Well, it's with much regret that I am saying goodbye to my trusty 2000 Max. Made the decision last night that it was time for something new after 6 years and had my heart set on a bit of a sleeper that will be great for autocross, track days, and snow days (which the maxima was too!).

I've put alot of work into the Max and made it into the first car I can truly call "mine" so it's sad to see it go...I still think it is WAY sexier looking than the new car, and hopefully one of the local org'ers will buy it so I can still see it at meets, lol..

Anyhow....I'll still be around the org plenty and will still be happy to lend my advice to anyone who wants it (and to those who don't!), but here's to 6 years of good times with the Max, where I did every mod I ever wanted to do with it, and will definitely miss it when it sells...

If anyone wants to see the new ride, it's in the "Other Cars" section, but here's my tribute to my max....

 

Well congrats on making the cover of Nissan Sport magazine with that 3rd pic

 

Thanks for all the help throughout the years.

 

EDIT: found it. You got me all excited

 

hopefully you'll still be around! the new car looks sick, and figures you'd keep the black out themed. hopefully you put as much heart into it as you did your max.

 

damn that is a nice max..good luck with the new car and where are the pics of it?

BTW: what kind tint you have on your sides? im refering to your first pic.

 

Yeah, it will stay stock for a while. I want to take a year and pay it off (and finish up the GT6 and do some house "mods"), so the only thing it might get is a Redline shift/ebrake boot and a cargo net for the moment, lol.

I'll still be around here, since I know maximas and I know JACK about Subarus. Gotta start the long process of learning all over again, lol.

The tint on the sides is Formula One metallic (whatever their "best" one is called). It's actually pretty light (50%) to be legal here in VA, but from certain angles in the sun it has that nice green reflectivity due to the high metal content. It's the same tint as in all the other pics!

Here's a crappy pic of the new car. Didn't get home until evening, so haven't taken any decent pics of it. I don't think it's terribly great-looking, but I'll be inside it, not outside



stock exhaust is BEEFY and sounds identical to an STI....


this is a terrible angle that makes it look "fat"......

 

:tear: :tear:

you should do the mach1 lip idea, like some of the guys over on the STi forums.

 

sad to get rid of such a nice max....the subaru looks great. Looks a lot better than the hatchback one IMO. Nice of you to stay on the forums every now and then...

 

glad you stayed with the black

 

Good choice for the new car. I love subie

 

The front lip of this is pretty low. The mach1 would be dragging on the ground. I believe the STI guys do the "garage door seal" lip, which is not as thick...

yeah, I'll be around. I have to post here where I know what I'm talking about. On the subie forums I'm just gonna be doing alot of reading and listening and learning for a couple years

 

So there is plenty of Homo Depot mods you can do...

So whats the reported gas mileage like?

 

EPA says 18/26...so it'll probably be about the same as or a bit better than my Maxima (which gets a solid 21mpg in mixed driving).

Probably has alot to do with me staying off the pedal on the right

 

wow sorry to hear this......thanks for all the help, alot of your post's help me out

 

Gonna miss that black max. Good luck with your new ride!!!

 

Although being a newbie, I have benefited a lot from the org and especially so from your input, Irish. Really love the way your car looks. I have a similar car and I'm working towards making it look as good and sexy as yours. Good luck and lots of success with your new car.
Thanks for all your help.

 

congrats on the pick up man

 

Did you silently part out your car? I was hoping on buying your Wilwoods....

 

Sorry to see the max go. You did a great job with it. What Suby forum are you going to reside in? you say your new car doesnt look very hot, but i'm sure you'll figure out a way to make it look hot somehow.

 

i hear those 09's are wicked!.. good job not buying a dog 08 lol...

what will this place become without you who is going to be on noob patrol lol

 

is that an 09? wicked bro you def picked up a sleeper. ahh wrxs are good cars. funny how all of my frends own them so ive worked on them plenty. need any advice i can help ya out. or of course nasioc has everything you need. thanks for all the knowledge youve dropped on us irish!

 

thanx for the pics and I'm not really digging the looks of it but who cares AWD+turbo boxer= mad fun and sexy sounds. I too innoovw with how subies sound especially with HKS exhaust... My next car will either be a wrx, wrx sti or a evo... So I'm saving money now...

Keep us posted with your mods to the subie.

 

Subaru's sounds horrible! But 1 advantage is it will be better and more fun in the snow if you're a snow driving enthusiast as I am! And the maxima's are no good for that!

 

it's always good to have a new toy...the subaru looks good...how come you didn't get the hatchback one? i think the hatchback one looks cool too awsome you got black again...i recently got rid of my max and got a black car too and boy is it hard to keep clean lol and it is so hot! litterally it feels so much hotter when parked outside under the sun...but black looks amazing when clean and shiny! have fun with the subie

 

so sad...thats a hot max. how much did you get for her?

 

sorry to hear you are leaving us... it's been great.. good luck with the WRX..

 

yep it's an 09. Dealer didn't even know it was on the lot until I pointed it out to the salesman, lol. AFAIK it's the first 09 sedan sold in the state and I got it for invoice


nope, trying to sell it as whole. Especially since I don't have most of my stock parts anyhow. We'll see what happens, I'd love to see someone buy it complete so I don't have to take apart all that hard work

I'll be in NASIOC probably, since I know several people there (including a few other org'ers). It's gonna stay pretty much stock for a year or two until I pay it off. Might do a few very minor things (tint, debadge, shift/ebrake boots) but no engine/suspension stuff for a good while.

I was never a big fan of the boxer engine sound either, and I still don't love it. But I'm sure I'll get used to it and it will grow on me. The fact that it will smoke any stock maxima makes up for the sound

The hatch is so 17 year old's car. I'm 32. I wanted a car that didn't attract attention from people or police, and I prefer sedans to hatchbacks anyhow. Plus the sedan is structurally stiffer, and costs a bit less.

 

Expect around 18-19 down to 14 if you're not staying off. At least that's what it was for my friend's 2k2 WRX manual. I'm getting around your number with my Max auto. Oh, and tickets were killing him to the point he had to sell the car. You don't feel speed in it as it is not very low and AWD acceleration doesn't help either - no spin, so you get over real smooth . You're going to have a lot of fun, congrats! Once he took out Viper off the line, for 3 sec . The guy was with chick and kind of bullied on the road but had not so good tires and RWD only. You should've seen his face when this thing took him off the line! He caught us up by his 3rd I guess and flew by literally as he finally got the traction ). I thought he was going to burn his tires to the wheels until it finally downed on him to ease up a bit.

 

For sale right now for $6k with ALL the mods.....

I'll still be around here, just not with the max

Oddly, I've already had like 5 people on the NASIOC forums (Subaru) who know me from here...other ex-maxima owners.

Not that trip computers are very accurate, but so far the first 1/2 tank I'm averaging 27mpg in mixed driving Will do the manual math when I fill up to see what the real mileage is.

btw right now I'm keeping it under 4k rpm while I break in the car, so that probably explains the good mileage.

Yeah, but in this area you can only go as fast as the traffic...and there's ALWAYS traffic. I managed just one ticket in 5-6 years with the maxima, and I don't drive slow. I just drive with traffic and stay low-key.

That's another thing about the 09 sedan WRX...MUCH more low-key looking than the older body styles like your buddy's. Mine just looks like a Honda or Kia or something, lol....not a rally tuner rice burner!

yeah...street racing and drag racing aren't really much interest to me. Actually I think street racing is stupid as hell. I'll keep my racing to the autocross course and the road course track

 

congrats on the new ride....enjoy

 

I don't know displacement of 2k9 but for his 2k2 it was 2.0L IIRC. It felt so unless he spun the turbo a little then it did have a performance but mileage - as I already said. OTOH what's a point to have a turbo and not use it ? In any event, it took him a while to get used to the car's behaviour - until the point you wouldn't tell the difference from a passenger seat .

 

the 09 is a 2.5 with the STI turbo in a different trim....EPA ratings (using the new more accurate method) are 18 city/25 or 26 hwy...

 

me and you started here around the same time irish, and you have given me some great advice through out the years. I made the upgrade a month ago (05 G35 Coupe) but i miss the max terribly. its ganna be hard at first, but the new toys make getting over it alot easier. Congrats on the new ride

 

QFT. There are parts of the WRX that are not as good as the Max, but overall the car is MUCH more enjoyable to drive and is faster/handles better than my maxima did even with all the mods on it!

Hell, I still miss my '92 Accord coupe and '87 Integra sometimes. They were so small, light, and tossable compared to heavy modern cars with all the safety features and stuff!

 

i felt the same way when i sold my 2000 max se but it was completely stock its hard seeing wat u own one day not urs anymore the next

 

well, watched it drive away about 10 minutes ago.

If anything, I'm sure I'll see it around the org since member Stillen Maxima (Albert) bought it to go with his s/c'd 4th gen. Albert, now you can hang out in the "cool" 5th gen forum

 

Congrats and thanks for all the valuable information you've provided! Don't be a stranger!

 

dude, i think id be crying, being that my maxima is my first car. but then i guess you turned around and saw your wrx.