Well, my wife and I finally found our new Maxima!

We got a 2003 Sterling Mist SE, automatic, with Titanium, Meridian, Leather, Traction Control, and Sunroof. This car is amazing, we've driven it over 500 miles since we got it yesterday and we are fully in love.

 

NIce buy..... have fun in your car...... oh by the way it is a 5.5 gen not a 5th gen....

 

Yeah, I know, but I guess I was in too big a hurry to type it out.

 

Congrats on the new car... do plan on keeping it stock, or mod it a bit?

 

500 miles...for most of us that would equate to two tanks

 

Or a month of driving ...but congrats on a great car.

 

Yeah, it was a lot of gas. Not two tanks, but a lot.

I'm sure the miles will slow way down - we had to drive 150 miles to get it, then made a 150 mile (each way) trip to visit some family (and show off the car). I love the trip computer, and found myself spend lots of time fiddling with it during the weekend.

Right now we're going to get the windows tinted a little and add the sunroof wind deflector. My wife says she doesn't want to do much to it (it is her car).

I would like to get 5th gen taillights and tint them, along with the side marker lights. It already has the "titanium-tint" door sills, and the interior has everything I could want, so that's probably it for the mods. I would like to look into one of the better radar detectors that you can get "built-in" (but I really don't know much about those yet).

 

sterling mist, nice, you got the bestest color........

 

We were hoping for dark blue, but now that we've spent some time with this one, we really love it.

I'm hoping to find some pictures of one like it with smoked tails and side marker lights so my wife will see just how nice that would look. (It takes a lot to convince her to mod something these days).

 

Congrats on your buy. But don't get the wind deflector. I think it looks ugly and it also ruins the paint after time. I had one on my Subaru for about 3 years from the factory, and when I took it off one day, there were outlines on the paint of where it was installed.

 

Congrats, now Im left wondering what it might look like.

 

so you're saying you don't know what your car looks like in a slightly different color?

 

Good choice, but if you went 500 miles without filling up your tank then I want to know what kind of gas your using because I can go about 300-310 miles until I need to fill up.
Good luck in convincing your wife to mod the car because that car will look great dropped on some 18" rims.

 

Well not exactly, I forgot we cant post pics in the 5th gen forum

 

I'm going to have a link sometime this week to pictures of it.

Well, there are 4 or 5 pictures on the original eBay auction, where I found it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

 

Swwwwwwweeeeeeeeetttttttttttt!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!

 

Congrats!!!! Advice: Dump those Bridgestone Potenza RE92s.

 

I really hate that I keep reading how people don't like those tires. I have the receipt in the car where the person I bought it from just put a brand new set on the car within the last 3 weeks. I think that for my wife's sedate and slow daily driving they will be ok for now. The previous owner really liked the tires and said that's why she bought the exact same tires to replace the originals.

They are so new they still have the paint line around the tires! She paid $209 each tire, plus mount and balance charges, very nearly $900 for the set.

 

Congrads!

Your color sounds similar to mine.

Be sure you tint the sunroof when you tint the windows!!!!!!!!

A tinted sunroof will really cut back on the heat on a sunny day and still work just fine.



thanks

 

Congratulations, looks like you found a sweet ride. And you got your gray leather.

 

Just to clarify, the craptenza's aren't too bad until they get some wear on them. I'd seriously consider changing them by winter if my wife were driving the car. You don't need to get $1200 Pilot Sports, but you can get a set for 4-500 that'll do the trick.


Congrats on the car! I remember when I first bought mine driving down the highway and pulling up next to an older vette (early 80's vintage) and thinking "ya, I can hang."

 

Uh huh...come back to us after a few drives in the rain with them.

I paid $450 (installed) for a set of Falken Ziex ZE512s, which are WAY better than the RE92s. (NOTE on my perspective: I bought my 02 Maxima new!!! So I'm talking from e x p e r i e n c e)

 

Sweet ride.........

 

Thanks for all the compliments.

If the tires don't feel safe in the rain we'll definitely be swapping them out for something better. I can't wait until this weekend, we should be able to get the windows tinted then.

 

Great choice of car, mine's paid for and I would NEVER part with it.

Ditch the RE92's before rainy season. I'm on my second set (I know, dumb ... long story, however) and when it rains I can't stand driving with such a light foot so I just park the car and roll in the wife's FX45.

 

eh, i've driven in some pretty harsh wet conditions on those stockers. i'm sure your wife can use them for their entire life w/o any issues