Hi everyone this is my first time posting. Just like to tell everyone that this saturday morning i'll be the proud owner of a black 96 maxima se 5sp. I got a sweet deal only the car for $7,550. I has only 66,000miles on it and is in near perfect condition! It has a moonroof, cloth seats and most important a manual tranny. I can't wait to get it it's al i've been thinking about for 2 weeks. before this car i had a 88' civic wagon and before that an 84' buick lesabre so this is a huge improvement. Can't wait to race my friend in his new 2002 vw gti 1.8t. Think i'll beat him he is a newbie manual driver. I'm not extremely experienced witha manual but i have more experience then him and the both cars have nearly the same 0-60 and 1/4 mile times. well thats all i have to say just excited about getting my new car and had to tell everyone.

 

welcome to the board man, i just got mine on monday and i love it so far. everyone here is very knowledgable and helpful.

enjoy the ride

 

I want your car=[ i have a 96 GLE AUTO and i want a manual heh

 

Sup man, last saturday I bought a Green 96 SE. It has 111,000 miles on it but they last to past 200,000 miles. I got mine for $6,200 so it sounds like you got a great deal. Before this car I had a 90 maxima SE. I loved it so much i got a newer one. your gonna love this car. I use to race Civics and Accords all the time and would KILL them. Enjoy. Drive Safe, Drive Fast!!

 

96 GLE AT, I feel your pain!

 

At least you GLE's have all the nice luxury doo-dads.
96 GXE Automatic power! 152k miles, at least 98k to go!

 

I'm in the same boat you are mblasko85.
Anyone wanna trade your 5spd for a GLE??

 

I have a 96 5 spd SE and it has 138K miles on and still wintery fresh as the day whence it was born. same tranny, and same clutch. You will be stoked on your purchase..

 

That is a very nice deal. How did you get it so cheap?

 

Nice man, welcome to the board, you will love it, I have had my 99 SE for about 4 months now and I never wanna stop driving it ever, its almost sick, but as that guys sig says, its the best girlfriend I've ever had ...also 7k seems like alot to me I mean I know the car is worth it but I got my 99se with 21k on it for 14,500 , Coolest part...the guy that drove it had it for a year an a half or somethin I even talked to him and he was all about mods sept now he drives a 2002 Benz *cough* bastards!

 

Congrats on the buy man, I bought my '97 SE 5spd about a year and a half ago. I paid 16,900 for it with 28k on it. It has 54k on it now, and I love to take it to the track and beat the mess out of honduhs and other rice burners.

 

CONGRATS MAN... NICE CHOICE ON A 96... I HAVE A 96 BLACK ON BLACK LEATHER 5SPD... ITS A PIMP RACE CAR.

 

97 GLE. It's funny because when I bought my car I was so happy to have leather, sunroof, bose, and all that but I'd give it all up for a manual. Wasn't my choice though cause my parents wanted me to learn to drive a auto first which I suppose it true but now I'm gonna be wanting a 5 speed for the next 8 years.

 

I was just lucky to find a 5sp speed in a car shoppe i picked up the day the it expired. They were selling it for $7,950 but my dad talked them down to $7,550 I called them up the next day and suprisingly they still had which was a miracle. So I drove an hour and a half away took it for a test drive and bought it before they sold it to someone else. I couldn't believe the luck of finding one so cheap and in a manual. Thanks for the warm welcome.

 

Congrats you'll love your car and think of modding it soon

 

Its funny because the manuals are cheaper when first bought than an automatic. the option for an auto is like 1 grand or somethin, sad part is once you got the auto you want a manual, and if you really want one, you end up doing the conversion for 1 grand or more. I wish Nissan would just trade transmissions with me auto for 5 speed seems like a fair trade based on their "option" pricing...statistics show that 96% of maxima driver would prefer a Automatic tranny over a manul but then again 96% of the people that drive maximas are over 30 so whatever, dont listen to me just mumblin

 

Yea in my 96 GLE auto i started installing my place racing CAI tonight yea its harder than i though (but this is really my first time under the hood) so far soo good. Next step is drilling. (oh sorry for talking about intakes now instead of new maxima owners)

 

congratulations man your gonna love your max ino one of the best and most fun 4dsc cars out there

 

I have one available in the Boston area!!!


Check it out here:
www.pszenny.com/maxima.htm

make an offer!!! ( though I do have one person who has dibs on it....)

 

Dealing with the hills and traffic in Seattle, I don't think I'll ever get a manual.

They're fun 10% of the time, and suck 90% of the time.

(That is if you live in Seattle, of course).

Was thinking about doing a conversion, but since I installed boost, I don't care anymore, because I'm still faster than 99.98% of the maximas out there...5spd or not.

Anyway, nice purchase, good deal.

Read the stickies, use the search, and ask for anything you can't find.

IanS

 

Welcome to the Org. Congrats on your purchase,Enjoy!!!

 

You just got a great deal on a 3 year old Maxima SE with only 21,000 miles for 14.5k. You would be hard pressed to find a deal like that here?

 

Awesome car (the miles are oh-so-nice) at a good price. What more can you ask? Welcome to the ownership of a nice ride. If you can do some minor mods to minimalize the sedany aspects of the suspension, you might just mistake your ride for a sports car of sorts

You don't have to give all that up. But I guess people here say most of the SE 5-speeds were low on options. I wouldn't know - a 5-speed SE is flat-out rare here anyway. I'm glad I found one with heated leather, wood, auto climate, bose (well...ok, so not bose in the end, but I was happy initially), etc. Most people would whine about the +.01 sec they'd get from all that optional equipment

Keep your eyes on the classifieds...maybe you'll find a deal in your area like the guy that posted this thread did, fully loaded though. Who knows!

 

yeah dude your gonna love the car, specially over you last couple cars...i bought mine through a friend that got it at auction for around $7,000 its a 96 se 5spd with 96k on it...theres no other car i would rather have other then like an escalade or sumthin but either way, you'll love the car...welcome to the maxima family lol

 

well now i'm not getting my car until monday because damn priority mail didn't mail the forms to the bank on time. I sent them on tues goddammit it's only one state away, new jersey to new york. I couldn't get the loan check. I can't wait anymore I'm going to explode.

 

Shoo. You manual guys are making me jealous. I dind't really consider the thought of getting a mnual till I got the auto. My desire for the manual has kind of toned down a bit down that I got the Frankencar intake. That sucker moves like nothing else I've ever driven. Not to get off the subject, but does anyone know roughly what time in the 1/4 that a 95 GXE auto with 17" Konigs, Greddy exhaust, and Frankencar intake? I'm just looking for an approximation since I'm still in the process of finding a race strip.

 

Hehe.. OT - but one local San Antonio Newspaper ran the results of a study concluding Priority Mail actually takes longer than regular mail. USPS Rocks

 

I'm getting my car in 2 hours and I can't wait!!!! ouch smiling so much it hurts. the bank finally get the signed forms so i got my loan check today!do the happy dance, do the happy dance! I'll post back later with comments on my new(used)car!

 

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Congrats!! I got my 96SE 5spd about 3 weeks ago This is my first car w/ manual transmission and i finally learned how to drive it decently... but haven't pushed it too far at all yet. well! good luck w/ ure car! happy driving

 

Tou guys were right, Maxima's kick a**! Damn this car is fast! it glides over bumps so you barely even feel them. even the base stereo I have is pretty good if it wasn't for a blown right rear passenger speaker. It also looks sweet when it's all shined up. Can't wait to drive it and clean it even more today. I kind of didn't like the shifter when I first started out but I got used to it quick. I also think I burned the clutch a little bit from driving it hard and the wrong way/ Oh well I'l live. You guys know what I should use to get the scratches off my car? I was going to try waxing it first then if that didn't work use touch up paint but my dad says not to use touch up paint cause I'll ruin it. Any suggestions for stuff i sould use and pick at the local car store or pep boys.

 

Only use the touch up paint on places like the bumper and rear view mirror housing. Don't use it on any noticable places, like a door. I learned this the hard way. I also burned what was left of my clutch when I first got my car. About a month after I received my car, I had to get a new clutch and resurface the flywheel ($800...ouch). You can try that Maguire's ScratchX stuff for the scratches. It works OK on my deep evergreen as long as I wax immediately after I apply it. It only gets rid of the tiny scratches though. Enjoy the ride!

 

you could try takin it to a body shop, i did that when i first got my dark green max cuz it had sum scratches on the door and they wet sanded it and made the hole car look mint for like $150