edit: oh yeah, this is the only 97-99 5spd within 100 miles of my zip code. I searched on autotrader, cars.com, craiglist, and personally went to evey dealership around here, and didnt find any. Personally, i'm fine with a bare 5spd.

same here i lucked out when i went to look at a automatic that i saw on auto-trader(originally was looking for 5 speed)and the guy was like we just sold it but i think we just got a 5 speed in but it hasnt been serviced or detailed yet. i bought it that night

 

knowing me, i'd probably get the 5spd ... then regret it whenever winter rolls around. I'd miss my heated heats, and my gf would get bugged by the dust of cloth seats.

 

Me too because I forgot how to drive an automatic!

 

I always wanted to get one of those Eclipses/Talons with the 4G63 and work on performance mods. The only thing that held me back was the reliability.With a few mods you could blow 99.99% of auto/stick Maximas back to the middle of last week, must've been a real hit when you went back to the Max.

LEMAR

 

lol talk about a hit but i knew it was coming. Going from a 13 sec built fwd eclipse back to an almost stock 5 spd maxima was quite a shock and pissed me off to say the least. But all in all it was a better choice for me imo. Sure the eclipse was a huge blast to drive and was the fasest car ive ever owned but the reliability sucked bad, not so much the motor as it was the small things like headliner, door handles, locks, power windows, sunroof, ect they all went out at one time or another. It started off being fun fixing the little things but it turned into a full time project and then the sunroof started leaking so i cleaned the drain ports and got some new weather stripping and after that it wouldnt close and i drove in the rain and got a huge shower every time . All in all the maxima is deff a much better car for my money, i would still love a DSM but only as a side project and NOT daily driver as my old one was. One other note for you just incase you ever end up wanting to buy a DSM, everyone says how AWD dominates all ect BUT have you ever raced a built FWD dsm on the highway or from a roll? the AWD gets wasted by FWD hands down all day long. I highly reccomend the fwd version even if you cant get traction through first and second eventually when you do youll be gone.

 

Congrats on the 5 speed!

I love mine. Like many other people here, I had the choice between a loaded GLE or my barebones 5spd SE at the dealer. The GLE had lower miles (57k versus 73k on the SE I bought), but after coming from an auto Corolla, I swore up and down I'd never drive another auto. Plus having the stripper model, it's less things to break. haha

 

2joosdawg :

Nothing wrong with a AWD, from a roll yes it will be slower, but for off the line and 60 ft times awd is the only way to go. Fwd with that much power really adds up to going no where with wheel spin.

 

i understand that and thats what im talking about. If its a track car then by all means an AWD is what id choose BUT on the street at least in my case there is and was many more people that want to race me in the middle of driving on a road that has no lights therefore an AWD would suffer no matter how many mods. either way im prolly not getting another anytime soon.

-Ryan

 

sounds great they already started the weight reduction for you .

 

get stick..

 

I wish I had a 5 speed....I dont care for leather and stuff....I just couldnt find a 5 speed AT ALL...

 

haaaa me 2

 

I went with Loaded auto.... But I still wish it was 5 speed.
ps, chicks could care less if its an auto or not.

 

Incorrect, some chicks take notice and realize you can do more than one thing at a time...

 

I Can roll a joint , talk on cell phone while driving my car. Now thats talent.