Well, my check for the loan balance on the Maxima just cleared! Now I'm $500 poorer, but that means I 100% own all of my vehicles! Nevermind the fact I sunk 3 grand in mods into it last year alone (we all have our priorities). Bought it for 4 grand 3 1/2 years ago and now it's finally all mine! More mods to come as soon as I sell the Arctic Cat sled and trailer sitting in my backyard...someone buy em!

Just thought I'd let y'all know...Anyone else out there still paying off their 3rd Gen?

Edit: Just sold one of the sleds!!!

 

Congrats, what a feeling!

 

a payment on a 10 + yr old car
I didn't even like taking one on our 3 yr old van

 

It is a good feeling. I paid cash for my Maxima, but I have payments on two other rigs. I am thinking about getting rid of my Tundra, though. I just don't drive it.

 

payed

 

Soooo...Are you going to buy a 3rd gen?

 

You've got too many cars you don't drive, Cliff...Sell the tundra and get a real sports car, like a 300ZXTT, eh?

 

He wouldn't drive it either...

 

If someone wants to give me a car I promise to drive it

 

I got this 85 ford LTD v6 sitting here .....

 

lol payed.. I'm glad you payed off your max. I would've liked it if you paid instead though

Paid mine off in full but then again I payed 550 for it

 

Actually, my goal is to try and get one of the new Challengers with a V8 (hopefully hemi) and a manual transmission. That would be my weekend toy, replacing the Maxima or whatever else I might have. If the Max sells, I might get a Sentra SE-R and race that around.

My long-term goal is to have a Challenger by 2010. They are supposed to come out as a 2008 model, but I think the hype is going to be too much for me to pay considerable dealer markup.

I am just going to get rid of a lot of stuff. We are kind of going through the "minimize crap" phase. I only live 2 miles from my work and 2 miles from my wife's work, so neither has much of a commute. I don't see the need for two basically new vehicles right now. If I get rid of the Tundra, I am going to get another beater truck for a couple thousand and no payment and try to save for the Challenger.

 

Brian: I'll take that LTD and beat the **** out of it in the bush or enter it in a demolition derby if ya want to give it up...

Cliff: How 'bout a list of your current vehicles...from the sound of it you have two new trucks and a maxima. If you ditch the tundra you might as well hold on to the maxima as a second car...

 

I was only goofing, I had one about 10yrs back. Bought for $100, sold it for $500, got it back for free, gave it back and it allegedly threw a rod.

nowadays I've got nuttin' though i am considering the $100 camry that is sitting by the shop

 

I have a 2001 Infiniti QX4, a 2006 Tundra 4x4 and the Maxima.

It doesn't matter if I keep the Maxima or not. There is a road course being built close to me (should be finished this year) and I kind of want to get a car more suited for the track. An SE-R, Maybe an MR2 or Miata. It just depends. I like the Max, but I don't need to keep it.

 

you can drop a v6 into those MR2s, i'd definitely take a late 90s mr2 over a sentra se-r. not that you can't dump a 3.5 vq into the sentra, but still it's fwd. that's cool they're building a track over there. nice meet venue potential..

 

When are you picking up the Caddy?

 

bought and had.

 

soon.
I'm waiting for the weather to cooperate.
hopefully he'll bring it over today.
I'm getting tired of lugging around all this cash to pay for it

 

Don't say that too loud in your neighborhood....

 

seriously. Miata + 5.0 V8= as close as you can get to sex without a woman lol
rwd, light, and better F/R weight distribution then the OEM 4cyl

 

If you are going to transplant an engine, there is a GM smallblock conversion kit made for RX-7's.

 

This isn't something I am going to spend a lot of $$ on because I want to get a Challenger. I think it would be mostly stock with suspension mods. They are putting in a road course about an hour from my house that should be done in August. If I don't sell the Maxima, I might even take it to the track when it opens, depending on the cost.

 

It'll be out of my pocket soon.
the car is coming by in a while all cleaned out and ready to roll.
I do need to find a hood for it though. Big rust chunk missing, no rust anywhere else though
Heated seats

 

the rust chunk might indicate it being a junkyard hood meaning the car might have been wrecked in the past...hope you gave it a good going-over...

 

Meh,he'll sell it within a month and be looking for another ve auto.

 

It was declared total once before.
BUT the hood is the original hood, no body panels were replaced in the rebuild. The PO is getting me the pics of the car before the repair.
The PO had the car for about 5 years, and bought most of his parts from me anyhow, so i know the cars history. he wasn't even 100% he wanted to sell it, it was his baby.
it's already pulling down better MPG #s than the max did.

 

not too likely, I'm just looking for a 3rd gen A/T don't care much else so long as it's >$500 and doesn't need ANY work.
290 lb ft of torque helps ease the transition

 

Sounds a bit odd that his baby is only worth 500 buck to him...

 

he's a realist.
too many cars in the drive (excursion, rodeo and STS)
he doesn't drive to work anymore so the car became pointless.
I said I was interested when he mentioned he was thinking of selling it.
lo and behold a bit later I bought it.
2 words: Heated Seats

 

Hope it works out well for you. From what I've heard and from personal experience, those Northstar V-8's are big piles of ****. Hope yours has been maintained well.

 

I know the PO and he maintained it pretty well, so I'm not too worried.
Worst case scenario the motor blows and I sell it for $500.

 

Internetautomar: Parts *****, or Junk Car Hustler???

 

I sell only fine quality cars
on the rare occasion that I sell one anymore