Category Archives: cars

2008 Nissan Altima: My thoughts after 22,000 miles.

It’s been a while since I wrote about my first ever new car, my 2008 Nissan Altima 2.5S. As of this writing it has 21,920 miles, and so far I haven’t had a single power train failure or even minor … Continue reading

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The Old, The New and The End?

, originally uploaded by Talal Al-Mtn. Interesting photo and processing from a Flickr contact.

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Best Burnout Ever?!

Watch the entire video to fully appreciate this burnout.

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Last day to enter Ford’s “I’m Driving One!” contest.

I just found out about Ford’s “I’m Driving One!” sweepstakes.  Of course today is the last day to enter the contest, but the more people I get to sign up to Drive One! (click the text link at the bottom … Continue reading

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Are gas prices killing you? Winning a 2009 Civic Hybrid could help.

Charter Communications is running a contest and giving away a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid to the winner. That is a $24,000 car that gets up to 45 mpg on the highway, has a 160 watt stereo system, USB audio interface, … Continue reading

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2008 Nissan Altima: My thoughts after 6000 miles.

Yesterday I went over 6000 miles on my 2008 Nissan Altima and thought now would be a good time to expand on my past reviews of the car.  Not much has changed which bodes well for the car, considering I’ve … Continue reading

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Styling: Continuing the review of my 2008 Altima.

This is just one post in a series of posts I’ve done in review of my 2008 Nissan Altima. Here I’m going to include a couple pictures of my Altima and some thoughts on the styling. Pictures do the car … Continue reading

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2008 Nissan Altima: Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT)

Quite possibly the biggest reason I chose the 2008 Nissan Altima over the Honda Accord was the 6 speed Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) in the Altima. I test drove the Altima first, and after experiencing the smoothest shifting car I’ve … Continue reading

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2008 Nissan Altima: Intelligent Key System

My new Altima just went over 1000 miles yesterday morning. To celebrate I wanted to talk about another feature that made the Altima stand out from other similar cars, the Intelligent Key system. The first thing you’ll notice about this … Continue reading

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Tail lights on the new 2008 Nissan Altima.

There are a lot of things (probably more posts too) I like about the new 2008 Nissan Altima, the tail lights being one of them. I know that must seem stupid to most people, including my wife. I’m a car … Continue reading

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