Hi, Guest
12-15-2014, 07:42 AM
Not sure if above comment was serious, wrong thread? Was the Mercury Villager minivan manufactured and sold by Ford nothing more than a rebadged variant of the Nissan Quest? That should make the Sentra SE-R Spec V at least a distant second cousin.
Several years ago I test drove a used Spec V. Just after I jerked the car into motion, the salesman asked if I had ever driven a standard (the engagement point was quite low). Went through the gears, found sixth just a little stiff to get into. Coming back via a curvy set of S-bends I braked, blipped the throttle and downshifted at the same time. "Okay, he said, you have driven a standard before."
Might have bought it too, except the air conditioner was luke-cool, not cold, the driver's side power window did not work (neither did the remote mirror, nor the remote door lock). I never checked further, but I suspect the car had been T-boned on the driver side and the repairs were not complete.
Several years ago I test drove a used Spec V. Just after I jerked the car into motion, the salesman asked if I had ever driven a standard (the engagement point was quite low). Went through the gears, found sixth just a little stiff to get into. Coming back via a curvy set of S-bends I braked, blipped the throttle and downshifted at the same time. "Okay, he said, you have driven a standard before."
Might have bought it too, except the air conditioner was luke-cool, not cold, the driver's side power window did not work (neither did the remote mirror, nor the remote door lock). I never checked further, but I suspect the car had been T-boned on the driver side and the repairs were not complete.