As someone else said, you may be right that the Max's are weak on the side, but the comparison is wrong. In this case the t-bone damage is on the driver's side, and that actually looks pretty good. On the passenger side, that's the result of a lot of mass and energy hitting a two-foot wide (or so) object, resulting in a lot of penetrating power.

In a t-bone, you have at least a five or six-foot wide impact, so the load is spread. My Max was hit from the side by some dolt in a Mustang, in a low-speed accident. It held up remarkably well.

 

Do your research on that model of TL's. I know two guys with TL's that have had many trany problems. A good friend with a TL-S (think it's an 02) had his tranny swapped once at 18,*** miles and recently at 80,***. So do your research.

(Note: All three cars I mentioned above are automatics.)

 

wow that is freagin krazi

 

okay guys so i didnt buy a TL-S i ended up getting a 5.5 gen again. Its a 02 GLE Auto with 55k on it. Fully loaded minus navi. Its nice and i wanted an auto because im tired of sitting in traffic with a stick shift plus i have problems with my left knee. Ill post up some pics soon when i get a chance. I guess i was always meant to come back to maximas lol.

 

Very nice. Good to hear you didn't leave the maxima community. That was fairly quick, nice find!! be sure to post pics!

 

Awesome you are hanging with the max!
I was considering selling mine for upgrade but I've decided to keep my 02 untill it completly breaks which will be a long time away.

 

What colour?

 

where did you get it?
welcome back

 

its gray lustre. i got it at maximum deals in manassas.

02MAXZIMA: hey man i saw you yesterday leaving sheehy nissan. your car is clean man. The murano wheels looked dope. props on a clean car. i was actually looking at the maximas that you guys had on your lot but they were way overpriced. i got mine for 12k

 

Sorry to hear about the accident, but glad to hear you got a new one!
What are you impressions of the Auto compared to the Stick?

 

the auto is totally different. the shift points are weird. it seems as if the car wants to shift but doesnt for some reason depending on the amount of pressure i have on the pedal. its weird, ill have to get used to it lol. ive never driven a 5.5 auto before this so it was really different. i dont think i will ever miss the torque. all in all im happy.

 

We are glad you came back

 

Congrats on the new ride.
Post some pics up.

 

Yeah i know our cars expensive. It is always best to shop around. in this case you did and came out on top.

nk2k2: i just washed it Sunday. it looks clean from far away. when you get close to it then you see all the battle scars like the stone shipped front end.
thanks for the complement.

 

good luck and take care

 

so what car did you get?

 

ive seen some pretty bad crashes in bmws.. (i work for bmw)and getting hit in the side..they do sustain less damage than ive seen most japanese cars. They are just built very well..but it does scare me sometimes to think what would happen if this happened to me..ive had 2 5th gens and now have a 6th gen..and the 6gen does feel moderately sronger and tighter..i still think the result in this crash would have been pretty dramatic. The 6gen does have side curtain airbags.. but i dont think it would have helped the passenger much..maybe the driver from hitting his head on the window or roof..and help prevent glass/parts from flying in. but i really hope nissan builds the 7th gen maxima well. if i like the way it looks..itll be my next car.

 

Sorry to hear about the accident. Car looked mostly stock so happy to see you just lost $20~ on ebay for your clears. Glad to hear you are back in the Maxima Community. Glad you got what you wanted (02 Auto). You should be very happy you walked away with little injury.

 

Good to hear you got a Maxima.

 

eek thats bad

 

glad to see you're alive

 

It seems like you didn't invest too much on the ride, so hopefully you are breaking even with the insurance check.

 

yeah the only things i did was clear side markers and tint. Thats it. Ohh and new tires. They only had like 200 miles on them. I got everything in the settlement.

 

were you ticketed?... full coverage?.. how much did you get ?

 

and it looks like the car held up pretty good..

congrats on making out without getting hurt.

 

How do you survive an accident like that? You must be batman!!

 

the other person was ticketed. i was going straight on green and she got ticketed for failure to yield on green. I have full coverage but her insurance company paid out for my car. I haven't come to a settlement yet. They paid 13k for the car, and i bought it for 9500 in 3/07 so i have a 3500 gain.

 

Not bad, usually the story goes the other way with insurance companies.
It's not to often you get more than you paid.

 

That might be the only plus of a car accident.

 

wow, looks like a rough one. Glad you're all right

congrats on the new max!

 

Hey your alive and still a max owner nice be safe

 

Stop bringing threads back with stupid a$$ comments.

 

i was wondering why all my old threads were coming back up lol. id say lock it.

 

Exactly right. My 626 got totaled on October 23rd (bought an '02 Maxima SE to replace it) and even though I put $1500 worth of repairs into it since June, plus new tires, that only got me a $400 bump in the value of the car.

You don't have to take their first offer on the car and if you've had a lot of work done recently, they may bump you up a bit like they did me, but it definitely won't be anywhere near the full amount. I got less than 25% of what I had put into my car before it was wrecked. Looks like you came out pretty good though. My brother once bought a car with a salvage title for $12,000 and when it was totaled, insurance gave him nearly $15,000!

Glad to hear you weren't hurt, getting hit hard like that is pretty scarey (I was rear-ended and knocked from the right lane across the middle and left lanes and ended up on the left hand shoulder facing traffic) due to possible secondary impacts, like hitting the pole.

If you have any pain that lasts more than a day or two after the accident, you need to see a doctor and a lawyer. Not so much for an injury settlement but to prevent ending up with long term problems. Other than a stiff neck right after the accident, I felt pretty good but by the next day, my lower back was hurting pretty bad. I've been in therapy for 3 1/2 weeks now and am just noticing some improvement. I'd rather go through the therapy and have my back normal again than try to finish therapy too early and have problems 6 months down the road that I have to pay for.

 

Sigh... you can not imagine the burden it is.

my wreck wasn't HORRIBLE but it still put my g/f in the hospital for 5 days b/c they weren't sure if the nausea/constantly vomitting was from the wreck or whiplash or emotional distress.....

she's getting better. I'm trying to talk her into physical therapy. she's just been going to the doctor and wears a brace (has a 30% compression fracture on her lower lumbar)
that was on July 18 and it's... nearly 4 months later. I want her out of that brace and doing better.

when she was in the hospital she blamed me for the wreck and all her pain....
That was probably the lowest part in my life so far (i'm only 21)

we were on our way to school at 7a.m. and roads were wet from the dew. . . .
driving on a backroad in town and low shoulder.... hit the grass and it was over after that.... hit a culvurt at probably 50mph i guess? (probably 5krpm in 2nd gear--not sure how fast that is)

some ppl have slandered that I can't drive after seeing the picture and well...
I really can't explain how far my depression went before I get pretty teary...
so I'll save that for another day.

Glad to see your all right and best of luck with the TL-S
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HOLY COW!!! That's a bad hit....

 

Ouch! I know a guy that can bang that out



















j/k sorry for your lost... been there, done that... 89 supra tree mod! LOL

 

That sucks man - glad you are OK.

 

wow man i am glad you walked away from that, even though the math and speed may not add up totally it could happen. As for the tl dont mess with it!! parts are high and if you drive it a little hard the trans will not hold up. good luck and get better

 

Was your sunroof open? or did it open automatically, but thank God it was cause it probably would have broke and cut you! thank God your okay