Tā kā ir pienākusi ilgi gaidītā dižķibele un mēs visi meklējam iespēju ietaupīt un cenšamies meklēt preces, kas plauktos ir zem milzīga uzraksta NOCENOTS. Es pēdējo nedēļu esmu cītigi taupijis un esmu iepircies tikai MAXIMĀ pērkot preces, kas akcijā. Protams kā kārtīgs latvietis centīšos Jums izstāstīt savas subjektīvās domas un garšas izjūtu ēdot visus šos brīnumus.
Nu tad aidā dodamies iekšā Maximā, mana apmeklētā maxima ir krievu apsēsta un atrodas vienā no Rīgas guļamrajoniem, pēc izskata nekāda ar vieu X un netīrība veikalā un vietējo urlu sarunas liek domāt par atentātu, bet ne par to ir stāsts. Pirmais un grūtākais ir iegādāties Paldies karti, kas arī pierādīs cik es varu ietaupīt, karte maksā 1ls, bet izskaidrot Svetlanai, kam latviešu valoda nav draugos, arī krievu valoda ir diezgan švaka, pa manam vieglāk šo karti būtu nopirkt pie šimpanzes, bet nu kam negadās kļūdīties un izrādās ka manā krajā tā ir SPASIBA KARTA. Šoreiz piedāvāšu pāris labāko preču aprakstus un to subjektīvos novērtējumus līdz 5 zvaigznēm, novērtēšu PALDIES kartes derīgumu! Nu tad sākam

1.Pelmeņi Nostaļģija
Ja viens kg pelmeņu maksā gandrīz latu lētāk kā pārējie brāļi pelmeņi, tad tai jābūt Ūber atlaidei vai arī tas vienkārši ir draņķīgs produkts. Pēc iepakojuma pelmeņi kā pelmeņi neko laikam jau nav ko gaidīt. Tā kā mans gatavotais ēdiens vienmēr ir negaršīgs tad palūdzu, lai draudzene pagatavo, jo ēst gan viņa māk taisīt labi. Intervēju gatavošanas laikā un saņemu atbildi, ka vāras kā parasti pelmeņi, otru pusi lūdzu, lai man sacep līdzi uz darbu, jo testā jānomēģina abi veidi. Pēc 10 minutēm, kas ir pagājušas klausoties pazemojjošus nostāstus par idiotiem kas nemāk vārīt pelmeņus un maniem naiviem smaidiem un galvas mājieniem, kaa tie tiešām nav normāli, bet tad beidzot pienāk brīdis kad 30 pelmeņi guļ manā un 20 draudzenes šķīvī. Ieliekot mutē saprotu ka mīkla ir kā visiem pelmeņiem, bet tad sekoja pārsteiguma mirklis, gaļa bija šķidra, kā draņķīga maltās gaļas mērce, garšoja gan tīri ok, bet gaļas agregrāt stāvoklis mulsināja. Nākamajā dienā darbā ēdot pusdienas sapratu ka arī ceptajiem pelmeņiem gaļa gan ir drusku cietāka, bet tāpat šķidra. Sapratu kāpēc šie pelmeņi ir uz pusi lētāki par citiem, tas tāpēc ka nav gaļas bet ir putriņa.
NOVĒRTĒJUMS:**
REZUMĒJUMS: Pelmeņi pensionāriem, kam ar zobiem švaki lai nav jākož, dīvaiņi var gaļu izsūkt pa salmiņu, bet es labāk maksāšu vairāk, bet ēdīšu ar normālu gaļu. Pieļauju ka varbūt trāpiju sliktu paku, bet tas manu latu man atpakaļ neatdos
PALDIES KARTE: Ietaupu 16 sanchikus tas ir kruta!

2. Skābā krējuma izstrādājums Optima līnija 30%

Gāju vēl viduskolā kad redzēju ka 30% skābais krējumns maksā 29 santīmi, nu kā var neņemt. Iepakojums dīvains govis aizdomīgi atgadina stopētājus ar spaini, bet nu nav ko piesieties galvenais taču ir garša. Krējumu lietoju kopā ar šķidrajiem pelmeņiem. Nu ko lai saku- kādi pelmeņi tāds krējums, man liekas aizdomīgi ka 30% krējums pēc šķidruma pakāpes līdzinas draņķīgam pienam, pēc garšas arī tur ir tālu līdz 30% krējumam, drīzāk tāds piens ar sāli. Nezinu kādu mērķauditoriju mēģina piesaistīt ražotājs, bet produktu ar gaiem zobiem ēd kaķis, kas beigās pat uzmeta manu piedāvājumu un pazuda. Suns gan labrāt pabeidza paciņu, bet man liekas ka tas man tāds dīvainis gadijies- ēd visu, laikam tāpēc tāds tukls.
NOVĒRTĒJUMS:*
REZUMĒJUMS: Nu arī taupīšanai ir savas robežas, šito tak nedrīkst dot cilvēkiem pirkt, pēc garšas draņķīgs plus vēl šķidrs, mērķauditorija cilvēkiem, kas aizraujas ar vājēšanu no šitā piena resns nepaliksi.Tie kas ēduši īstu krējumu- piemēram, Lazdonas sapratīs.
PALDIES KARTE: 5 SANCHIKI IETAUPĪTI- KAS TU NEESI!

3.Baltie salāti
Ilgi rēķināju un sapratu, ka mājās taisot sanāks dārgāk, palūdzu tantei lai pieliek man tādu vidēju trauciņu, pielika ar, paskatījos uz cenu sapratu, ka centis laikam arī svaru noskalojis jo par normālu porciju tur pat 50 kapekas nesanāk. Ar trīcošu roku mājās ķeros pie testēšanas un pārsteidzošā kārtā atklāju, ka garšo pat labi, draudzene gan atsakās pagaršot, jo saskatījusies reklāmas par hepatītu uzskata, ka šitie salāti nav tīri.
NOVĒRTĒJUMS:****
REZUMĒJUMS: Nu pat ūdens garša nebija un ja man pietika ar 46 santīmiem, tad pa 2 ls te vesela celtnieku brigāde pieliksies ka pakustēt nevarēs.
PALDIES KARTE: Pirmais akmens Paldies dārziņā, tikai pēc pirkuma uzzinu, ka 20 naudiņas varu dabūt tikai pa 1kg, a nafig es tos salātus pirku, man tikai naudinas kartē interesēja.

4. Atdzesētas krabju nūjiņas Atlantik

Pērc vienu otrs pa brīvu man vienmēr ir paticis tāpēc šoreiz pa 60 sančikiem dabūju 2 pakas, liekas jau aizdomīgi, bet gan jau atkal pats sevi čakarēju. Pēc darba atnākot mājās draudzene saka ka tās nūjiņas ir vecas, jo smird pēc kaltētiem kalmāriem, pasmaržoju un saprotu ka smird vēl pretīgāk. Domāju ka esmu zirgā atkorķēju aliņu un domāju ka būs ok, tā bija mana 2. kļūda smirdēja labāk kā garšoja, jo garša bija nekāda briesmīgi sausas un tādas bezgaršīgas, tas pats kas jūrmalā aļģes sarīties, paēdis neesi bet smirdi trakāk kā līķis. Mans rijīgais suns atteicās lietot šo produktu uzturā, tas arī noteica, ka nūjiņas tiešām ir draņķīgas, kaķi gan nūjiņas uzbudināja sāka brēkt kā traks, bet ēst nenāca tik izkāvās ar mani un aizvilkās gulēt. Otru paku pat neataiīju abas izsviedu ārā, pēdējā reiza kad pērku nūjiņas 2 par vienas cenu.

NOVĒRTĒJUMS: :down:
REZUMĒJUMS: Nu nez vai krīzes laikā jāindē tauta, šito leiši paši varat ēst!
PALDIES KARTE: Nu ne sūda nedabūju

5. kONFEKŠU KĀRBA ” Asorti Rīga”

NU cepuri nost 99 sanchiki un garša normāla nav nekas sakaltis, pat šokolādes smarža. Iepirku ap 5 kastēm, kad esi aizmirsis kādu jubileju izvelc nos skapja kasti ar konfektēm un staro it kā speciāli šim paākumam butu saldumu kārbu iegādājies.
NOVĒRTĒJUMS: *****
REZUMĒJUMS: Šitā ir akcija ka silda sird dižķibeles laikā, jo biežāk būs akcijā lielas smukas konfekšu kastes jo biežāk iegriezīšos MAXIMĀ.
PALDIES KARTE: Nepietiek ka končas pa 99 sančiki vēl 10 naudiņas dabūju

6. Cauruļvadu aizsērējumu izšķīdināšanas līdzeklis Zoluska KROT
Nosaukums tik smieklīgs ka nenožēloju 0.17 santīmus lai cīnītos ar virtuves izlietnes nikiem, diemžēl testu veikt neizdevās jo ataisot to paciņu vaļā izlēju substanci uz grīdas, da lai ar līst, tā pat smieklīgs nosaukums
NOVĒRTĒJUMS:-
REZUMĒJUMS: NAV
PALDIES KARTE: Atkal tukšā

7. Saulespuķu sēklas Yes 1+1
Nenopirku bet novērtēju, ka maxima domā arī par urlām 0.25 santīmi par 2 pakām + 0.89 pa 2l optimas tumsho un pasākums korpusā var sākties. Smēķus gan jau nostreļīs.

Tas arī šoreiz būtu viss. Nedēlas laikā esmu atpelnījis Paldies karti, bet laikam tomēr tāpat turpināšu iepirkties Rimi, jo atmosfēra veikalā vairāk saistās ar kādu labošanas iestādi nevis lielveikalu.
Tiem kam nepatika varat nelasīt, esmu subjektīvs un nepažēloju pat brāļu leišu veikalu tīklu.

Par raksta izlasīšanu Jūs savās PALDIES kartēs saņemsiet 10 naudiņas. PALDIES!!!

Llego el clásico y La Pena Máxima lo cubre a la perfección, siempre con los mejores invitados y el máximo análisis futbolístico, nos preparamos para el esperado Barça-Real Madrid con las entrevistas a personas dentro del ambiente, son dos partes pero vaya que valen la pena xD tambien hablamos un poquito de los mundiales xD y suempre con la mejor banda sonora.

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Maxima est un outil de calcul formel, emacs un éditeur de texte et LaTeX un langage de programmation pour obtenir de magnifiques documents. Quel est l’intérêt d’unir ces trois logiciels? Celle de profiter des calculs du logiciel Maxima puis d’obtenir ces calculs sous forme utilisable sous LaTeX.

Dans la galerie d’images suivantes sont présentées diverses photos d’écran d’emacs utilisant maxima. Pour les afficher en plein écran, cliquer sur FS. On se déplace avec les flèches sur les images ou en cliquant sur les miniatures. Le bouton i affiche le volet d’informations sur l’image en cours (son titre).

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Sommaire

• Installation sous Linux
• Installation sous Windows
• Utilisation

Installation sous Linux

On installe le logiciel maxima (et ses dépendances) à l’aide des dépôts Ubuntu avec la commande

sudo apt-get install maxima

On télécharge l’archive suivante imaxima.tar.gz ou une version plus récente ici.

On installe cette archive avec les commandes suivantes

tar zxvf imaxima-imath-1.0.tar.gz
cd imaxima-imath-1.0/
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

On télécharge le fichier suivant breqn097a.zip ou une version plus récente ici.

On installe cette extension LaTeX

unzip breqn097a.zip
mkdir -p $HOME/texmf/tex/latex/breqn097a
cp -rf  breqn097a/* $HOME/texmf/tex/latex/breqn097a/.
texhash

Pour vérifier que cette extension est bien installée, on tape dans un terminal:

kpsewhich breqn.sty

Cela doit afficher

$HOME/texmf/tex/latex/breqn097a/breqn.sty

Pour finir, on ajoute les lignes suivantes au fichier .emacs situé dans le répertoire $HOME/

;;;;; imaxima
;;; add to load-path the directory where imaxima.el is installed.
(push "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp" load-path)
;;; add to load-path the directory where maxima.el is installed.
;;; If you change the install directory of maxima, the first argument
;;;  of push must be changed accordingly.
(push "/usr/share/maxima/5.13.0/emacs" load-path)
;;; add autoload of imaxima and maxima.
(autoload 'imaxima "imaxima" "Frontend for maxima with Image support" t)
(autoload 'maxima "maxima" "Frontend for maxima" t)
;;; add autoload of imath.
(autoload 'imath-mode "imath" "Imath mode for math formula input" t)
;;; Make the line effective if you want to use maxima mode with imaxima.
;; (setq imaxima-use-maxima-mode-flag t)

L’installation d’Imaxima sous Linux est terminée. Passons à son utilisation dans Emacs.

Installation sous Windows

Il faut installer les logiciels MiKTeX 2.7, GPL Ghostscript et Emacs.

MiKTeX

Pour installer MiKTeX, on télécharge le fichier setup.exe sur cette page (la version basique suffit) et on double-clique sur le fichier téléchargé pour lancer l’installation. Attention à installer MiKTeX dans le répertoire proposé par défaut. Pour plus d’informations, aller sur cette page.

Ghostscript

On installe ensuite GPL Ghostscript 8.63 (ou une version plus récente). Il faut aller sur cette page et choisir la version la plus récente de Ghostscript et télécharger la version pour Windows (elle se termine par w32.exe). L’installation se fait ensuite par défaut.

Maxima

On installe ensuite le logiciel Maxima (version 5.18.1 ou plus) ici. L’installation doit se faire par défaut.

Emacs

On installe finalement Emacs pour Windows. On a le choix entre  NTEmacs ou  emacsW32. J’ai une préférence pour le second.

On ajoute finalement dans le fichier ~/.emacs, la ligne suivante (attention à modifier les numéros de versions si nécessaire)

(load "c:/Program Files/Maxima-5.18.1/share/maxima/5.18.1/emacs/setup-imaxima-imath.el")

Utilisation sous Linux et Windows

Supposons qu’on shouhaite connaître le développement du carré de (x+3).

On ouvre le logiciel Emacs et on tape la ligne suivante où expand est la commande de Maxima pour obtenir le développement (pour en savoir plus sur les commandes de Maxima disponibles et leurs syntaxes aller sur cette page ou chercher sur le net des docs plus complètes).

{maxima expand((x+3)**2) maxima}

ATTENTION, il faut que les commandes de Maxima soient entre {maxima et maxima}

On active le mode d’imaxima dans emacs (M- correspond à la touche Esc)

M-x imath-mode

On remarque en bas dans la fenêtre d’Emacs le texte M-x imath-mode enabled qui indique que le chargment du module imaxima est effectué.

Pour obtenir le résultat (développement de (x+3) au carré, on place le curseur juste après la dernière accolade et on tape la commande suivante (rappel C- correspond à la touche Ctrl)

C-c !

Pour revenir à la commande de maxima, on tape la commande

C-c &

Mais le plus intéressant reste à venir. Pour obtenir les commandes LaTeX de la solution calculée par maxima, on doit taper deux commandes: la première pour revenir à l’image tex
calculée:

C-c !

et la seconde nous affiche le code latex entre accolades:

C-u C-c &

Pour plus d’infos, voici le site du développeur de imaxima http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/imaxima/Site/Welcome.html

In plaats van een mooie ansichtkaart vanuit Mozambique worden we verrast met een brief van Zijne Koninklijke Hoogheid, de Prins van Oranje, Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand, Prins der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg…

Zijne Excellentie, de zeer geachte heer Balkenende is de geadresseerde en dankzij Internet en in het bijzonder het Ministerie van Algemene Zaken (dus niet die van Specifieke Zaken) mag het Volk meelezen wat ‘Prins Pils’ schrijft!

Onvoorzienbare omstandigheden (crisis) nopen de Prins van Oranje zijn in aanbouw staande vakantiewoning te verkopen, zeker nu de voortgaande publiciteit en hun deelname in het Machangulo-project, hen zeer raakt.

In februari 2007 wist de Prins van Oranje nog van geen kwaad van de prins en nam deel aan het Machangulo-project. Ook een prins als de Prins van Oranje wil wel eens recreëren! Twee vliegen in één klap moet de Prins van Oranje hebben gedacht, want hij kon het aangename met het nuttige verenigen doordat de bouw van het vakantiehuisje de plaatselijke bevolking ten goede zou komen.

Om een kort verhaal langer te maken, de bouw van het vakantiehuisje gaat evengoed door en als het wordt opgeleverd dan wordt het weer verkocht aan de meestbiedende. De nieuwe eigenaar kan dan lopen pochen met de opmerking dat hij een vakantiehuisje heeft dat ooit van de Prins van Oranje is geweest, maar waar hij nooit vakantie in heeft gevierd!

Voorlopig zal het Koninklijk Paar een vakantieoptrekje moeten huren om even tijd voor zichzelf en de ‘royal kids’ te kunnen nemen en de formele plichtplegingen te laten voor wat ze zijn.

Als u denkt dat we hiermee klaar zijn, dan komt u bedrogen uit… de hele toestand en de aanstaande verkoop heeft ook gevolgen voor, bijvoorbeeld Joop van Tellingen, ‘s Neerlands bekendste paparazzo, die, volgens zeggen dan, al een survivalcursus zou hebben doorlopen om in de jungle rondom de Machangulo te kunnen overleven om stiekem de mooiste plaatjes te kunnen schieten van de Koninklijke Familie. Zijn hele set camouflagenetten schijnt hij te koop hebben aangeboden op Internet.

Zo ziet u maar weer, een medaille heeft twee kanten, en een zijkant, waarop gelukkig – anders dan wat Joop van Tellingen mogelijk bij elkaar vloekt en tiert — “God zij met ons” staat…

PS – Ik wil geen mier coïteren, maar de brief had hier en daar een kommaatje extra mogen krijgen… sommige zinnen lopen in het midden vast. Maar een kniesoor, die daar op let!

Willem-Alexander bij ontwikkelingsbijeenkomst Den Haag (Foto: NuFoto)

De kroonprins schrijft in een open brief aan de Tweede Kamer dat hij met dit project de lokale bevolking heeft willen helpen.

“Inmiddels bestaat het risico dat door de voortgaande publiciteit over onze deelname in het project deze ontwikkelingen ten goede buiten beeld raken, elke misslag wordt uitvergroot en het project wordt benadeeld. Tegelijkertijd kost de voorgaande discussie een hoeveelheid tijd en energie die juist in deze periode van crises aan andere zaken moet worden besteed.”

Premier Balkenende zegt het besluit van prins Willem-Alexander en prinses Máxima te respecteren.

In this tutorial, we are going to learn

1. how to use variables in GeoGebra
2. how to compute using these variables
3. how to use variables as parameters of objects

You may want to take a peek at our expected output.

Problem: Given a rectangle with perimeter 10 units, find the dimension of the rectangle that can be formed that has the largest area.

This problem can be easily solved algebraically, but we are going to use GeoGebra to parameterize the length and the area of the rectangle to find its maximum area. The diagram below is what our tutorial going to look like.

Figure 1 - Rectangle ABCD with two of its sides on the x and y-axis

Let us first solve problem. We know that our perimeter is constant, so we choose the width w and our height will be dependent to our width. For instance, if our length is 4 units, our width will be simply (10 – 2*4)/2 which is equal to 1. Hence, we can get the width h in terms of by the equation h = (10 – w)/2. Here the steps that we are going to do in GeoGebra:

1. The maximum length of the rectangle is 5, so we will make 5 as our maximum width. First, we will create segment AL with length 5 with A at the origin and L at (5,0)
2. Next, we create point D on AL.
3. Since AD is determined by the ordered pair (w,0), the width of our rectangle, is therefore, w.  Now, we compute for our height h = (10 – 2w)/2, then, plug it in as our point on the y-axis. We will create B by creating the point with coordinates (0,h).
4. We create the fourth vertex of the rectangle by getting the intersection of the horizontal line passing through B and a vertical line passing through D.
5. We will create ABCD using a polygon, then produce point P, with x-coordinate w and we let the area of the rectangle as our y-coordinate. If you are confused about what we are going to do, click here to reveal the final output.

If you want to follow the step-by-step tutorial, you can open the GeoGebra window on your browser by clicking here.

	1.) Open the GeoGebra window.
	2.) Click the Segment between two points tool, click the (0,0) and click (5,0) to construct segment AB. Show the label of the points, and rename point B to point L.
	3.) Use the New point tool to create a point on AL. If the dialog box below pops up, choose segment a. Figure 2 - A dialog box that appears when clicking two overlapping objects It means that segment a and the x-axis are overlapping, so it’s giving us a choice where to put our point, and we want to put on segment a or segment AL.
	4.) Rename the last point created to point D. Move the point and notice that it can only move between A and L.  Our drawing should look like the drawing below. Figure 3 - Point D on segment AL
	5.) Now AD will be the side of our rectangle. We will now determine the width and the height of our rectangle. We want to determine the width an we know that the width is the length of AD or the value x-coordinate of D. To get the x-coordinate of D, type w = x(D) in the input bar and press the ENTER key. This means that the value of w, our declared variable, will be the x-coordinate of point D.  Now notice that w is added in the Algebra window.
	6.) Next, we compute for the height h of our rectangle based on the width. Type h = (10 – 2*w)/2 in the input box and press the enter key. Again, notice that h is added to your algebra window.
	7.) Next we create point B with coordinates (0,h). To do this, type B = (0,h) in the Input box and press the ENTER key.
	8.) Move point D. what do you observe.
	9.) Next, we will locate the fourth point of our rectangle. To do this, (a) we draw a horizontal line passing through B and (b) a vertical line passing through D. For (a), click the Perpendicular line tool, click point B and then click the y-axis. For (b), with the Perpendicular line tool still active, click point D, click point B and click the x-axis.
	10.)  Click the New point tool and click the intersection of the two lines to determine point C. Reveal the name of the point of intersection and rename it to C. Figure 4 - Intersection of line passing through B and line passing throuh D
	11. ) Hide the two lines by right-clicking them and clicking Show Objects.
	12.)  Now, we use the polygon tool to construct rectangle ABCD. Click the Polygon tool and then click the points in following order: point A, point B, point C, point D and, again, point A to close the figure.
	13.)  Now, let us display the area of the polygon. Right click the interior of the rectangle, then click Object Properties. In the Basic tab of the Object Properties window, check the Show Label check box and choose Value from the drop down list box.
	14.)  Move point D. What do you observe? What length of AD gives the rectangle the largest area?
	15.)  To produced point P, type P = (w, poly1). Note that poly1 is the area of the rectangle (see the Algebra window).
	16.)  Right click point P, then click check Trace On. This will trace the path of point P.
	17.)  Move point D. What do you observe? What can you say about the curve formed by the traces of point P?
	18.)  Solve the problem algebraically. What is the relationship between the equation formed from getting the solution of the problem and curve formed by traces of point R?

The 2010 Nissan Maxima has acheived a 5 -star rating in all frontal and side impact test conducted by NHTSA. Thanks to all the engineers at Nissan around the world that make safe, solid vehicles that protect our customers and their families.

2010 Nissan Maxima - Just like you would find at Victoria Nissan

2010 Nissan Maxima - 5 star Frontal Crash Safety for both the driver and passenge

2010 Nissan Maxima - 5 star safety Side Crash rating for both front and rear seats!

Return of the 4DSC – Team Hall & Nass Review the 2010 Nissan Maxima 3.5 S

We recently spent two weeks driving around Florida in a brand spanking new, fairly well equipped 2010 Nissan Maxima 3.5 S courtesy of the fine folks at Hertz. The following are our impressions of driving the car in real world conditions.

Prepping the Ride

For starters, we were both a bit excited and a little skeptical when we discovered the Winter Frost (white) Maxima sitting in our stall when we arrived at the Hertz Gold pickup in Orlando.

Excited because they had given us an obviously brand new car, something we haven’t seen a lot of from Hertz lately, especially in this down economy. The car was so new we actually spent the first ten minutes removing remaining bits of white protective wrapping still clinging to the edges of the hood, doors and trunk lid (come on Hertz!). This would be a real pain if we were in a hurry, but hey, we were embarking on a “working vacation” in Florida, and we were about to do so in a brand new ride, so you have to put it in perspective. So we instead chose to think of it as unwrapping our vacation present.

As Jimmy Buffett might say, “Where there are no hurries, there are no worries!”

The Curse of the Camry

Our initial skepticism came from a place caused by years of being forced (via lack of decent selection) to drive way to many rental fleet sedans that consistently deliver the typical, plain, vanilla, bored out of our minds to the point we feel “punished” for having to drive them experience. The best/worst illustration of this is embodied by the sedan most of America loves to love and that driving enthusiasts everywhere love to hate – the Toyota Camry.

Whilst this is NOT a Camry review, please allow this small digression/rant as illustration of a larger point. In my humble opinion, the Toyota Camry continues to be THE most boring car built on the planet. Is it reliable? Sure, I guess, but it is just plain BORING to drive! It contains absolutely no frills, inspires no chills, but yet no doubt endures plenty sippy cup spills. The fact that the Camry is so widely popular with the American public and rental fleets everywhere only serves as further reinforcement of my core belief that far too many people in this country are NOT in touch with their inner driver. In fact, I fear it proves that many do not even possess a real driving gene anywhere in their DNA at all. Yikes!

You know the people I’m speaking of. Those who are simply content to put their bland transportation-mobiles in gear and wander from point A to point B, shamefully taking their place in the never ending clog of poor drivers idling along the roads of our great land (usually in the left passing lanes nonetheless). Do these people really have such small ambitions or such bland life goals? Do they truly have no desire to ever seek automotive thrills or to have any fun? Their selection of automobile and their driving styles all suggests this to be true. To say the least, I firmly believe Camry’s typically belong to those who are not what one would call driving enthusiasts by any stretch!

To this whole rambling point I’d like to further add that the next time Hertz desires to “upgrade” us from “full size car” to another Camry (when I can clearly see other, MUCH better cars in the lot), could you please give us another choice? A Camry is certainly NOT an upgrade (unless all you have left in your fleet are Corollas, in which case, okay, maybe then it could be called an “upgrade”). Okay, rant over, back to our review.

New is Nice

The new Maxima sat there beaming like a car with only 86 miles on the odometer should. What I didn’t know at the time was that this little Nissan was about to treat us to two weeks of completely surprising automotive joy and bliss in many ways!

The first time we opened the doors to climb in, that unmistakable smell of new car wafted over us like a fine perfume. Ahhh. You know the one. It’s that wonderful smell that calls out to a true driver and says “get in here and love me like you know you want to!” We discovered a push button start, one touch windows all around (up AND down) and sunroof to match, easy to read orange backlit gauges, a decent sound system that happily accepted my iPod input, comfortable seating positions with seats that actually went back further than I needed (at 6’4”, this rarely happens), two large cup holders (something that just a few years ago couldn’t be found anywhere within a ten mile radius of a Japanese make), a leather wrapped steering wheel that just feels right with push button audio and cruise system controls in just the right place, a steering column that tilts down and telescopes out to where the wheel optimally needs to be, and an overall feel that makes you feel like you’ve just entered a real cockpit, not a standard rental sedan. All of this in just the “base” S model. So far, so good!

Then comes the all important part, I placed the key fob in the provided holding slot (a nice touch that even the current C6 Corvette is lacking), put my foot on the brake pedal and pressed the start button. What was that? I thought I heard a little growl emit from somewhere out behind us. Could it be …? Nah. So I pulled the console mounted automatic transmission lever into drive and set out for the exit booth.

As we pulled out onto the street, I eased up to the next traffic light and made some final mirror adjustments. While sitting there waiting for the green, a new Dodge Charger (not an SRT, but a standard V8 Hemi car) pulled up next to us. The Dodge driver revved his engine. What? Seriously? Was that for us? At first I laughed at the hilarity of this, but being one who never backs down from an automotive challenge, I decided it was a perfect time to see what we had to look forward to out of the 3.5 liter 290 horsepower V6 in the coming weeks. Sure she looked good, smelled new and felt great to sit in, but I didn’t really expect much going head to head from a standing start against the Dodge.

Shock and Awe…some!

The light turned green, I floored it, and two surprising things happened. The first is that the Dodge immediately began losing ground to us … and kept losing. I actually let up to see if he’d not come out of the hole or something and let him pull up to us, but he seemed to still be fully in it, so I hit it again. Same result, only this time, the pulling away was even more amplified. What?!? Then the second surprise occurred to me. In my brief moment of shock and awe, I had failed to notice that the tach was eerily sitting squarely up against the bottom edge of the redline range at 6500 RPM, and yet the Maxima hadn’t shifted. WHAT?!? Oh yeah, it’s got a CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission). Then, as the speedo swept past 100 and was still headed to the right in a hurry, I just shifted my eyes back and forth between the two gauges and said out loud, “WHAT THE F*&%?!?!?” I only let up (slightly) at this point because we had to brake a bit to set up for a sweeping right onto an on ramp, where I quickly discovered that not only was the acceleration of this Maxima so deceptively smooth and sudden that you don’t realize how quickly it has done so, but that it will go around a corner at speed like it is mounted on rails. This is no Maxima. At least not the Maxima we all used to know. This is basically an Infinity G35 in a Nissan wrapper!

When I looked over at my co-pilot and reported our speeds both before and through the corner, she said, “Seriously? No! Really? Then no wonder we just dusted that Dodge so badly!” I honestly felt like we’d just entered the Twilight Zone or something. This is a Nissan, a rental car, a family hauler, a (gulp) rental fleet sedan! How could this be?

As I contemplated all of this, I stood back on the throttle and a wicked grin started to spread over my face. The grin intensified when it suddenly occurred to me that even thought we had not paid extra on this trip to rent a sports car, we had just been issued a FUN rental sedan that had a bit of stealth street fighter hidden within. Now this is an “upgrade” I can drive!

If there is any downside to this car being in a rental fleet, it is that if any Camry drivers out there ever accidentally climb into one of these, they might actually die from a cardiac episode when they glance down at the speedometer after ten seconds of holding the smooth throttle pedal down and realize that they are at humming along at triple digit speeds versus the 50 or 60-something MPH they are typically comfortable tooling along at. Good thing the brakes are solid too! Then again, wouldn’t the world be better off with a few less of these folks on the road should some of them faint and/or pass on from the shock? That’s just a public safety risk I’m going to have to be willing to live with!

The Maxima continued to be a fun driver every day and did a superb job of running us around South Orlando and the Disney property the first week. In fact, I actually found myself running extra errands around town just so I could get a few more miles of driving it in! However, it wasn’t until we packed up and headed toward the coast for the beach portion of our vacation that we really started to discover and appreciate the benefits of this truly stealth sedan.

Flying Under the Radar

If you know us or have followed any of our previous rally, racing or just regular driving exploits, you know we don’t typically make a habit out of driving what anyone would refer to as “slow” very often, and then it is usually restricted to residential areas and school zones. You see, we always strive to drive smart, but we also drive what some might call “fast” or “a bit spirited.” Translation – when we are out on the open road, we typically only adhere to the posted limits when there is Hamthrax (also known as “police”) involved in some capacity.

In many parts of the US it is easy to get away with speeding, but in the heart of the Southeast, where they lay claim to having invented modern day cat and mouse ambush attacks with radar and other sundry forms of speed enforcement, to exceed posted limits by more than 5-9 MPH is usually taking your license and your insurance rates out of your hands and putting it all into theirs. Getting caught if you keep hauling the 20 MPH and over mail for longer distances is almost certain … or is it?

This isn’t helped by the fact that we typically fly down the highways and byways of this great land in cars the Hamthrax love to target. Two door sports cars with high horsepower, loud exhausts, bright colors, and in makes that are known for being driven fast are all things that add to the likelihood of getting busted for speeding. But since we were in a four door stealth ride, we decided to try our hand at how long can we cruise along over the century mark before we get shut down. The answer was quite surprising.

On our way from Orlando to Daytona Beach on Interstate 4 and up I-95 to St. Augustine, we discovered quite a few cops, but not a single one of them discovered the Maxima. Maybe it was the four doors. Perhaps it was the white paint. It could have also been the Valentine One working overtime. But on this stretch of road where Hamthrax run rampant and there are faster cars to play with a plenty, we discovered a few fun facts.

The Maxima is invisible to most people until after you sneak up out of nowhere and blow their doors off. We found that if you can execute a sneak and jump pass on a new Camaro SS/RS, a Mustang GT, an M5, an S-Class AMG, or even a C5 Corvette, if you can keep making bold moves through the openings in traffic to stay out front and carry your momentum, you get to enjoy many confused and frustrated looks on said owners faces in the rearview mirror as they go to work trying to run you back down for a few miles before giving up. The best part is that they are all truly shocked that they can’t seem to get back to you once you’ve pulled out far enough ahead through all of that traffic!

We maintained our rapid rate for almost an hour until we finally caught up to a cop rolling along on I-95 North in the left lane. We opted to stay a bit behind him (in the far right lane) and had to slow to maintain his 10 MPH over pace. Until then, we had only had to drop below 100 when we caught slower traffic just long enough to set up a pass and then resume. Not one car passed us, NOT ONE, but we passed them all!

In an odd twist of fate, a little four door Toyota Corolla eased up on us and the cop in the middle lane. At the time we were running a steady (and horribly slow feeling) 75 in a 65. After a few miles of flanking the cop the Corolla driver must have lost his mind. He bumped it up to 76 and passed not only us but the cop too! The lights came on immediately and onto the shoulder went the Corolla and the Hamthrax. With that, we jumped back up to the century mark and cruised on up the road. Our sincere thanks to the Toyota driver for being a brave (and ignorant) fool!

The more time we spent behind the wheel of the Maxima, the more we both enjoyed it. By the time we had reached St. Augustine, we had even given it a name – Maxie. We typically name all of the cars we own, but it is rare that we care enough to give a rental a name. In fact, this was only the second time we’ve done so. “Stickers” the Hertz ZHZ C6 Corvette we covered in sponsor decals and ran in the Dustball Rally earlier this year was the only other rental to ever earn a name. THAT was also quite the rental car experience!

In an extremely ironic twist, the last car we had fun outrunning (more like out driving) in traffic on our way to return Maxie to the Orlando airport on our last day was none other than a Hertz ZHZ Corvette. As we approached from behind, I watched the driver try (many times in vain) to pass people on the left and on the right. With a huge head of steam, his apparent lack of driving skill, and local road knowledge on our side, I took advantage of an extended exit run out lane and blew by him on the right. He spent the next several miles trying to catch up to us in bits and spurts as we continued to slowly pull away one pass at a time through rush hour traffic until we couldn’t even see him back there anymore.

As much as I am slathering on the well deserved praise of the surprising and amazing performance attributes of the Maxima, rest assured that if the guy could have driven that Vette, it would have been our first actual loss (the first car to actually pass us) in two weeks. But alas, since he could not drive, and with the Maxima giving us just enough power and handling to get away, a loss it was not. Oh the irony!

Fuel Consumption

One item many people seem to gauge personal vehicle selection on is the fuel mileage rating. However, the nasty little secret of automotive marketing in this area is that fuel mileage numbers are always part myth and part lie with enough truth sprinkled in there somewhere to get your hopes up or to fool you. Sure, if you drive your little four cylinder econobox at 35 MPH for the entire length of a fuel load on flat land with the wind at your back, you too can achieve that amazingly stated fuel mileage average! In reality though, who drives this way? This short answer is NO ONE! So, for the record, we tend to ignore manufacturer and EPA fuel ratings. They never match up anywhere near what we find out firsthand in the field. So we pay close attention, submit real world driving conditions and then call them as we experience them.

Like I said, we drive cars smart, but we typically drive them hard and fast too. Unless you happen to own a Camry, or you are inflicted with that nasty condition where your right leg can only pulse up and down and not remain still, thus constantly moving the throttle peddle (a condition that must be real and widespread because I see so many people perform this cadence on roads everywhere), then we bet you drive smooth and expeditiously too.

So when any vehicle with enough power under the hood to perform like a car should gets a real world 20-something MPG average rating after having us behind the wheel for a week or longer, we believe the manufacturer must be doing something right. More to the point, if we can get decent mileage out of a car, then you should be able to do the same.

With only six cylinders to haul two tons of weight up to speed every time we stood on the throttle (which, mind you, was often), our Maxima saw 23 MPG averages on every tank. The only time the car saw less then 20 on the instant average meter was at wide open throttle or when the needle was up well beyond the century mark (and I do mean WELL beyond). This is an impressive power to weight ratio MPG performance in our book.

So unless you like to keep it up over 140 all the time, treat every green light as if you are the next John Force, then you should see fuel mileage averages in the low to mid 20-something range and be able to have fun while achieving it. If not, then you likely need to either recheck your math or perhaps go see your doctor soon and ask him to examine you for a potential right leg pulsing condition you may not know you have!

The Verdict

The Maxima was a blast to drive on the beach, cruising down the A1A with the top open and the windows down, blasting up and down I-95 and I-4, and everywhere else we went in Florida. Yes, we were at or near sea level the whole time, and no, there weren’t any hills. But whether you live in the flatlands or the mountains, this car is quicker than most sedans, uses less gas than many lesser powered vehicles, and is a natural born sleeper.

If you like people to notice and respect you for what (rather than how) you drive, this may not be the car for you. However, if you are the type of driving enthusiast who is in need of a four-door vehicle that won’t break the bank, who desires something that cops won’t pay much attention to, but yet still has the need for street-fighter speed and handling, the new Nissan Maxima might just be the car for you. Few (if any) vehicles in the same size class and price range can deliver more while drawing less attention. Plus, it actually is a pretty car … for a sedan. Just know that most of its real beauty is where you need it – within.

In Summary

We had a blast driving Maxie. We strongly recommend getting behind the wheel of a 2010 Nissan Maxima to anyone who plans to buy, lease or rent a sedan in the coming year. With enough power and handling to please most driving enthusiasts, decent real world gas mileage, creature comforts that will not disappoint, plenty of room for four adults and lots of luggage, Nissan has finally built a sedan worthy of the 4DSC (four door sports car) moniker they placed on the Maxima long, long ago. Get ready to be surprised.

Bueno pues luego de un largo receso La Pena Maxima viene con lo mejor de la jornada deportiva y una pequeña sorpresa, un partido espectacular de los veteranos del ITR, narrado por la voz mas sexy de el salvador y los analistas xD

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En algún lugar escuché esta frase poderosa:

“Dios no está en las iglesias, como el arte no está en los museos”

Vasculhando pelos meus cadernos, pra passar alguns textos pro PC, achei essa máxima de Vanessa Fersan. De um dos nossos bares da vida…