Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Mel Magazine has an article that reads like a sponsored post for Nissan: "We All Live In Fear Of Nissan Drivers"

There's plenty of vicious shots at the brand (and lots of embeds), but:

it seems there is a very potent stigma against Nissans — and above all, against the Nissan Altima, a model produced since 1992 — as emblems of vehicular folly. There’s even a subreddit, r/NissanDrivers, that exists to catalogue the alleged sins of Nissan owners: They make illegal turns, total their cars while street racing and seem possessed by a death wish.   

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TikTok has also savaged Nissan Altimas and the supposedly reckless, irresponsible, show-offy drivers said to be piloting them. Quite a few videos stage a typical encounter: You’re driving 80 or 100 miles an hour, only to be shocked when a Nissan zooms past, probably with their speakers on full-blast. A Nissan is never not “hauling ass,” as they say, and isn’t bound by the ordinary rules of traffic. It’s simply built differently. It was made to go rogue. 

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He notes that a lot of Nissan GT-R drivers “are weirdos and criminals, but that’s a high-end supercar” and “doesn’t really count” in a discussion of mid-size sedans.