i purchased a 4th gen 97 gle black on tan 6 months back. carfax certified 82k miles 1 accident no major" girl said parking lot fender bender." for my fiance. i have done all the proper maintence on it and i am really impressed with the maxima.
im gonna start driving it and buy a bit newer nissan maxima or infiniti i30/i35 for her.

i have been researching VQ30DE-K and VQ35DE

i could imagine the VQ30DE-K being great as its a beefed up version of what i have ,and im pleased with. but, the bigger VQ35DE is tempting aswell, but the oil burning and other issues ive read about on here make me a little hesitant.

which would you 4th gen max guys recommend?

 

Stick with a 4th gen I like them better of the choices

 

But let her keep the gle and you get the 5spd gxe or se model

 

i really like GLE... plus gle ended in 03 as well
and the lady always must have nicer than the man, otherwise your the lady.

 

Wow bro I dont know about that but there's girl nice and guy nice so your right in some way

 

excellent point

 

Try and get a 5.5 se 6spd with everything in it!

 

4th Gen FTW..

 

3.5 swap a 95. /thread

lol but the de-k has some issues supposedly. Some have deemed it the "redheaded stepchild" of maximas. Personally, I wouldn't buy anything other than a 95 or a 5.5 gen.

 

Dek with issues? Only seen people complainin about the 3.5

 

VQ30DE-K is not a beefed up version of the VQ30DE. It's more like the same engine but now with a better breathing top end due to the variable intake.

Add an 00VI to a VQ30DE and voila: kaizen.

Keep in mind that the 5th gen is a bigger, heavier car than the 4th gen. So the 5th kinda needed to go to VQ35DE because of that.

 

vq30 has issues?? thats the first time Ive heard that. Ive heard the vq35 has some issues but nothing major