I30swimmer

Do you wave at other 5th and 5th.5 gen drivers? i know jeep people ussually have some sort of sign they do. I ussually throw my hand up (like a hello) at other 5th gens, How bout you? (and if you dont, you should start)

KCMC582

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everyone around here with a 5th/5.5 gen is normally almost twice my age or more, always with family in the car. even the 5th gen that was lowered and semi-hooked up was bought by a middle aged lady who drives it around. so no, i dont wave. but if i saw a hooked up one, i would.

Puppetmaster

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I would if I saw other modded Maximas... never seem to see em... btw, the WRX people do it too...

irish44j

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nah, I give em the finger

hmm...but seriously - no....though I did honk at Rob (dblrr90) today since he didn't recognize me with the roof rack off for auto-x tomorrow

Deckdout2

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, but I'd probably throw them the if I knew them.

I might even do that to people that don't drive Maximas also.

SoonerFan

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i dont wave at no one. thats a JEEP thing..DONT STEAL IT!!! (i owned a wrangler before the maxima and its HUGE in the JEEP community. EVERY JEEP knows the wave)

irish44j

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acutally, it's a "country" thing....when I go down to my parents' place on the Northern Neck, everybody you pass waves at you, no matter what they or you are driving...it's called being "friendly"...something people up in this area don't know about...

irish44j

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doesn't the jeep wave look something like this? :

skierxx5556

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haha i think all waves are pretty

SoonerFan

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the jeep wave isnt really a wave. you have your hand on the top of the steering wheel and you just raise your fingers.

skeetch

Why is it that all Gen 5/5.5 Max owners give me the . Is it envy?! j/k.

brettb

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Correct you are. When I had my CJ 7 it was a big thing here too. But I don't wave to other Maximas

Jaws

Its not just a Jeep thing. VW beetle drivers gave each other waves in the 50s and 60s.

mingo

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i know riders do it all the time. i usually toss up the peace sign when i see fixed up maximas..

dbrooks

I dont -- along the same note as another poster already brought light to, it's not like a 5th or even a 5.5 gen Maxima is some semi-uncommon car. In fact, they're frigigng everywhere. Chances are if you wave at somebody, the 65 year old guy driving it is probably just going to think you flipped him off or something.

Doc Hawk

I wave whenever I see any generation Max SE driven by anyone other than Grandma or Grandpa. Around here (Central Coast of California), we have a bunch of bluehairs driving Maximas - there's even a lowered Maxima with LoPro wheels rolling around my town with a little old lady that never gets past second gear. Clearly, she bought it used! It's funny how many people have Maxima SEs that you'd think would be in a Camry, or at least in a GLE.

BTW - I'm another "Jeep Graduate" - I traded in my V8 Orvis Edition Grand Cherokee for my Maxima a year ago (happy birthday to my car!), and have never looked back. Having another SUV left in the garage helps of course. I had looked forward to being a Maxima owner for about 3 years prior to purchasing... I was right!

Anyway - I would and do definitely wave to anyone who looked like they'd understand why I was waving.

XGaSpAcHo

that was YOU?!

i think i'm more drawn to check out other maximas on the street but i dont really wave to them. well maybe if i can obviously tell they're not stock.

dbrooks

Not really. Maximas are pretty much in the same class, price-wise, as a Camry or Accord or what-have you, if you're looking for a car with more options and not a bone-dry one.

And SE models are the most common Maxima trim level. I don't find it all that surprising really, when I think about it.

Max_N_Action

people on motocycles wave at each other....

Doc Hawk

That's my point exactly - given that they are in the same class, I would think that these folks would tend towards the more conservative styling and marketing image the Camry or Accord, rather the more aggressive styling and performance marketing focus that Nissan gives the Maxima. Sure, I can see a middle-aged guy in a Maxima trying to shift_reality, but that's a guy I'd wave to, 'cause he gets it. It's the 75 year old grandma that would look just right in a Camry that I can't figure out behind the wheel of a blackout-tinted Maxima with the spoiler and rim package. Nor the 90 year old guy around here who drives a Subaru WRX with 18" chrome and the biiiiiig aluminum spoiler. Don't these folks realize they look ridiculous?

Doc

kidkay

where are the orgers in NJ....i know i know goto the region section

max929

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Here in jersey your lucky if you don't get jumped or Mugged, or shot, none-the-less waved to

Progress

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OlllllllO

lex3015

some younger kid than me has a nice lookin 4th gen, i gave him a nod once when he drove by me the other way, yesturday i saw a 5th gen with tint and clear sidemarkers and i saw him staring at my car since im dropped on 19's but didn't get close enough to wave or anything.

max929

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That because we know that we are the only ones on the road(besides 5,5.5 gen driver of course) that aren't trying to kill us!!!!!!



MY RIDES

MONTE 01&97 SE

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Well Maxima tends to attract people with more "sporting" intentions then those cars and the people that buy those Cars and most of them hardly ever look at the Max when purchasing moreso the Altima. Also Camry in one year out sold the 5.0 gen in 3 years and 5.5 gens in total only make up less than half of one year of Camry or Accord sales. Max has always been a "tweaner Car" that offers more than Cam and Acc and is a good alternative to TL's etc. I get sick of seeing Acc and Cams because they simply are every where of every Gen. I do get alot of looks out of 5.5 genners and 00/01 SE drivers than the rest of the 5th gen clan. In my area 5.5 gens are few and far between.

nyautostyle

if they are grillin' i'll give a nod, im not a ****... if u see me just flash your lights or whatever it is you do. I think its just out of respect that you like the style of the car

Maxima-Ness

No they dont. That wouldnt look "cool" and it would throw off their aerodynamics! They point all fingers to the ground and feel the air as if to say to the other cyclist, "I feel ya!"

Max_N_Action

ok....do u drive a bike???? we ackowledge each other because drivers show no respect to motorcycles...

max929

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Couldn't agree more, death by car

Gray305Max

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In Miami if you aren't big (20" or better) you gets no love here! And there are a few Maxima's with big rims like my cousin with 22" on his 4th gen. Bottom line----not big, not noticed! I still have stocks on my 5th gen and only a few will wave. :attention

roll4life

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haha hmm never seen too many modded maxes..but when i do ill b sure to glance and make them know i've noticed...nothing too outrageous like wave..never know what people will think of it..but as others have said the finger is the way to go

brettb

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Does he drive over cars and smash them to? I think I saw it on Speed TV the show was called Monster Jam, that Max almost beat Grave Digger.

Maxima260

I just pedal to the metal at any car that evens out with me on the road

I30swimmer

true that .. i ussually run with open exhaust (cap open to those who have seen the video) and when they pull along or i pass them ill rev it a little and if they come up next to me i ussually know that they are a freindly maxima driver not just OLD

mingo

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i dunno what u're talking about man, even motor cycle cops wave at me when i rode my friend's F4. we're even taught to wave at each other at CCrider.

crispykid717

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Call it what you want, "wave", or "pointing all fingers to the ground", motorcyclists do it b/c we respect each other. I love that about the motorcycle community. I don't get waves from everyone though. Usually the Harley guys don't wave b/c I ride a Honda , but I wave at them anyway.


...And it's technically a peace sign held out on a downward angle. Back on topic, I don't wave at other Maxima owners b/c they're all old people.

03tgtmaxima

amen brother



or maybe i just need to get out more

Maxima-Ness

I was just joking. Trying to be funny. I think it was lost though...

BRINKLEY

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around here, its normal to wave at about everyone, I think Irish said it earlier though, country folk are a little more sociable. lol But I do try to wave at all the max's I see that aren't driven by grannies and gramps. More of a respect thing, I don't care of they are modded or not. Its still a cool car, plus, mine isn't modded that much anyway................yet.