Drove 2008 Altima:

[cwerdna]

Originally Posted by Tideland Prius

cwerdna, maybe it's cause your mum's Altima is new? I remember my Prius would shake violently when it shut down when it was new. It was kinda unnerving but of course now it's a lot smoother.

You're talking about the rough ICE shutdown on the Prius? It's still kinda rough on my Prius after >29K miles. However, on the Prius, the rough shutdowns were only as was I stopping/coming to a stop, never speeds above 20 mph.

I forget how many miles are on my mom's NAH now. It's definitely over 1K, possibly 2K now.

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by cwerdna

You're talking about the rough ICE shutdown on the Prius? It's still kinda rough on my Prius after >29K miles. However, on the Prius, the rough shutdowns were only as was I stopping/coming to a stop, never speeds above 20 mph.

I forget how many miles are on my mom's NAH now. It's definitely over 1K, possibly 2K now.

Yeah I'm talking about the rough shut downs. It's quite smooth right now (82,000km+) but not as smooth as the Camry Hybrid when new (the test drive ones).

[hobbit]

The NAH is almost *exactly* like the Prius in its powertrain
construction and operation, only bigger. The numbers and
thresholds for what state you wind up in are identical,
witness the 42 mph thing among the more obvious ones. The
entire driveline's design IP is licensed from Toyota so that
Nissan would have *something* to offer without having to dance
around the other designs that were already out there. They
chose wisely, albeit making the result a bit of a power-wagon.
.
_H*

[Genoz World]

here is my "two centavos" on the hybrids out there.

before i bought the prius, i drove the nissan altima hybrid, honda civic hybrid and for "Sheets and giggles" i drove the ford escape hybrid. my conclusions are that all the mentioned vehicles has it's own advantages here and there.

the reason i bought the toyota prius is that it's the ONLY car that when you say PRIUS, it's ALWAYS a hybrid.......then, and the most important reason, i wanted a vehicle that had the best mpg rating.......if i was going to go green, might as well go all the way green.

again, my two cents only.

[Dipena]

I test drove an Altima hybrid. And I'm glad, because if I hadn't, I wouldn't have known how great the Prius was. It's a fairly small sedan and the trunk is teeny-tiny. Add that to the poorer MPG vs. the Prius, and there was no comparison for me. When I test drove the Prius after the Altima H, I also found the Prius more enjoyable to drive.

The Altima H I drove was only on the lot through a fluke (it was a NH dealer and they don't sell the Altima H for some reason) and they said they'd give it to me for $26K. It had cloth seats. I bought my Prius 2008 package 6 for the same price a couple of weeks later.

[Tideland Prius]

small? It's just as big as the Camry.

[cwerdna]

For me, if my Prius (w/CA HOV stickers) somehow got totaled, if I didn't want to buy a used Prius esp. one w/carpool lane stickers, I'd seriously consider the Altima Hybrid partly cuz of its price after tax credit.

As I've mentioned, I've driven my mom's NAH a bunch of times and it's definitely quieter and a lot more powerful. I'd be willing to sacrifice some fuel economy in return for that.

[pdhenry]

Originally Posted by cwerdna

it's definitely quieter and a lot more powerful. I'd be willing to sacrifice some fuel economy in return for that.

And thus begins the slippery slope.