Love your Maxima too much?
08-23-2009, 02:30 PM
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Love your Maxima too much?
I keep getting teased from friends and family for driving my 95 Maxima. For example, when the Cash for Clunkers deal was announced, I had people call to tell me to get rid of my car. I had to tell them at 1. my Maxima is not a clunker and 2. I love her too much and can't stand the thought of her being destroyed. She was the first car I bought completely by myself, got her when she was new, and I put all 240K miles on her. So I find myself throwing all sorts of money to make sure that she keeps running. More money than the car is even worth. In fact, last week I sprung for a $300 ceramic tint job on her because the first tint job started purpling.
Last year I bought an IS F and a LX570. Now that those cars are paid off, I've been getting the new car itch again, but I'm out of parking spaces (I've got 5 cars). If I had an extra space, I'd likely replace the Maxima with a LS460L or a GT-R. Yet, everytime I think about it, I realize that I can't let my Max go. Anyone else feel this sort of loyalty to their Maxima or am I just crazy?
Last year I bought an IS F and a LX570. Now that those cars are paid off, I've been getting the new car itch again, but I'm out of parking spaces (I've got 5 cars). If I had an extra space, I'd likely replace the Maxima with a LS460L or a GT-R. Yet, everytime I think about it, I realize that I can't let my Max go. Anyone else feel this sort of loyalty to their Maxima or am I just crazy?
08-23-2009, 02:40 PM
#2
Yeah man i know the feeling. I loved my maxima so much i had the chance to get a diffrent car after my first max was totalled
Well i wound up with another 4th gen lol. and wound up putting in a 3.5 in her
Well i wound up with another 4th gen lol. and wound up putting in a 3.5 in her
08-23-2009, 02:46 PM
#3
I've had plenty of opportunities to replace the Maxima, but I can't let go either; far too much time wrenching, modding, washing, and waxing. I've come extremely close to pulling the trigger on a 2006 M5 and a 2008 CTS-V, but at the end of the day I know I'd just end up missing my Maxima.
Besides, if I really need to get behind the wheel of something transcendental, I've got the NSX. If the Maxima is my loving wife, the NSX is my filthy little mistress on the side.
Besides, if I really need to get behind the wheel of something transcendental, I've got the NSX. If the Maxima is my loving wife, the NSX is my filthy little mistress on the side.
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08-23-2009, 03:10 PM
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I am a yard manager at the largest import salvage yard in my area.Two years ago i bought a 97 SE 5speed that had the whole front end smashed off of it.I biuld cars and sell them on the side.After I got her finished,I was complety in love with her.I dont think i could sell her if I wanted to.She we hit 250,000 this week and still runs like a brand new one.
08-23-2009, 03:14 PM
#5
ummmm, sounds like you guys are car ******. i dont have a choice right now but to keep maxy, i just replaced mounts and 02 sensor, along with oil change. im probably going to do the main chain and guides with a new water pump and i know im keeping her after that. 195,000 and still kickin.
08-23-2009, 03:22 PM
#6
i had someone from a local nissan dealer call me about cash for clunkers thing too, it kind of pissed me off that they would imply to me that my car junk and i let them hear it.
I am a college student and don't have a ton of money to sink into a car but my max is the best purchase i think i have ever made. It has been super reliable, its reasonably quick and i love the way it looks. I can't say for sure my next car will be a maxima or even a nissan but i can say for sure i will never forget this car
I am a college student and don't have a ton of money to sink into a car but my max is the best purchase i think i have ever made. It has been super reliable, its reasonably quick and i love the way it looks. I can't say for sure my next car will be a maxima or even a nissan but i can say for sure i will never forget this car
08-23-2009, 03:47 PM
#8
LOVE MY MAX!! Had her for about 4 years and have loved drivin it everyday. Friends and family tell me the same thing to get a new car, but no way I'm lettin this car go. I love the way it looks, love the way it runs, love EVERYTHING about it. When I have no choice to get another car, it will be a Max guaranteed!
08-23-2009, 03:50 PM
#9
i have to say i will never get rid of my 98 se i dont think i have had it for three years and only had one major problem and right now im redoing my whole suspension everything down to little stuff so im def keeping her best thing ever bought girlfriend calls it gf number 2 lol
08-23-2009, 05:36 PM
#10
Haha my Maxima was the very first car I picked up a wrench and worked on. And I can still remember the first time I came inside the house with hands completely covered in black dust from cleaning out the engine and such.
And since then, instead of dreading about having to put more work into the car. I connected with it, and letting it go for another car is at the bottom of my mind
And since then, instead of dreading about having to put more work into the car. I connected with it, and letting it go for another car is at the bottom of my mind
08-23-2009, 05:50 PM
#11
when you get a blown headgasket, ruined front end suspension, on going electrical issues, and a mountain of other minor things, some things are meant to go. and thats exactly what i did and got another car 
08-23-2009, 06:29 PM
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08-23-2009, 07:41 PM
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I keep getting teased from friends and family for driving my 95 Maxima. For example, when the Cash for Clunkers deal was announced, I had people call to tell me to get rid of my car. I had to tell them at 1. my Maxima is not a clunker and 2. I love her too much and can't stand the thought of her being destroyed. She was the first car I bought completely by myself, got her when she was new, and I put all 240K miles on her. So I find myself throwing all sorts of money to make sure that she keeps running. More money than the car is even worth. In fact, last week I sprung for a $300 ceramic tint job on her because the first tint job started purpling.
Last year I bought an IS F and a LX570. Now that those cars are paid off, I've been getting the new car itch again, but I'm out of parking spaces (I've got 5 cars). If I had an extra space, I'd likely replace the Maxima with a LS460L or a GT-R. Yet, everytime I think about it, I realize that I can't let my Max go. Anyone else feel this sort of loyalty to their Maxima or am I just crazy?
Last year I bought an IS F and a LX570. Now that those cars are paid off, I've been getting the new car itch again, but I'm out of parking spaces (I've got 5 cars). If I had an extra space, I'd likely replace the Maxima with a LS460L or a GT-R. Yet, everytime I think about it, I realize that I can't let my Max go. Anyone else feel this sort of loyalty to their Maxima or am I just crazy?
oh only 5 cars? lol... jeebus. Just an IS F? lol Damnn man luckkky, wish I had ur job. haha
08-23-2009, 08:26 PM
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08-23-2009, 08:41 PM
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my girlfriend thinks i spend too much time with my Max. i
ve got a '99 GLE. it's my first car, and the first car i've ever taken an intrest in working on. it runs great, sounds great with a new intake, and is starting to look much better now that i'm about to repaint the front bumper. the interior is all black, and the seat are leather, so it turns into an oven sitting in the sun, but i don't care!
ve got a '99 GLE. it's my first car, and the first car i've ever taken an intrest in working on. it runs great, sounds great with a new intake, and is starting to look much better now that i'm about to repaint the front bumper. the interior is all black, and the seat are leather, so it turns into an oven sitting in the sun, but i don't care!
08-23-2009, 11:45 PM
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my mom looked into trading my max for cash for clunkers.
it didnt qualify, gas mileage was too good.
i probably wouldve done it tbh, i could just pick up another 4th gen for less than i got and have money for a vq35.
it didnt qualify, gas mileage was too good.
i probably wouldve done it tbh, i could just pick up another 4th gen for less than i got and have money for a vq35.
08-24-2009, 12:08 AM
#24
you realize they dont just hand you a check for clunking a car....you are required to buy a newer car.
08-24-2009, 06:47 AM
#26
i married into my max it was the wifes, she's had her 95' since 2003, when we got married she started driving my corolla and i started driving her max, aside from the a/c not working i love this car and am starting to learn more about it, its not going anywhere.
08-24-2009, 06:50 AM
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I would typically get rid of a car with 100,000 miles, but after joining this org, I feel like my car is just getting broken in. This is also my first time turning wrenches, and I enjoy the thought of working on my car on the weekends now. I going to keep her for a few more years at least.
08-24-2009, 07:15 AM
#28
I feel the way you guys do. I just took mine on a road trip and it ran beautifully. Although, after hitting the streets of NYC (Brooklyn in particular), it did a number on my front end. It was smooth as butter and now I'm getting clunking under my floor pan and i haven't figured out what it is. I've changed the sway bar and right strut mount bushings where were destroyed.
I tell ya, I love this car even though it's not as fast as I'd like it to be but I almost went out yesterday and bought a 2k3 Titanium Max. I'm going to hold on to this car has long as I can.
I tell ya, I love this car even though it's not as fast as I'd like it to be but I almost went out yesterday and bought a 2k3 Titanium Max. I'm going to hold on to this car has long as I can.
08-24-2009, 03:42 PM
#32
I am a college student and don't have a ton of money to sink into a car but my max is the best purchase i think i have ever made. It has been super reliable, its reasonably quick and i love the way it looks. I can't say for sure my next car will be a maxima or even a nissan but i can say for sure i will never forget this car
08-24-2009, 03:48 PM
#33
So I usually go the long way all the way around the store to avoid those lanes to get straight to the back of the parking spaces and then park a mile away
08-24-2009, 05:28 PM
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all of these stories i read sound just like my times with my maxx. altho she ran awesome on a 100 shot i had to let her go. timesa got tuff n i had to sell her n settel for a honda :/ but one day ill go back to the nissan way of life lol. on the other hand i have a few parts for the max new headers n used clear bumper lights if anyone is interested.
08-24-2009, 05:44 PM
#37
These cars tend to get under ur skin, but any good car can really, right now if the opportunity came for me to get another car depending on what it was i would probably get it, something much nicer than the I30, that has more power and is RWD aswell as the equal room and comfort to boot. Its not hard to find a better looking car 4th gens have some bland styling, but thats what makes them such fun cars for people that dont see the surprise waiting for them when they think they are a little quick in there newer slicker looking cars.
08-24-2009, 05:47 PM
#39
I've had my fair share of Nissans. started with my first pathfinder in 07, second in 08, then bought my 89 maxima in November of 08, loved taht car, nearly to death. it got to a point where the money I was spending on her monthly to keep her alive was damn near a car payment. So I went out, got a loan, and went hunting. I knew that I liked driving my dads (Nozama) 1995 maxima, so I wnet looking for a fourth gen. I dont know if I'll ever sell my current max, but if I do it'll be for another maxima.
08-24-2009, 05:51 PM
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