<div dir="ltr">Sad to hear. I had a saved e-mail from Zak. RIP.<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 10:19:09 -0700<br>From: "Zak Nilsson" <<a href="mailto:Zak.Nilsson@latimes.com">Zak.Nilsson@latimes.com</a>><br>Subject: Why the SE-R is great<br><br>I'd like to take a moment now to reflect on why the SE-R is a great car.<br><br>We all know C&D had the 91-94 SE-R in its Top 10 list for all 4 years of its<br>production, we know most of the car mags had good things to say about it. What<br>is it about the SE-R that makes it as desirable as it is?<br><br>Well I've been driving our 94 Q45 for a little over a week now (just out of<br>choice, not necessity) and I've realized a few things that I had been taking for<br>granted. The SE-R is a sweet-handling car. Right out of the box it's tight and<br>controllable, and it's a joy to push through corners. It's a peppy car. Nobody<br>here can say the SE-R is a truly fast car (stock), but it's darn quick. The<br>torque has a lot to do with it, and the gearing. For whatever reason, Nissan<br>really nailed it with this one. Throttle tip-in is very rewarding, and more so<br>when the timing is advanced to 17, which is still within factory spec.<br><br>The SE-R is light and you can really tell. The Q weighs about 3800 lbs or so.<br>Even though it's faster 0-60 than the SE-R it doesn't necessarily feel like it.<br>The weight is another reason it's nimble and fun in corners as well. The<br>interior is sparse but functional, and you get goodies like the limited slip and<br>those excellent seats as factory equipment.<br><br>It's hard to describe what it's like to anybody that hasn't driven one, but<br>there's a lot more to the SE-R than just the numbers. It feels like the SE-R is<br>making the best of what it has, using 100% of its capabilities. There's a lot of<br>intangibles that add up to a great driving experience, like engine sound,<br>seating position, the feel of the shifter...<br><br>I've been asking myself over the past week why I'm still driving an SR20 car. I<br>bought my NX2000 brand new in May of 1993 and I've been driving an SR20 ever<br>since. My Classic needs some maintenance, it still has a cold hesitation<br>problem, it's got a rattle or two, the brakes are problematic (the rotors are<br>grooved to hell), my 3rd brake light has a short...and our Q45 is just about<br>perfect, only 40k miles, no rattles, no problems at all. When I got into my<br>Classic to go to work today I figured I would be disappointed with the rattle,<br>brakes, etc.<br><br>To my surprise, I found myself wondering why I hadn't been driving the SE-R<br>instead of the Q. Turn the stereo up so I can't hear the rattle, and I'm<br>enjoying my commute much more than I did in the Q. I welcomed the<br>responsiveness, the willingness to rev, the tight handling, the point-and-shoot<br>qualities of the SE-R. Even in 5th gear it feels like it just wants to go, and<br>that's something you can't say about many 4-bangers at all.<br><br>There's just something that feels right about the SE-R (and the NX2000), even if<br>I can't accurately describe it or even define it. I'm sure most of you know what<br>I'm talking about. In any case, I feel like I made the right choice when I<br>decided to get an SE-R after I wrecked my NX. I would gladly have gotten another<br>NX too, but I couldn't find one in my price range at the time so I got the SE-R<br>instead.<br><br>It's funny...my NX was a hell of a lot faster, but even a stock SE-R is a great<br>car. I guess sometimes you just have to put it in perspective. :)<br><br>Just ramblin',<br><br>Zak Nilsson<br>Classic<br></blockquote></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 1:58 PM Lawrence Weeks <<a href="mailto:lweeks@anabasis.net">lweeks@anabasis.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I'm sad to report that I learned Zak has passed away, after battling cancer. RIP Zak.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Stay well everybody.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Larry</div></div>
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