Had it on the dyno a few years ago, 249 to the wheels.
15:05 I'm laying sideways in bed listening to this and the roof slopes above my bed in such a way I thought the knocking came from the roof. Man, those fight instincts kicked in fast lmao
I just went into Walmart. Altima was going down the wrong direction of the parking aisle. Clapped out. Bad paint. Aftermarket rims. And the driver was of a particular demographic.
I want an Altima now. New tuner trend is making your Altima look like how daily driver altimas always look. $2,000 dented carbon fiber back door but only one. Plastic chipped grey hubcaps that clip in over bbs wheels on coilovers. Rub grease behind the headlights but also have some MASSIVE front mount that is visible cause the splitter disguised as a cracked bumper is hanging off
The funniest thing about the image at 23:28 is the gauge cluster is from a Honda Accord. And honestly, what is the Honda Accord but the rich man's Altima?
everytime i see an altima I STAY AWAY. the most dangerous drivers by far and they dont care about anyone but themselves. yes you in the comments with an altima, im talking bout YOU. slow tf down
The problem is that they're really not bad cars. Sure the VQ is kind of terrible after 100k, and the CVT will fail 5 miles out of warranty. But past that, they're decent. It's just this car is the car of choice for peak poor activities and I don't even really know why that is.
In 2017, I bought a 2000 Altima, had 184k. Only problem I had was when the 2 cooling fans stopped working and it got so hot it blew the top off the radiator tank. New radiator and salvage fans repaired it. Expected the head gasket to fail but it never did. Put 20,000 miles on it in 2 years. At that point you could put the drivetrain in a new car and not know the difference. Still regret trading it.
I saw an Altima one time, which happened to belong to a friend of mine, which had the bottom creases at the sides of the hump on the hood scratched off to bare metal. I referred to it as the Voldemort nostrils.
It has the right sh!tbox ingredients. Cheap, spacious, and very well built (robust). It's cheap enough that ppl who don't have money to maintain cars can still afford it. It's well built enough to keep running even when you abuse and neglect it. It's big enough that ppl who can buy only one car can use it. And the performance isn't the worst.
Yoooo at 14:51 those knocks had me questioning life, got my surround sound bumpin and it sounded like it came from down my hall, THEN at my front door…. Definitely had me thinking about the Glock until one of you mentioned it 😳😳🤣
I drive hundreds of miles a week for my job. From interstates to state highways all the way down to residential and country backroads. I give the right of way to emergency vehicles, tractor trailers and damn Nissans. Most dangerous FAFO mobile.
Yo I actually went down a little rabbit hole of these. I'm looking for something cheap to beat and I already have a GF so a Altima is the next best thing lol. If these were rwd the world would think much different on these.
I agree, if the coupe 3.5s were RWD they’d be based
Not as based as your profile pic lol
They'd be on the same pedestal as 350z's and infinities if they were
I mean you are just describing the G35/G37
Rwd altima is just a g35
Most popular mods for a Nissan Altima:
- Baby on board sticker
- Garbage piled up all the way to the windows
- Custom made dents and scratches all over the bodywork
- Final notice and parking ticket notes on the windshield
- Spare tire
- Faded headlights
- Clearcoat failure
This badboy will spend a lifetime dodging repo trucks and cop cars, forever doing 100mph in the most left lane on the highway. Truly one of the cars ever made
Don't forget the bullet holes😅
doing 90 on the highway with worn out tires
tailgating the person in front of you when they were already doing 55 in a 40.
not just any baby on board sticker, but specifically the "baby up in this bitch" one
you forgot the most common mod! the missing bumper!
The average life of one these cars begins by speeding off from a buy-here, pay-here lot, down the median of a 4 lane freeway at a buck-20, then over an embankment and into the parking lot of low income housing block. God Damn what a machine
Accurate 🎉
At least once a day one passes me in the median at buck 20 lol
sounds like my kind of friday night
This is true even for brand new Nissans. Because Nissan dealerships are just slightly cleaner buy-here pay-here lot.
This comment got me so fucked up, this is my third time reading it and I'm crying laughing every time, thank you 🎉😂
I drove one of these for 9 years before trading it in. It must have been sold to a true Altima driver because a few months later I looked up the VIN and saw that it was totaled in an accident
You could call it destiny.
Or a lie
What a ni
@@Syncopia "And where did that lead you? Right back to me."
ive always called it the poor man's M3 because theirdriving style and opinion on stop signs is exactly the same
As both a bmw and Altima owner I co-sign this.
@@odeefromdawic Absolute menace lol
@@odeefromdawicBro is a hazard to the road.
Fasted car in Da Hood!
@@odeefromdawic you are who I strive to become, I have a 3.5 se 2008 and im about to buy a 325xi manual
My highschool girlfriend and I had a fight and she drove her Altima through my garage
You fumbled a baddie.
based ex gf, I hope she bears many children to a Chad. Or if she's single, you should call her.
On brand
I bet the wedding was awkward but ultimately lit
@@rebelroar78 It's true she was bad as fuck, another time she got pulled over doing 79 in a 25 because she was late for school
my wife's friend has a 2009 altima, her husband was driving it and someone ran into it in a parking lot, he shrugged his shoulders and just told the lady not to worry about it, he didn't tell his wife till she asked about it, she didn't really care either, 20 years from now you will never be able to find one of these anywhere, this will be a memory hole in existence for the rest of time because they will all fall apart and no one give a fuck to fix one, a future version of Jay Leno will have a huge collection of cars in 2090 and will lament that there isn't a single intact example of a Nissan Altima in existence
Jay Leno will have a photo of one in his collection and will try to reconstruct it
the list of cheap cars that no longer exist is pretty long, when I was in high school in the 90s all the cheap cars from the 80s were what all the 16-17 year old kids were driving, now none of those cars are around at all, it's been a good 20 years since I've one of them at least@@Journey_to_who_knows
Digital 3D models
My brother just put a new transmission in his 06. Even doing it himself, he spent what the car is worth. He's had it for a long time and likes the car.
I'm immediately scared of anyone driving in a clapped-out Altima. They simply have nothing else to lose.
they can't catch me though, haha, devils Benz, I challenge them in hell's court.
I've only been close friends with 2 Altima owners, one was a very chill non car guy with a very clean base model 2016, the other was a car guy with a 2012 V6 he put two 12 inch subs in, a alpine head unit, and 5 percent tint all around. He also runs illegal radar and drives like vin diesel, and his other car is a Honda Shadow. He used to own a Dodge Caliber, until the transmission went out which caused him to cry
Every car is an enthusiast car if your poor or desperate enough... Also, my 2015 Focus 5 speed is an enthusiast car because I can potentially in the future buy a turbo kit that makes almost as much horsepower as a Fiesta ST.
I'm surprised dodge calibers are still on the road they are horrible cars
@@jacobrzeszewski6527 i used to fly on back roads with my nissan sentra lmao
@@greaniebeaniez3070fr
Not sure if that’s supposed to be a joke, but a Honda Shadow is a motorcycle, not a car. However, there is an old car called the Dodge Shadow.
Nissan Altima 3.5 is a force to be reckoned with, and it spawns at the moment you are on a rush, impatient, angry, just want to be alone and in front of every slow driver. It comes and just ruins your whole damn commute because it does absolutely every miracle to get in front of you, get you stuck on the next red light, and does everything you wish to do to get to your destination on time.
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Those things are secretly super sedans. 5+ seconds 0-60 is craaazy
Altima really do gotta be the car of all time
Lmao
You mean a car of all time
The what car of all time? perhaps
"Altima really do gotta be the BEST car of all time" ? OR
" Altima really do gotta be the WORST car of all time", or
"Altima really do gotta be the toughest car of all time"
See what I did there? lol
@@joejensen5962 it's a joke and no, not three of yours either
Big Altima Energy is real.
I can’t even find a Hotwheels version that isn’t dented.
The most frustrated I've ever seen a man was when I called my coworker's Maxima an Altima by accident.
Reminds me of this douche I used to work with who would get SO butthurt if you called his HHR a PT Cruiser, lol.
@@dougsmith6262A guy I work with has an HHR. It's a hideous thing... custom orange paint, big goofy wheels, and every chrome plated plastic stick on accent piece imaginable. He gets real uppity when we call it his "homo-hotrod" 😂
emotional
happens all the time to me but I know that people don't know the difference because people don't care about these cars.
just the memes
If a Genesis driver gets you mad, tell them they have a nice Hyundai.
Having dailied an unregistered and uninsured (new jersey plate from idk who) throughout Denver when I was working in Aurora, something about driving one of these shitboxes, especially the 2.5 CVT, just screamed HOOOON. Cutting up traffic, ignoring traffic laws, using the gas exclusively as an on off switch, the car just seemed to demand to have the shit kicked out of it while breaking as many laws as possible. I guess the new Altimas are as similar as they could be, but they sure don't make em like they used to.
my father in law inherited one a couple years ago. After 1 year of him dailying it while doordashing, two exterior door handles broke, shifter broke. (keeps a screw driver in it now still works) He immediately crashed it in to the back of a Tesla. Also let a parking garage gate arm lower on to the windshield/roof. He claimed to be previously unaware of the strigma surrounding these cars when I asked him if he was just trying to fit in with all the other Altima owners. I said most of us on the road know to just get the hell out of the way when you see one of those things coming. Especially in the condition like his is in. It was actually in pretty cherry condition for its age when he got it. I've never seen someone run a car cosmetically in to the ground like he did that one. I dont even really consider him to be a bad driver. He loves driving, he's had tons of driving jobs. Just the curse of the Altima I told him. edit: we're white
LMFAOOOO
As throwaways?
I’ll give a full run down of the Altima SE-R. It’s essentially just a body kit package (taillights, headlights, front and rear bumper, side skirts and forged Y spoke wheels), interior package (350z dash, leather 350z seats with “SE-R” stitched into the seats) and very minor performance differences being the suspension and the exhaust system. They came in either 5spd automatic or 6spd manual, there were 4 colors. The rarest being “Code Red”. There was a sheer silver and a dark silver as well black as options.
Only came with a VQ35DE but many of us who own Altima SE-R’s tend to throw in a 2009-2018 motor since the Maximas of the later generation came with “HR heads”.
Less than 10k were made for both 2005 and 2006.
Fun car my brother had a 2005 3.5 SE. In that time this car was smoking everything on the road.
@@emmanuelalva6597 My friend had a 3.5 Maxima and grandfathers friend had a 3.5 Altima. The Maxima with a 6 spd felt faster, but for a family sedan they had a lot of power.
You forgot to mention had a 10 horsepower aswell
The interior didn't use any 350z parts
@@Weimerica8841It had the 350 gauge cluster.
“Like gun to my head…and there will be cause I’m driving a Nissan Altima” Lmao
Melanin enriched episode
Real af
The audacity 😂😂😂
It aint called a N****n for nothing
@@ashRABBIT99 Caucacity*
Altimas, hellcats, srts.
DMX soundboard is the perfect fit for THIS level of Altima energy.
Netgear has a point. I mix that generation of Altima and Maxima up all the time they look damn near identical😂😂
Nah, you just had altima and the altima xl. Literally no difference after they shared a platform.
They mostly are the same size and share a lot of parts underneath. There were some differences, the altima ser had the larger brakes from the maxima, the maxima could be optined as a v6 manual 4 seater with center console in the rear. and the altima ser had the 6 speed manual from the maxima while all other manual altimas were 5 speed.
Every single non-SE-R Altima was once owned by a thirty-four year old single-mom stripper named Naomi.
Every...
Single...
One of them.
cigarette burns all over the interior with a baby in the back(also smoking a cigarette) while she's stripping (windows cracked of course)
The official "I lost the game of life" car
I’m a bodyman in morrow, GA… I’ve worked on more altimas than any other car out there. That and dodge chargers. Not this old, but all of the stereotypes hold true for 2016-2024 models. currently working on one with no brakes. Rotors ground through and pouring brake fluid. Rather than fixing the brakes they have multiple bottles of brake fluid in the back😂😂😂
My monster in law has one and despite her neglect it’s still hanging on. I wouldn’t take it if she gave it to me as it’s a running jalopy in the truest sense. Everything is broken in the interior, electrical is iffy, all xmas on the dash, suspension issues (pulls right all the time, great for circling) brakes squeal. Yet despite all the issues she still chugs along maintenance free. I wish I had her dumb luck as if I look cross at my wife’s cars it’s a warranty repair. I’m into Toyotas now.
At first, I was wondering why you misspelled mother in law as "monster in law."
@@Badrecon33 it’s still going and that’s back and forth from LA to San Bernardino region. It’s parked in front of my house now. I won’t ride in it anymore even if I have to. I feel like it’s going to give anytime and strand me somewhere.
that why I drive old shitty ford trucks they are all over junkyards and they made 700k alone in 1994! cheap parts for days and they are easy as fuck to fix!
The fact that I could literally go out and buy the ashtray shift nob Altima is awesome
I definitely want an Altima SE R.
I definitely never want to be seen getting in or out of one or driving one. The duality of man.
My ex bought a 2009 on marketplace as her first car, against my insistence against it. Turns out the coolant reservoir was filled with stop-leak and it suddenly started running rough. She had it for two weeks and ironically the engine + CVT blew simultaneously probably two days after we broke up. These things are barely worth the Cat Converters they hold.
Agreed
That's sounds about right.
sounds like could have been prevented
coolant lines from the radiator go to the engine
tranny line goes to radiator
Maybe the breakup helped that Nissan go to waste because she didn’t take your advice….
The "G" in g35 stands for "gang-shit"
The first gen G35 is def gangbanger car.
G-unit. Custom designed to fit any garish 35 inch rims you can get and prime for any thug, gangster, ho, or any other fine individual.
The g in Altima stands for gentlemanly
The only car that gets faster as it gets older!
Everyone knows Toyota is renowned for their reliability. This has created the "Toyota Tax" of people selling used Toyotas at quite the premium.
Let me propose inversely the Nissan Discount. Nissan has had a lot of problems with their vehicles, especially the Sedans with the CVTs. This makes particularly their body on frame vehicles unbeatable value as those are pretty rock solid. I got my Nissan Xterra used for $4,500. A similar year/mile 4Runner would have probably been $12,000. I love my Xterra, it's 90% the vehicle of a 4Runner at 30% the price.
Toyota definitely has a steep tax.
I think about that as the owner of Highlander when I see a Pathfinder out there. It sucks but I'd much rather have the Toyota.
The proof is in the craigslist ads
absolutely dying dude - you guys give me the same vibes as chilling with the guys at my first car meet just joking about stuff. good shit keep it coming
Appreciate you king
@@CollectorCarFeed might be a girl but i'll wear the title of king with pride dude!
@@adventa2358he's a dude, she's a dude, we're all dudes
Now its time for you guys to look at the former, unmotivated, "He's a good kid, he just has his own problems" problem child who passed from an OD on the corner of 5th and West Ave... the Chevy Cavalier.
The top pick vehicle for the 300 credit score 🎼 crowd, honorable mention to the Chevy Cruze.
"You ain't gotta like it cause the hood gon' love it"
-Jay Rock
I never knew why people considered these fast or dangerous until I got an SL AWD and it felt like it had 200+. Good lord.
It's all in the gearing. Even a versa feels kinda fast from a stop. But it has no balls over 50-60
200 horsepower isn't that much bro
I've got an 2004 Altima. For a car that size with just 150 hp, it somehow felt like it had some pep to it and of all the cars I've had, it's the easiest to squeal the tires. I'm not saying it honestly has good performance, but it seems to do it's best to fake it. Of course it had enough performance for me to lose control on a California highway, spinning it around three times before I slammed tail first into a concrete barrier. I got a half assed repair job, so I think I got my Big Altima Energy street cred.
That's exactly how I'd describe the feeling of driving my 03. Feels like the sumbitch has 300.
I’m at work running a rock truck and those knocks had me fucked up, I thought shit was breaking lol.
Yes😂 I was confused
Imagine spending $16k on a 2006 Altima. Some people are nuts.
I say this, both as a massive Nissan enthusiast and two-time Infiniti owner: Nissan made a massive mistake by putting the 3.5 V6 into the Altima.
A MASSIVE MISTAKE.
Why ????
@@terrenperezcar is way too fast for low cost. Inspires demon activity from people with even the lowest of credit scores.
@@terrenperezdespite being more fuel-efficient it's not as zippy as the previous models
Yeah… they messed up putting the 350z engine in it… gtfo.
This style of content is perfect. Just homies in a discord call hanging out talking bout cars. Just earned a sub this shit is fire.
The thing is, those SERs are an absolute steal. They hit 60 in like 5 something seconds and will run like 140+ back in the mid 2000s, and they’re super reliable. If they weren’t associated with the Altima stereotype they’d be consistent $13,000 today.
Saw an Altima use the emergency lane like if it was a regular lane going about 60mph when the traffic gridlocked on the 110fwy in downtown LA the other morning hahaha
I accidentaly found your guys channel and im hooked, i always get a good laugh out of these videos
Same! It was their video on...well, it was this video actually.
I drove an Altima SER. I loved that car.
The problem with the Altima is that Chevy stopped making cars. The people who used to buy Chevy Malibu's and Impalas flocked to the Altima ever since Chevy stopped making them.
My dad owned an SE growing up and all the ones I'm seeing on here have dash cracks in the same spots it's crazy 💀
The VQ35s in these were no joke though, even when paired with the CVT…
A friend of mine had a 2004 Altima until recently. Like all the others I see in the wild, the paint was fully degraded wherever the sun was hitting it. 3 out of the 4 plastic exterior door handles were broken off. When he picked me up, he had to reach over and open the door for me from inside. Interior was thrashed and filthy. But it got him from point A to point B, and on the weekends, point C. And yet, somehow, he ended up getting a decent amount when he traded it in to a used lot. It was, without a doubt, an car.
hey, off topic, GLEN BUXTON!!!!!!!!! nice, I worship Buxton, guy was a beast.
Got a 2017 3.5SL with 6 miles on it in black and I would not recommend it for a first time car owner. 277hp from the factory is faster than most cars on the road are willing to push themselves, so I could always stay about 15 mph ahead of highway traffic and know I had the pull power to overtake left lane campers. The car looks slow but it hauls ass. The CVT, while being notoriously unreliable, can get you from 55 on the entrance ramp of the freeway to 136 without sounding loud or feeling TOO fast in about 10 seconds. Teenage me abused the hell out of that car and it just kept begging for more. I love how smooth and low profile it feels, but it is way too much of a temptation to swim through lanes and speed for an undisciplined driver, especially since that fwd won’t lose traction unless you’re hydroplaning. I got 5 tickets in one year before I finally started driving it like a normal human being. Went from 16mpg to about 25 and the urge to speed still comes up from time to time but I fight every day to ignore it. I love the car but fr something about the way it’s constructed can bring the demon out of you and I fear it just as much as I love it. I have an 08 550i bmw 6 speed manual and i don’t feel anywhere close to the Level of impatience i do when I’m driving the Altima. It’s too easy to maneuver, too fast from the factory, and overall I think it’s one of the most slept on FWD cars of all time.
CCF single handedly saving me from a spiraling cycle of monotonous living, I thank you all ❤
i still have my 05 nissan sentra se-r that i bought brand new in 05. it's been a solid car, bought it as a daily commute vehicle and it's done the job.
Definitely a car of all time 💯💯🔥🔥🔥
I had my first kiss in the front seat of a Nissan Altima outside of my local mall when I was 16. Truly the moment of all time in the car of all time
No Altimas no Bullshit😂😂😂
all altimas all bullshit
Damn I didn't even think about that
The Altima and the 2008 grey impala with the missing hubcap on the driver’s side front are my worst fears on the road. 😂
"helltima" or "altnasty" for you hood educated folk.
the most feared driver of all the highway.
insurance companies have night terrors about them.
I drove one as a rental and did 120 all the way to pitsburg on a 4 hour road trip. It does something to you man, i like classical but the car changed it to ganster rap and i found i was wearing colors and holding a glock with an extendo and switch on it.
Was in traffic yesterday and some stooge in an Altima both tried to cut me off and almost hit my car. Thanks Big Altima
Now that Grand Prixs are falling off the road since they haven't been made in over a decade, the Altima has risen up to take its place as the reckless poor people car. As a former Grand Prix GT owner, I can't help but want an Altima lol
Grand prixs don't die. The AC breaks and they all develop the same burnt plastic smell but they RULE
@@voiceofreason2674 Yeah they do, they die all the time. The engines don't die but the rest of the car does lol
80’s/90’s/00’s GM cars will run like dogshit longer than a BMW/Audi/Jaguar/Mini/Volkswagen will run at all. Buick 3800 V6/60° V6/LS + TurboHydromatic/Tremec Manual Gearbox is not a bad powertrain, reliability wise
I have never watched a youtube video thats been filmed in this
format, this is awesome
14:50 just ran to the front door so fkn fast 🙃🙃🙃🙃
The surround was a little bit too good there, I thought someone was tapping on a window or something.
Rented a 2015 Altima to drive from Wisconsin to Cape Cod. It was brand new with 39 miles on it. Drove straight through without stopping and my back wasn't even sore. Most comfortable car I've ever driven, it's definitely a great highway cruiser.
I have a Altima with a 6 speed but it's not a SE-R unfortunately I wish it was but I have done a lot of work to try to get it to the SE-R level I have only lost 1 street race to an Infinity G6 turbo so I'm not really mad it's definitely been a great car it never left me stranded very reliable and I would buy it again all over again
those knocks got my ass 😂😂😂
thought i was trippin
Same
The official car of I’m a strong independent woman that don’t need no man for anything with my 500 FICO score, 3 kids from 3 different baby daddies paying me child support, a HUD rent voucher, and SNAP benefit card 🤡🤡
I miss my 06 3.5 SE, bought it new and put 205,000 HARD but trouble free miles on it. Drove it like I stole it every day.
That being said, my tuned Alltrack is a better car all around, more comfortable, practical, quicker, more modern, better handling, AWD, more of a sleeper.
Nissan used to be great. But in this time period, many brands had cars with bigger engines from higher models. Every model had multiple engines. Nowadays your choice is turbo 4. Or turbo 4.
The “5.5” gen (2001-2003) maxima came with the same drivetrain, but also could be optioned with an HLSD. With good tires, they put down a near 5.9 second 0-60 and are fun as hell to throw down the canyon. It’s no 350z, but it will carry more bitches than one.
including the driver
Still fwd tho?
@@drwombat Yeah, with the exception of the 1st generation (1981-1984), all maximas were FWD. It’s a fun car regardless of its layout.
The 96 - 99s are still serious on the road I had one for 8 yrs & barely had problems with it . The older Maxima's still will give newer cars a run for their money when tuned properly.
@@robertcamble3543 For sure, they are proven platforms reliability wise, I personally think the 1st and 4th generations look the best. Only issue with the previous gens is really just the transmissions. The 6 speeds in the 5.5 gen could handle 500-600 whp given you upgrade the synchros. Can’t speak on the old 5 speeds though.
I just picked one of these up for $1800, SL model 3.5L, 120k, fun car. I guess I don't get the hate, they are nice daily drivers, provided they are well maintained. And dude, those knocks, fuck...I was watching this 2am, scared the shit out of me.
1:45 AM, thought some mofo’s were shooting outside. 😂
It’s not the car people hate it’s the type of people that drive them.
As an SER owner this is the best video I've seen in a long time, also its a shame these cars where so slept on they are super fun especially with the 6 speed!
My buddy had one years ago with a intake, y pipe and exhaust and it was fast back then. It’s a good good and the SER was so cool!
I never knew Altima's had this stigma. I've owned two in my lifetime and both were great. An '02 auto 2.5L SL that I had for 4 years until I sold it when I moved across the country. Then I bought a 3.5L manual SL when I had to take my '99 S15 off the road because some jackass did a hit and run and destroyed my front bumper.
Most terrible drivers dont realize how bad they are…. Case and point.
I had an 03, treated that thing like total garbage and it kept on truckin. So bland it was basically invisible to police, smoked a ton of weed in that car. Everything was easy to fix yourself and if it didn't get written off for reasons beyond mine or its control, I'd still be driving that thing to do this day. What a machine.
I can hear the excessively loud rap music being blasted from all these
Grape soda enthusiasts would enjoy this episode
Haha racism is so hilarious
@@junyaiwasebro’s using 90s racist jokes 😂
@@uncleguike Always in style. Like matching my timberlines to my black face paint.
It's grape drink, smh
@@hirepikepower36actually it’s grape drank smh
My brother had son a 06 SE. that car was definitely special for its time.
Lost one of the hub caps due to hydroplaning so i removed the other 3 to match. it feels good knowing i never have to fear anyone breaking into my car since altima with no hub caps is seen as having nothing of value inside
Just found your channel I like your format 😅😂
I have a 2002 Altima SE V-6 with manual trans. In 2012 I put headers down pipe, cat delete, res delete. Run a cherry bomb instead of the res. magna flow race mufflers, intake and home made ram air. coil overs and a custom ash tray, looks like shit but gets it. Had it on the dyno a few years ago, 249 to the wheels.
This sure is gonna piss off some folks in a certain facebook group.
Thank you for your service fellas.
I totally thought someone was knocking on my door too. I laughed so hard i cried
15:05
I'm laying sideways in bed listening to this and the roof slopes above my bed in such a way I thought the knocking came from the roof. Man, those fight instincts kicked in fast lmao
I just went into Walmart. Altima was going down the wrong direction of the parking aisle. Clapped out. Bad paint. Aftermarket rims. And the driver was of a particular demographic.
don't go to wal-mart!
Negative credit score?
I want an Altima now. New tuner trend is making your Altima look like how daily driver altimas always look. $2,000 dented carbon fiber back door but only one. Plastic chipped grey hubcaps that clip in over bbs wheels on coilovers. Rub grease behind the headlights but also have some MASSIVE front mount that is visible cause the splitter disguised as a cracked bumper is hanging off
Tf are you talking about 😂
@@Fleadabomb99 that’s my build. Altima build. Seemed obvious to me when I wrote it but it’s done now and I’m BUSSIN down the block in all your towns
When the car debuted in 2003 it won car of the year on automobile magazine.
The funniest thing about the image at 23:28 is the gauge cluster is from a Honda Accord. And honestly, what is the Honda Accord but the rich man's Altima?
I started freaking out with those knocks while watching this 💀
Stomach ache. Headache been bored all day blood sugars way too. This. This is what I need right now
Drink your water king
first video I have watched by you guys, won't be the last
14:50 i only use 1 ear with my headphones with mono audio and that knocking still sounds very real.
everytime i see an altima I STAY AWAY. the most dangerous drivers by far and they dont care about anyone but themselves. yes you in the comments with an altima, im talking bout YOU. slow tf down
The problem is that they're really not bad cars. Sure the VQ is kind of terrible after 100k, and the CVT will fail 5 miles out of warranty. But past that, they're decent. It's just this car is the car of choice for peak poor activities and I don't even really know why that is.
No CVT's on this generation (02-06)
@@PotatoNuts no, but meaning more Altimas in general.
I randomly found this video, I'm glad I did, it made my day , thank you 😅😅😅
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In 2017, I bought a 2000 Altima, had 184k. Only problem I had was when the 2 cooling fans stopped working and it got so hot it blew the top off the radiator tank. New radiator and salvage fans repaired it. Expected the head gasket to fail but it never did. Put 20,000 miles on it in 2 years. At that point you could put the drivetrain in a new car and not know the difference. Still regret trading it.
I saw an Altima one time, which happened to belong to a friend of mine, which had the bottom creases at the sides of the hump on the hood scratched off to bare metal. I referred to it as the Voldemort nostrils.
Netgear trailing off because of those knocks was hilarious
I love the commentary, these guys make laugh my ass off shot out to Altima Gang AG
As a dude who drives a 2005 Nissan Altima SE 3.5L, I love it and it is a great daily driver.
When I see one of these in my rear view i get the fuck out of the way. I thought it was just me.
It has the right sh!tbox ingredients. Cheap, spacious, and very well built (robust). It's cheap enough that ppl who don't have money to maintain cars can still afford it. It's well built enough to keep running even when you abuse and neglect it. It's big enough that ppl who can buy only one car can use it. And the performance isn't the worst.
Yoooo at 14:51 those knocks had me questioning life, got my surround sound bumpin and it sounded like it came from down my hall, THEN at my front door…. Definitely had me thinking about the Glock until one of you mentioned it 😳😳🤣
I drive hundreds of miles a week for my job. From interstates to state highways all the way down to residential and country backroads. I give the right of way to emergency vehicles, tractor trailers and damn Nissans. Most dangerous FAFO mobile.