The other night I was out taking a cruise, testing out my intake. I went through the parking lot of HyVee and some kisd in a newer Probe(silver with black stripes, GTS I think, and a wing) told me get a "real import. I had to laugh at them. Just thought some of you guys might get a kick out of this. Later.
Kevin.

 

you shoulda asked, what like a honda accord or civic? and then told him to get a real american race car. they stopped making butt probes for a reason...i hate when people are ignorant.

 

Next time you see him, tell him that Ford paid Mazda for their MX-6 chassis, Engine, electronics and badged them as Probe GT and slap their own bodywork and interior on it. So he is actually driving an import himself.

Idiot! Don't even know where his own car came from.

Tifosi

 

What a moron! Just because you're driving a nice, classy car and not some slammed POS Civic doesn't mean that you're not driving a real import. Hell, if he thinks that a FORD is a real import, then does he think that a Chevy or a Chrysler is an import too? Stupidity always makes me laugh.

 

well, actually chrysler is now an import

 

Not the ones built in the US.

 

...was he blind? The maxima is so SEXY! Probably like his mom. It's like telling a supermodel to get a real job. I don't get it. What a tool. BTW: can someone inform him that ford probles blow please. thanks.

 

They do use mitsubishi's engines and tranny though. So I'd say
half import. Just like his probe.[laugh]

 

Actually isnt the maxima a true import. Whereas it actually had to be shipped from Japan? Honda those aint imports, they are built in the good ole USA. Ohio!

 

you should have raced him. nuf said.

 

a real import is a Lamborghini Murciélago

 

hahhaah a ford probe told you to get a real import? lol you should have told him to get a real american car hahha fukin probe lol

 

that was a perfect opportunity for a race!!! and after that, some humiliation for the punk...

probes do run mazda engines...so he's the one with 1/2 an import.
gotta teach these fools a lesson next time!!!

 

Well I usually don't race, but when I was out tonight I found the kid. I messed with him a little but, and he went home. What a *****.
I'll get him one of these days.
Kevin.

 

this black probe... looked 95-ish. 5 spd. Madman driver...

My max bone stock back then. Played with him, and smoked, cooked him all the way. u know, give gas, then off pedal, let him catch up, then floor again, etc etc.

LOL.

Don't even race vs Probe, it was dark and I thought it was a 3000GT or something. uh.

 

Nismo82 "BTW: can someone inform him that ford probles blow please. thanks."
sorry man but a probe gt would smoke a stock auto max, probably even with intake too. The first ones were turbo and a 4th 5 speed would probably have trouble with them...

 

Maxima is made in Japan, so doesn't that make it a import!!Man some people say anything....

 

That sounds like a typical comment a kid would make who has stripes and a spoiler on a disguised Mazda. The maxima is a great car because it is a very fast import (when compared to most other imports you see like civics, integras, and accords) and it seperates you from boy racers (it has refinement and class) who usually have no taste when it comes to the import scene (like window washer nozzles, altezzas, and superblack widow darth-vadar bodykits with chicken wire all over them.) I figured some tasteless moron with stripes and a wing would give the maxima credit since it was in the Fast and the Furious
You should ask him to buy some real modifications. A car was designed for transportation, modifications should improve these aspects. Whether it be accelerating, handling, or braking these should be the focus of your modifications, cosmetics come along with this progression (as long as their clean, stillen body kits, and red clear tails are a clean cosmetic upgrade. Just look at high end cars to judge your cosmetics, example BMW 740 has a clean bodykit, red/clear tails, and 18inch wheels, I have yet to see a nice high end car that has neon window washers) So ask him why he wasted his money on just dressing his car up, it improves no aspect of transportation? If he likes dressing things up with no purpose tell him to take up dog showing.

Here is why the max is regarded by true import tuners as a more than worthy car for tuning, also remeber that the max has many restrictive pieces that were designed to make the car queit, that's why aftermarket parts free up more hp than they would on a car designed to be efficient (a down pipe will free up more hp on a max than on an integra.) The VQ was introduced in the 4th gens, and only the true car enthusiasts know it as one of the best V6's in the world, all others find out the hard way when they race it.

Ward's Auto World, January 2001 - For the seventh year in a row, Nissan's VQ motor--which powers the new Pathfinder, Maxima/Infiniti I30 and the new Z--was named to Ward's Auto World's "Ten Best Engines of the Year" award list. The VQ is the only engine in the world to receive the award every year since the list has been compiled. In speaking of the VQ, Ward's said, "We've said it before and we'll say it again. There isn't a better V6 in automotivedom--regardless of price." Joining the VQ on the list were powerplants from Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Honda, Toyota, Ford and GM

Motor Trend, Road Test, June 1994

"The test gear must be screwed up. Zero to 60 in 6.6 seconds? No way!" It took nearly a dozen acceleration runs, two sets of fifth wheels, and three drivers to confirm what non of us could believe: This demure-looking family car is the quickest Japanese sedan available in the States."

Ask us, and we'll tell you how the Maxima SE will whip the Nissan 300ZX, Integra GS-R and Taurus SHO in 0-60 mph and quarter-mile acceleration-and how it challenges or, in some cases, exceeds their handling marks, too."

"Our tester, a five-speed SE version of this fourth generation of Maxima, produced a blazing 6.6-second 0-60-mph time, a 15.2-second, 92.4-mph quarter-mile run, 0.83g skidpad cornering power and a 65.1-mph slalom run. That tops the Taurus SHO five-speed in every category. The new Maxima shows no mercy on its Nissan stablemates: It'll stomp the normally aspirated 300ZX, and drivers of automatic-transmissioned 300ZX Turbos best not be snoozing when the light goes green."

Automobile Magazine, September 1995 - Four Seasons Test

"The Nissan Maxima has one of the world's truly great engines….There are few cars that I will unhesitatingly recommend to someone who is looking for a new car. I put the Nissan Maxima into that category the first time I drove one. After our four-season experience, it is still in that category."

Automobile Magazine, 1995

"We were not ready for the Maxima SE. It just knocked us out. We expected refinement and maturity that come with a freshly redesigned car, but we weren't expecting greatness."

Motor Trend, February 1995

One of the technical high points of the '95 Maxima is its new V-6 engine, which is standard in all models. This new VQ powerplant is similar in configuration to the VG-series it replaces: Both are 3.0-liter 24-valve DOHC 60-degree sixes. But that's where the parallels end. The revolutionary VQ is smaller, lighter, cleaner, cheaper to build, and easier to maintain. It also makes more power and torque yet delivers better fuel economy."

Awards: (For 95)

Motor Trend Import Car of the Year February 1995

Automobile Magazine All-Stars List February 1995

Car & Driver Ten Best Cars January 1995

 

Hey, my name is Rodolfo too!!

 

If you're referring to the blue nissan, i'm pretty sure it was a skyline. I swore up and down it was a max, too, but after watching it again, i'm almost positive it's a skyline.

And just to put in my own 2-argument-starting-cents, relying on "The Fast and the Furious" to make a point isnt the greatest idea. TFatF is to street racing as "Hackers" is to actually hacking. Because as we all know, you can just shut down a 5-lane street in LA (or Ny, or chicago, or miami,whatever...) and race for 20 minutes, and then spontaneously have the entire LA police force, swat team, national guard, army, marines, etc. show up at once and manage to get away. And of course, once the cops recognize you as a well-known street racer, they're not going to come to your house and arrest you or anything. Also, it's real easy to run a 1/4 mile in 7 secs when you have two monstrous subs in the back of your car and a premium sound system to boot.



Go ahead flame me. I don't care. I hate that movie so much. It sucks that no one can make a decent car movie (driven, FatF, Gone in 60 seconds) without going so ******* over the top it becomes stupid. Just think, the next time you're on the highway, and you pass an Elantra, or accent, or even a taurus, with a huge wing, a huge resonator muffler, clear tailights, and those stupid friggin windshield wiper nozzles, (most likely) that person saw fast and the furious, and now they think they can be too.

So flame me, i won't be able to hear it, because i'll be using the back of a flatbed as a ramp, jumping over 22 cars on the golden gate bridge, and landing perfectly, with the exception of a few scratches to the underbody of my rustang.

 

I agree I posted somthing similar in a different thread.

A skyline , I hope people mistake my car for a skyline. No way that was a 97-99 Max, the front end, the four doors and the red clear tails would tell you that. It is one of Craig Liebermans cars

Here is the link, you weren't serious were you?

http://www.m-emag.com/features/featu...l?featureID=58

 

i stand corrected.

 

I totally agree with you. and by the way, your post was funny as hell!!

 

These are all reasons that these are movies, and not documentaries. Watching a documentary about hacking would be real boring to me, just like watching a documentary about street racing would probably be boring to a hacker, and even to me. I can go to any industrial area and find people street racing, so why watch a movie about it? I can't watch them using Civics to hi-jack trucks full of DVD players. People go to movies like Gone in 60 Seconds and FatF to see some crazy ****. And yea those colorful washer lights are really gay.. but since FatF came out there's a lot more aftermarket companies and (maybe coincidentally) a lot more (and cheaper) parts for maximas. PS FatF is really gay but the cars are fun. I leave you with a quote.. "NOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" (car blows up)

 

oh yeah i almost forgot, this kid i know has a probe gt, dunno what year. it's a respectable (but ugly) car. it's slightly faster than my max: when i was alone in my 98max and he was with another dude, we were DEAD even up to 100mph. then i picked up my girlfriend (100lbs) and he beat me by a little.

 

not only is that true, but there are many Mercedes now built in the US. maybe he shoudl've phrased it the other way around...MB's are now domestic.

 

I understand that these movies are movies and are meant to be taken as that, and true, there are more aftermarket parts availible industry-wide since TFatF, but also realize this: When every stupid lawmaker trys to pass a bill that will make the penalties for street racing tougher, this is what they see. They see the glamorized, sensationalized hollywood version of it. And that is what the news will portray as well. Street racing has always been around, but the consequences of it are stricker now more than ever before. I know people that have been charged with street racing just because they were speeding home from work, or to school. See, the difference between street racing and speeding is that if you are charged with street racing, you almost always get your license suspended (sometimes revoked, depending on the judge) and your car impounded. With speeding, you get your ticket and get sent on your way.

Several years ago, when i was living in new york, i'd go out every saturday night to see kids racing. One night, while a camaro and a mid-eighties charger were racing, some guy that was ****ed that there was racing going on tipped over a 5-gallon bucket of oil onto the strip in front of the camaro. It hit the oil slick, slid into the charger, then the two cars went into a a bunch of other parked cars. Both drivers and passengers were killed, as well as a couple of people watching. When that happened, the blame was on the old man for spilling the oil. None of the racers got arrested.
Now, i live in west bumble****, and some kid crashes his S-10 into a tree while driving home from a party, and the first thing that's said is how he was racing, and how racing is claiming lives every day, and how it must be stopped. Hollywood is hurting racing more than it could ever help.

 

Tell your girl to lose that pot belly

 

MB's, and BMW's too... my dad's X5 lists its assembly point as Spartanburg, South Carolina...

 

very good point. i believe the Z3s are also mostly produced in the Spartanburg plant.

and as far as i know, there are absolutely ZERO Chryslers actually made overseas...possibly some in Mexico, but that's it.

 

I have a confession to make, so I'll be honest with you- I have never been in a Ford Probe, never know anyone who owns one, and have had no desire to own one, ride in one or really ever see one (even a rare one in good condition). If it is a few seconds faster than a maxima, or "will SMOKE a stock maxima", so what? I said it "blows" (knowing only what I see) and never having been in one. Would you buy a an old probe - or trade it for YOUR 4th gen Max? Seriously, and there are SO many reasons why, I don't even need to go into them. I don't care if you 'pepboyz' the **** out of it or whatever - never ever would I! (and I know people agree) Q: "Would you actually rather own an old ford proble (even if it was a GT) rather than a 4th gen Maxima? SO many reasons = it 'BLOWS'
Just my 2.
No offense to any Probe GT enthusiasts or to Lurch-dogg-11. Peace my brother.

 

you picked her up while doing 100 m.p.h. thats impressive man

 

okay, maybe it's just me, but i've notcied a whole bunch of civics (and two probes) with fishtanks in their cars. Fishtanks. Like not even full-size fishtanks, just long-pole-like fishtanks with neon underneath. Can someone please explain this to me? Are they cooking the fish too? Is that how it works....rice and fish cooked while yer driving, so that when you get home it's all ready to be eaten. Also, does this count as animal cruelty? Because i'd love to get PETA on their asses.

 

What will tasteless people think of next. Chrome fender skirts were horrible on any car, I laughed at altezzas, huge spoilers I figured wouldn't last, and of course my biggest confusion comes from why people would put blue neon window washers on their car.

Adding a heavy fish tank?

Like I said before, a car was made for transportation, modifying this would mean tuning the handling, braking or acceleration. IF you want to put dumb stuff, that has no point, on somthing it wasn't designed for, then dress your dog up and take him to a dog show, rather than teach him to hunt or fetch.

I think people do this kind of stuff because their in bad need of attention. Even a child will kick and scream just to get attention, even if it is negative attention. Thats why many special ed students act out, people ignore them because their different and people don't know how to respond to that. These special ed students behavior is very comparible to the kids who put this crap on their car, their 'SOFA KING WE TALL DID' and they need attention.

 

i know a guy that had a ford probe w/ 5-speed and his **** ran high 15 i think all stock.

 

I'm not gonna argue that he didn't, but there are also alot of maxima drivers that aren't running the full potential of their vehicles either. It's been said a million times: it all depends on the driver.....

 

exactly....i've beat my friend's AUTO 98 Grand AM, whaich has an aftermarket intake and exhaust with my stock 99 SE AUTO

 

I smacked up a Probe good on the highway. Hit it about 25mph, smashed up the rear end, the guy in front of the Probe was in a 94 Max, no damage to his car except rear bumper pushed in, the Probe's hood was triangulated, car was undrivable. My grille fell out and I got a hole the size of a quarter in my lower bumper area. But no structural or sheet metal damage to my car. I hit her in the back, so it was my fault, regardless but the cops wrote the Max and Probe up as obstructing traffic and I was trying to avoid them, since I was cut off on the left side and they were both stopped in a Yield lane.

 

I gotta agree with Street Reeper.
It's true about them bustas (dumb *** fools that think they the sh*t).
Just because they saw a popular movie, saw that they could street race, think they fast because they got a new looking car....they think they Fast&Furious too! Honestly, I think that movie was off the hook. But that doesn't mean that I'll copy the dam thing or believe that it is something new. That is really a pain in da azz. When bustas start "trying" to mod their rides because of a movie. They really don't no their history. This import and street thang been around way before the movie. Same goes with Nissan. They had, is, and always be, top performance. No Honda is compared to Nissan quality, period. Anyway, I see stupid sissy azz bustas driving around "No Muscle" Civics (cause they think its a popular race machine) and I also see bustas driving their Mama's Kia, Hyundai, Geo and act like they the **** cause they got Mickey Mouse Stickers on their Mama's ride or they put b.s. wings or mainly car show ish. Don't they know all that won't help ya in performance. It's all show, no go! It's also funny when ya see kids who don't know absolutely nothing in import performance come next to you in their "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
and rev at you for a race. Come On! Its plain ignorant. They don't realize the deal first. Like one day a dumbazz tried to rev at my Maxima and try to race. He had a Geo Metro go-kart(haha) with a "Type R" Decal on the back with fog lamps. Well, he didn't know his cheap 3 cylinder engine was leaking & smoking....then he tried to floor it ...all I did is drove normal and left him behind. Same goes with a Ford Escort, Kia Sephia, Honda Civic...I had blown them too.
ANYWAY, it's also ok for a enthusiast to do whatever they want to their ride. But ya gotta look into the game ya entering first. Don't sport out ya mama's ride that is not invited to the big boys party.
StreetReeper, its ok to and your taste of exterior, but of course ya know...performance FIRST. For all them bustas: "Get a REAL import!" No Accents, Escorts, Probes, Metros, Kias allowed! They don't belong with they big boys. All the bustas should get a real import with top performance like a Max and drop in some real mods. But those dumbazz's wanna stay around driving their Mama's no-muscle car with a crazy loud fart muffler-tip, decals that don't match the ride, Kmart brand CD player, rev with their damaged engine, and be representing Autozone & Wal-Mart parts! HAHAHAHAHA! Well, see ya'll in the mean time. Peace!

p.s. ford probes do SUCK!

 

My friend has a newer probe GT with a J-spec manifold, intake, flywheel, headers, cat-back, UDP, beefy clutch, and he is now getting the heads ported and polished with a 5-angle valve job. Stock rims, a complete sleeper. It's gotta be putting down at least 180 to the wheels in a car that's lighter than ours. Probes are not bad cars. Check out probeworld.com (I think that’s it) if you want to find out more about them. Ignorance will get you embarrased.