I was thinking about this one. I mean, lots of you guys put body kits and rims on your maximas. Many also have theirs lowered. So, my question to you guys is this..... How many of you use the max as a daily driver? If you do use your car daily, do your mods ever get in the way of normal driving? Aren't you guys scared to bottom out, get dings in it, or even have it stolen? If I had ever put the amount of money that some of your put in your cars, I'd definitely not use it as my daily car.
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Thats why I have two Maximas. A 98 body kit & rims for occasional summer driving. The other is a 95 for every day driving. Yes, sometimes the kit makes things inconvienient and challenging but well worth it. I would also like to drop it a little but the risk would probably increase 10 fold. So for now I live with the wheel gap.
mine is a daily driver and itll stay that way no matter how much money and mods i put in it. im not afraid of getting it stolen cuz most of the parts wont be visible from looking from outside the car. outside will look bone stock. i dont like to attract attention. give it that "sleeper" look.
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i use mine as a daily driver as well, i am lowering this summer and i am sure it might alter the way i have to drive but it shouldnt be too bad. i dont want any mods on my car that would stop it from being a daily driver.
Mine's a daily driver too but it's totally stock appearance-wise. The performance mods make daily driving more fun IMO.
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My dad and I both use our Maxes daily (his: 02 SE) and I care a lot about both of ours, but more so his. He lets me drive his quite often since he puts too many miles on it everyday, and mine has nearly 150K. My car would be too much work and especially money if I wanted it where I did, so my dad said he would try and find a 300ZTT in good condition and that would be my graduation present.
. As for his car, it has usual chips in the paint and minor things that mainly came from the previous owner (the rims have some fair scatches, 2 fogs lenses that are either cracked or have similar damage, and they seemed to have very minorly hit something near the foglight. After thinking about it for months on end, I decided to do performance mods early, then come around 60-80k miles make it look new again.
My maxima is my daily driver car. I'm more into performance than audio, so i'm not too concerned about my car getting stolen. Most of the money is under the hood and the car.
Daily driver! A little over 2,000 miles a month. Most moed are under the car and hood, except for LED tails, but I am not too concerned about it getting stolen cause it is not worth much...
daily driver.
mostly sleeper look
Albany has shi ty potholes so my kyb-agx/eibachs don't like some areas but I would never go back to GXE stock boat handling.
I really need to get new pics up. My site is OLD!
mostly sleeper look
Albany has shi ty potholes so my kyb-agx/eibachs don't like some areas but I would never go back to GXE stock boat handling.
I really need to get new pics up. My site is OLD!
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Daily driver here as well, shouda made a poll for this thread. But i love driving my max everyday, its my first car, and i can't imagine myself in any onther car, well i can, but not in my price range.
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well considering its my only car, i would have to say yes, but if i had the money i would have a maxima and a sports car and drive the maxima as my daily, so there ya go
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Daily , weekly, monthly, yearly every chance I get to SHIFT_5 Gears and smile I take the oppertunity. Oh that goes for :Grocery, HomeDepo,Roadtrip and show car when washed and waxed. I would drive from NY to FL ,althought it is more expensive than Jetblue($69 oneway), mainly because I do not trust rental cars andI know my car is well maintained by yours truly.
Eibach springs Suck! AGX also Suck in the winter
Overall the "MAX" is a "Throbred" not lacking in much and does a little of everything.
Eibach springs Suck! AGX also Suck in the winter
Overall the "MAX" is a "Throbred" not lacking in much and does a little of everything.Daily Driver. I hate it when I have to take my wife's car ('00 Pathfinder) to work. Feels like such a big turd compared to my max. It makes the drive to and from work much more enjoyable!
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i use my max for my daily commute to school, so i really can't afford to have anything happen to my max. That's why i am not going to modify it anymore. I even took off my clear corners, just to get the stock look back on.
toughest max in the south !
drag racing - daily driver - potholes - backroads - gravel - spirited driving - 155,000 miles strong !
drag racing - daily driver - potholes - backroads - gravel - spirited driving - 155,000 miles strong !
daily driver even though my rear shocks are blown. i bottom out every single bumps. ecsta supra 712 has no rubber. nice dent on the front bumper. but still fun to drive. it gets me from point A to point B so can't complain more...
Mine was a daily driver until I bought an Escort wagon for school. Now I typically take the Max out when there is highway involved or it's a longer trip. Hurting gas prices 

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Daily driver- but mine is stock, except for the manditory cosmetic mods. But i only put about 8k on a year...nice working so close to home.
Daily even though I dont drive too much right now.
Kind of a pointless thread considering its a WWD 4 door family sedan......
Mustang is my weekend car
Kind of a pointless thread considering its a WWD 4 door family sedan......

Mustang is my weekend car

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Mine is everything right now for me.
Daily driver, fun car, racing car, etc.
Very dependable.
I cannot believe that anyone would use a car as a daily driver and only put on 8k miles in a year. I put on like 25k in one year, but everything is really spread out here.
Daily driver, fun car, racing car, etc.
Very dependable.
I cannot believe that anyone would use a car as a daily driver and only put on 8k miles in a year. I put on like 25k in one year, but everything is really spread out here.



