Which car is better to buy especialy after I hear this scary tranny recall on 2003 acura Tl.
2004 Nissan Maxima, 2003 Acura Tl Type s, 2005 Honda accord or 2003 Infinity G35?

Thanks

 

You are asking on a Acura forum....Obviously all of us have chose to go with the TL. Anyways, the tranny recall is only on SOME of the 03 tl's, not all.
If you ask me, the tl is a dressed up accord, honda makes acuras. I have never been a fan of Nissans so I cant really help you there....

However, the TL that you are looking at is the sport package, which to me is a complete beast. I personally love the way that the s drives over any other car on the road. The tl is a very solid car, if have had no issues in 77,xxx miles with the exception os the torque converter that was replaced under warranty.

 

g35... is it a coupe? if so my 1st pick would be the g, 2nd tl, 3rd maxima

 

get the 02 max (in manual), imo. looks a whole lot better and more aftermarket support. but an 05 accord 6spd coupe is my vote

 

05 accord

 

 

agreed with rajca on the maxima...the 02-03 came in 6spd and looked a lot better than their little brothers. i would put that first unless the g35 was a coupe

 

g35 would be my first choice followed by the 6spd accord

 

i personally would not own any nissan product, honda has much better build quality and craftsmanship and a far lower defect rate

 

^except for the 00-04/5 tl auto trans and 01-03 cl auto trans, also shitty motor mounts. it far easier to get a maxima into the 13's than to do it to a tl/cl

 

99tl has trans issues to, sure it may be at a lower defect rate then the years after but the bottom line is its still there so include 99 as well

 

I say G35>TL>Accord>Maxima.

And agree with the rest. The 02-03 Maximas look ALOT better than the 04+.

 

yes, but every auto will have issues sooner or later. just the 99 last 3-4 times longer then the 5spd

 

I'd go with the G, follwed by the Maxima



....TL tranny's cause heartbreak. fact

 

I'd go with the G35, coupe or sedan it doesn't matter. G35's are strong and well built compared to Nissan and Acura/Honda. 2nd pick would be the Maxima, 3rd would be the TL-S, and 4th would be the Accord. If I could go back in time and took the time to look around for more better cars, I would've chosen the G35 but most were not in my price range ($9000-) But, as a first time car, who would complain much about a TL-S? (:

 

Thanks all of you for the input. I am going with

1) G35
2) Maxima
3) Accord

 

Umm..isn't the G35 coupe the same thing as the 350Z which is from Nissan? I don't get how they're more "well-built" when they're essentially the same car.

 

My bad.. I meant to compare Infiniti/Nissan to Acura/Honda. Infiniti is better than Nissan as Acura is better than Honda, Lexus > Toyota, and so on.. that's what I meant. But then again, it all depends on your budget.

 

I would go with the G35,Acura TL-s, Maxima, then Accord.

 

first off do you want a fwd or a rwd?
manual or automatic?
sedan or coupe?
cause they are all good vehicles it depends what you want cause 3 of them are front wheel and one rear wheel that you can get in all wheel.

 

Accord with a 6 speed, followed by the G35

 

I wouldn't get an '03 G35, especially if it has more than 70K mi.

An 05 and up is the way to go for the G35, they had some issues.

 

G35

 

G35 coupe, 6mt, rwd or awd take your pic. I wouldn't get a TL-S. Have you considered an 03 Acura CL-S in 6MT? Very reliable and no tranny issues.

 

I could not disagree more.

I would go with the G35 first, the Accord Second, TLs 3rd and the 04 Maxima last. If the Maxima was an 03 or 02 I would choose that 3rd.

 

We're not as biased as the forum would make us seem. We all have owned an Acura at one point or another, so all we're going to do is tell you what we think based on our experiences with each car. Obviously, you'll hear more about the TL. But I think Car Talk has a lot of car enthusiasts, not Acura gomers.

 

I'm on an Acura board and never owned an Acura (and probably never will now that they lost their minds).

I would get the Maxima.

 

I used to be a Nissan fan from back in the day I bought the then new 1989 240SX and then I bought my 2003 Pathfinder... I think they suck now. They are pretty good for 5 years or so and then everything will fall apart. Engine gaskets, oil cooler line, AC line, ball joints, complete exhaust, blower resistor... I'm forgetting stuff now because I plunked $21k cash to buy it out at the end of lease with an extended warranty (not much was actually covered) and I want to forget one of my worst car decisions. I talked to the mechanics and they said all these are well known issues with Nissans. My inlaws had Maxima's and G35's with lots of these issues as well.

So, I'd recommend the Accord for a used car.

 

Do your research first...then speak.

You are very wrong.





Sigh, just another worthless thread full of dumbasses sent over here from the TL forum because they don't what to do with them over there.

 

There are known issues with Hondas, too.

Its all owner experience. I have a 15 year old Pathfinder with over 205k and its rock solid.

 

Yes, I never said Hondas have no issues. Its all a question of degree, and my owner experience matches the published reliability scores.

Your experience with your Pathfinder doesn't necessarily contradict my experience. My 89 240SX was trouble free except for a recall for scratching of the power windows. Not bad for a 1st year model.

And of specific note, my Pathinder is from the Ghosn years, where I suspect cost-cutting also cut into engineering quality. Pre-Ghosn Nissan may not have been profitable, but the quality was better.

 

Maxima or G35

Whenever these TL threads get moved here.....it reminds me why I never venture over there.

 

g35,accord,tl and max. But different years i would pick the '04+ TL, '08 g35, '09 max and '09 accord. They all look sweet and i would go with either.

 

Maxima or G, whichever is in better condition and has lower miles. Plus you have to decide if you need fwd or rwd. The accord is awesome, i'm just not a gan of the styling from that gen. As far as the TL, stay away. The 99-03 TL's are notorious for tranny failure. For every 1 that doesnt fail, there are 10 that do.

 

if you like the 6th gen maxima, get the 07-08 or at the very least an 05-06, 04 had some issues.

 

They all have issues, so pick your poison.

03 TL-S is almost guaranteed to have transmission problems.
05 AV6 might be OK, but the torque converters haven't been too reliable either.

I'm not familiar with the 04 Maxima. My former neighbor had one and it didn't give him any problems. As for the G35, they seem to be OK. My friend works on them out of his garage and he hasn't seen any major issues with them. The 03-04 models do wear out brakes very quickly though.

 

max or g35

 

02-03 Max > G35 Sedan.

G35 Sedan > 04 Max

 

Same platform (FM) and same drivetrain (VQ35) Sure they're different in purpose, and exterior and interior styling, and the G is a bit bigger but otherwise...

 

I was looking at a 5.5 gen Maxima when I was looking for my car, and I liked the maxima a lot. I chose to go with the Accord because it felt a lot better to me. I thought interior quality was top-notch (aside from the rattles) and was fun to drive for a four-cylinder family sedan. And keep in mind that the 05 V6 auto Accords had some problems as well, though not as much. I'd go with the G35 or Maxima, however it depends on the specific car you're looking for, i.e. year, transmission, coupeor sedan, etc. We could be of much more help then