i have not seen many red maximas in general. when i do, it turns my head. so are the red ones fairly uncommon, then? rarer still, is a red SE 5spd pretty hard to encounter? does it carry any prestige?

 

Yes.

Red color carries highest insurance premium by the way.

 

good point that sucks for matt since hes the only one i can think of with a red one

 

Spipedong92se has one.

And my car is "Red" on my insurance and registration (even though it's actually Ruby Pearl/Dk Red.)

 

SeaMax has a red one, too... although I'm not sure if it's an SE 5sp or not.

 

Go Super White...



Shift_rebuild

 

Yup Shift_Manual!

 

Sand grey rules all

 

I saw one 5spd Aztec Red in my area and it was gone within 2 weeks of being posted on autotrader and I didnt have the money to grab it ARRGH! I will say....Winter Blue Metallic is quite sexay....

 

here's the dig, fellas:

a collegue of mine has a red 3rd gen (90 SE 5spd). it turned my head when i first encountered it, and was in above average repair. for nearly a year, he would off-and-on mention "getting a new a car." as it goes, i have a pearl white 90 SE 5spd. so this collegue and i became sort of maxima buddy-like with this commonality, as it lead to car talks - he would occasionally ask me what i had recently "done" to my maxima (mods, etc).

anyway, to cut to the chase, 3 days ago, after a meeting, he said "finally i'm gonna sell maxi. i found an impala SS." and i said "oh, really. i used to have an impala, too."

impressed that we had such common tastes, he said "those old maximas aren't worth that much anymore, probably." i said "well, bluebook, no, but to an enthusiast they are of considerable value."

he then said "well, i was thinking about a grand."

i then said "what?! -- it is worth more than that!"

he said, pausing, then speaking "weeellll. to a friend a grand."

i said "dude, it is sold."

i then wrote a check in front of his face and bought it. now i have 2 1990 SE 5spds. one pearl white. one red. i know they are both VGs, but i don't care.

time to mod again. anyone have any spare fidanza flywheels laying around?

 

Mine is a red 5-speed. And, my insurance rates aren't any higher. My insurance company doesn't even know what color my car is because they've never seen it.

 

im pretty sure matt has a few for the VG left

 

Thats 3 red VE 5spds in the PNW.


SeaMax, where were you last weekend? I wanted to druel over your car

 

Maybe Nissan sent more red ones to the NW. I have seen three others in the Portland area, but I don't know if they were 5-speeds. Both that I saw had the newer grill (post-91) on them and looked stock.

 

druel? or drool

 

its been a long day. I knew I messed that one up.


on a side note: how did I manage to mess that one up?

 

I thought it was some new slang "typo" like phat. Phonetically, it works.

 

i took of my stock spoiler today an will put on the kaminari one tommorow. will take some pics for you.

Whatis really rare to find is a 3rd Gen Aztec Red Non-SE, al GXE i take it.

Matt, told me that they do exists.

 

Yeah, why don't you ever show up to meets? I want to see your car sometime.

 

i like davebond007's 'kills bugs fast' pic.

 

That's unusual. All insurances I know have a visual inspection.

 

I've never seen a red maxima in person, that's really sad, but I guess there's not as many maximas in my area, which I love. I now own three(okay two, one is for parts) But I do plan on owning every Maxima in Nova Scotia. Damion's is next!

 

Probably just a state law or something. We dont even have visual car inspections at emissions testing, and my insurance company has never seen my maxima or mustang, unless they drove out to my house and saw them or something.

 

Did someone say Fidanza?

Email me, I only have a 1 or 2 VG flywheels left.

 

so the red ones must be special max's. i think even rarer still are red 4th gens. i have seen only one in my life so far. and it looked awesome in that color. it was an SE. i have never seen a red 5th gen. red is not common on skylines, either. although the newest skyline, the V35 coupe specifically, i have seen in red badged as the G35. and there are plenty of red 350Z cars out there.

perhaps nissan wants to avoid the cliche of the red sports car image. and when they do use it, it really stands out as unusual and is highly effective. i think red 3rd gens look ****.

 

the post censored out my "i think red 3rd gens look t!ts" line. as in female chest.

 

hellz yeah. Every max I've ever had has been red. Now I have the red VE 5sp.

 

Did you have another red one before that?

I had a gold (pebble beige or whatever) 92 SE 5-speed before. I liked it better. More of a sleeper. People see a red car with a spoiler and they always want to race me. I haven't been pulled over yet, but the car does stand out a lot more than the other Max colors.

 

I had a red GXE before this, and it was more of a plush car, didn't handle as well, but absorbed bumps nicely, especially compared to ST.

 

My first Max was a red 5-speed VE, and even though it was the cleanest car on the block I only got head turns when I barked 2nd gear. I've only seen 2 other ones though in MN...

 

here is a question to the red 5 spd guys
what interior package do you have?
sun roof?

i know my old red 92 had some odd options
no roof, cloth interior
heated mirrors.

 

ive seen 1 red 3rd gen (in maine) and it was and SE.

 

My Dk Red 93 SE 5spd has cloth interior, heated mirrors (which I think are stock on all SE's) and no sun roof.

 

my 90SE 5spd does not have heated mirrors. that must be VE thing.

 

I've got leather, heated mirrors and roof.

no abs, no airbag.

my first car (pebble beige) was the same package except it had abs. It also had an engine block heater, but I don't know if that was stock or not.