ha. yea until they see what happens when you step on it....... they they might call it a sleeper EVO tho.....

 

I can't remember what other makes mine has been confused for but mine always gets confused for how old it is. Everyone always goes "this is a 1990?!"

 

Damn traxtar is that picture photoshopped? If not you've got some pretty gnarly tint on that bish

 

I've seen that tint in person, it's pretty dark. I hadn't seen the car since the body work was done, it looks nice, good work!

 

traxtar, are those backup sensors in your bumper?

 

No way maing, not a photoshop. It's 15% all around with just a strip along the top of the windshield.

And yes, those are reverse sensors I installed there. They work suprisingly well, actually.

 

these cars do look alot like the others talked about here,but I think that the maxima looks the best and is faster then most of them,I like this car better then my 5.0 mustang I had I think its faster too,I like the body style no.3 for me 89 91 and now a 92 se blk on blk 5 spd from texas,now living in the windy city

 

This beautiful Pearl White E34 5-Series (Could have been an M5 clone- or a debadged M5, who knows) Kept playing with me in traffic and was trying to get me to rev it, we both gave each other the consensual thumbs up and went our separate ways. Not sure if he thought our cars looked similar, (I do) But I always kind of thought the 5-Series was a big brother to the max throughout their history.

 

I've never been called one... but from the side and slightly from the front, our lighting and lines resemble the old Acura Legend too...Got a "whoa! that a V8?" from an Integra owner last week in matt's car too... probably cuz of the fact that there's a 2 ft long hole between the ypipe and the bpipe.... PO cut the cat out and sold it when the motor blew up. Sounds totally MANIC toward redline tho.

 

+1, I think maybe even a little more like a Vigor

 

I got a no seat belt ticket two years ago and the cop wrote on the ticket Silver 1995 Toyota Camry, and you know he looked at my license and registration................

 

I put on a Porsche badge and someone really asked if it was a Porsche. I laughed

 

A young kid at a show once asked if it was an R33, and that was before the tails.
and once at another show and elderly lady came up and said "is that a Maxima? It is nice to see someone modify one. I like what you have done" It was nice to hear something like that from a a person like that. Kind of a last-person-you-would-expect thing

 

ive been told a crown vic and camry.

 

I got a 'Cam' a few times but nothing else some people just look and looks for lables but i took the nissan sign off and on tha back u cant really see maxima so the just look at my blue corner lights...

Ive seen a ton of 3gens here in SC upstand and down here where i am when i past them or pull up next to them they just look real hard like they havent seen one before... lol

 

i just got commented by this guy in my college '' Dude u got a sweet A S S 92 accord, what kinda rims u got on there? i never knew accords were 5 bolts in 92 ?''....i m like ya cuz its not accord its a god dam NISSAN MAXIMA lol...

not guys fault either from the side it looks kinda like 92 accords too...

 

 

ya I always get the...

"Thats a 92 ?!!?!"

 

Most were suprised by how nice the interior was-tan leather 94, GXE, bose, moonroof, auto climate control.

 

I got Stanza, Sentra, and (Accord by a female who said she never knew that maxima's were square)she thought they were only bubble styles

 

not a wagon this one...

 

I had a ricer in a Tiburon once chase/follow me halfway across Dallas thinking my car was a Skyline. I had to inform him that it was indeed just a modified Maxima and after he gawked at my headlights and brakes he then started telling me his highly exaggerated "kill" stories. Then I remembered I wasn't a teenage ricer (well, not anymore ) interested in sitting around in parking lots exchanging "kill" stories so I promptly left

Anyway, mistaking cars for completely different makes is totally bizarre to me. I can remember being a toddler and taking a natural interest in knowing all the names of the different cars, etc. Don't know why the average person is so car-illiterate.

 

A drunk old man asked me if I was driving an Opel Primera..

 

I love the perplexed look I get from DPS and sometimes local cops when pulled over. They look at the front of the vehicle and then at the back and then back to the front before asking... "What in the world is this thing?" (considering the front is debadged and the lettering in the rear has faded from the black to the clear plastic underneath, I almost feel bad for them ) And since I put Mustang wheels on it I really throw them for a loop

 

well duh, but I don't own the sedan. I own a wagon with nissan hubcaps (S13)

 

As far as I know, isn't it a well-known open secret that the 3rd gen. was "inspired" by BMW design?

I'm also convinced the 3rd gen. SE wheels are similarly "inspired" by the 84-87 Corvette wheels.

 

I have a feeling that the 3rd gen will fall under one of the best "Classic cars from the 90s" category in a few years here because 20 years ago, the 3rd gen was born!

but of course not like, "big deal" classic cars but one of the more favorable i should say

 

+1 on the corvette wheels, too bad they don't fit

 

I agree my family always says to me that these used to be the things to drive back in the day now people careless about them, but I do see it going down as one of the best in the 90's ERA people just don't no

 

That's really, really true. Assuming the car isn't trashed and the moldings, etc. aren't faded (faded moldings age these cars instantly), the 3rd gen. still looks great even 20 years later, and not in a "oh that looks good for a 20 year old car" way but really truly looks attractive even compared to modern cars.

It's funny everybody is wondering why the domestic car manufacturers are in peril. Just think of the pure trash GM and Ford and Chrysler were putting out in competition against the 3rd gen Maxima (and the Accord, Camry, etc. for that matter). It's comical how light years ahead of the curve these cars were over the American sedans, and it boggles my mind it wasn't plainly obvious to even the average American consumer even back then. I mean, the Taurus for crying out loud was the best-selling sedan (although I won't hate too much on the SHO).

I just cannot fathom how GM and Ford managed to sell a single Lumina, Taurus, Cutlass, Tempo, etc. in the 1990's. I'm a big GM guy but really, they sold pure trash for so long (as did Ford and Chrysler) it's amazing they're just now in peril.

 

http://imgs.getauto.com/imgs/ag/ga/0...KX290146-1.jpg

when did the 300zx have these wheels? especially compared to the '84 Vette.

I think the 3rd Gen maxima was a "huge leap" Style wise. The interior doesn't look especially dated, except for the seat belts. The exterior is still areodynamic. The 3.0 V6 is still a quality motor , although now the competition would be pushing more hp, but back in the day the 1989 Corvette only had about 250 hp, so 160 hp v6 isn't too shabby.

 

I believe those wheels began appearing in about '86 or so, whenever the z31 lost that slightly back-heavy look, and I think those were 'Vette inspired too, but I may just be a conspiracy-theorist

 

ive gotten

Lexus es300
honda accord
toyota camry
nissan altima
and ooh dats nice...wut kinda car iz dat lol

 

but whose cars have lasted longer? I see plenty of seriously old GM/Ford running around with bodies intact. Can't say the same about 80s/early 90s Jap cars.

 

You don't see 80s/early 90s Jap cars running around? Isn't that what everybody here is driving? I guess I don't know what you're trying to say

I see dozens and dozens of late 80s/early 90s Jap cars running around daily. Camrys, Accords, Maximas, 626s, etc. and they're, in general, in much better condition than comparable domestic sedans I see driving around. There's a difference between a car that simply "runs" and a car that runs well, drives well, everything still works, the interior isn't falling apart, etc. and that's the difference between many of the Jap sedan imports still on the roads and their American counterparts. That's not to say there's not exceptions

If you meant that you see plenty of classic GM/Ford cars running around then, well, yeah, of course you would (as do I) because Jap cars were only imported in very limited numbers back then. There likely exists in America tens of thousands more domestic cars of that era than Jap imports. Sheer numbers alone would say of course you see more classic GM/Ford cars running around.

 

Really? It seems like every car on the road around here is a beat up Accord.

 

I have to beg to differ on that one...imo, it's all about the area you're in.
because here in Northern Ohio/Southern Michigan, i see a lot of late 90s/early 2000's domestic cars that are in great condition but from the early 90s on back it seems they're rusted to hell and barely holding together, or are not in great mechanical shape..and i don't see many imports here but most of those look about that the same.

But then if we were to talk about the Washington D.C. area, i could tell you it's fair game with Domestics AND Imports and i see a lot of both running around, but i see more imports (80s 90s) than i do Domestic.

 

I see more luminas/cieras/crapaliers running around than I do the equivalent jap car.

though right now I can buy an accord for half the price of a maxima which is about the same as a GM midsize

 

90% cars here in Van r japs and ya i m talking about old ones not new....there still more newer jap cars on the road here than american....i duno i think ppl want reliability and gas savings than showing off the big engine...( i m not one of them i still want big engine to be in my car lol )