SSTEIN5252

I have a 2004 and I occasionally like to smoke when I drive. Is there an ash tray available? Where does it go.

BLAXIMA2K4

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Yup...

Push one of those black buttons, stick your cigarette out the window, and ash! Other than that, sorry no ash tray or even a lighter.

NismoMax80

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didn't the dealer tell you? smoking in your Max voids your entire warranty

Smoken'04

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Funny, when I bought my '96 altima there was no lighter, just the hole for it. I had asked where it was. Even though I don't smoke it looked retarted. The comment was "nissan doesn't promote smoking".

04BlackMaxx

Do ya really wanna smoke up your ride? I go outside the car to smoke.

Tek-Niq

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smoking is bad for you and the max man, I couldn't risk burning my seats or my door panels...

MONTE 01&97 SE

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Yeah Nissan stopped the cig. lighter in the Max in 2000, no smokers allowed in the Max or G35.

koreanmaximan

I smoke... But not in my car... I've learned to respect and not abuse my baby~~

lightonthehill

Strange this question appears at this time. The state of Georgia just today passed regulations that prohibit all smoking in all public places except for bars, clubs, businesses employing less than ten people where the public comes only by appointment, a special room at Atlanta Airport, and restaurants where no one under age 18 is permitted.

I have not allowed smoking in my vehicles since 1958. Whenever cars did come with an ash tray, I modified it to become a coin holder. At my age, I have seen far too many cohorts, friends and family die horrible deaths from lung cancer. Some were in their forties, many in their fifties.

I have only sympathy and understanding for smokers. It is an extermely difficult habit to break, and smokers these days are often treated like third-class citizens.

I'm not trying to be 'noble' here; I have as many faults as the next guy (such far too many sweets, as well as 24 or more ounces of Pepsi each day).

For my total avoidance of smoking, I am very grateful to my dear aunt, who filled the house I grew up in with putrid smoke, then died of lung cancer. I will never forget that lesson.

Several vehicles offer 'smoking packages' as a special order option, but I don't believe this is available on the 6th gen. It might be that one could 'juryrig' an ash tray in the dash storage box just in front of the console. But it would have to be made of metal and allow no sparks to drop onto the felt lining of that compartment.

Another possibility would be to convert one of the two console cupholders by fashioning a 'form-fitting' cup of metal, leaving a tab/handle on the lip to facilitate lifting it for emptying.

Good luck in finding a satisfactory solution.

eLMo

I got a 96 with just a DC outlet without the lighter. So they stopped along time before.

KenGVR4

In Japan, they sell a crapload of ashtrays that fit in a cupholder. I am sure you could find that sort of junk on the web somewhere if you really want to smoke in your car.

I smoke a little (like 4 cigarettes a day, and I still can't seem to break that stupid habit), and I do not smoke in my car either. Makes it smell, even if you never use the ashtray.

KCMAXX

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I agree with Blax, use the window. No mess, no smell... Thats what I do.

MAJ_Jimbo

Like folks said...they sell ash trays that fit in standard cup holders like at Target, Walmart, etc., but your going to get ashes all over the console area, the smoke is going is going to get into all the cloth/velvet interior and cloth seats if you have them (good luck to get that smell out if you ever sell it), you'll possibly burn your leather or cloth seats...I would do what the other person said here...don't smoke in the Max...it's too nice of a car to trash...

dopestar129

I can't believe you want to ruin the nice smell of the Max with smoke. I used to be a regular smoker, but now I smoke only when I drink beers. I never smoked in my Grand Prix GTP and will never smoke in the Max. Why would you want to risk burning the seats and making the Max smell horrible. Plus, not smoking in your car will help you cut down a lot which is probably a good idea anyway.

SSTEIN5252

The problem is I like cigars not cigarettes. The ashes are too big and dangerous to throw out the window. Also I don't allways finish the cigar so I would like a place to put it. I do use an ionic air purifier and fabreze works well.

04BlackMaxx

Hey you can definately buy an ashtray designed to sit in the cupholder, my mom has one. It has a flip top lid too. You could prolly find one that fits perfectly in one of the cupholders, and it can be hidden from view when you close the door over the holders.'


-Live fast, die young, and leave a damn good looking corpse.

MAJ_Jimbo

Cigars can even be more of a mess and more of a smell in your vehicle...plus a good cigar is not a good smoke after you put it out and re-lite it.

So spray fabreeze all over your interior? That's a lot of work to do to smoke in the Max...and the ionic purifier...that just purifier's the air...won't help the interior cloth and such, and does the fabreeze take the smell out? My buddy worked at a rental car agency and they would do that on some of their rentals...and it still didn't get the smell out...

04BlackMaxx

If he wants to smoke in this car, hes gonna do it anyway...i mean, i'd never ever do it..
When I first got the car, about 3 months into owning it i picked up a chick for a date...this girl asked me if she could light up in my car. She was quite atractive and nice but the answer was still a flat out NO...and I told her this is a brand new car...(annoyed). Shes lucky I let her keep her shoes on!

Burny

I enjoy smoking cigars, but only in my 4Runner. Couldn't stink my wifes Max up too much. Bwahahahahahahaha

NismoMax80

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I heard smoking is bad for you

besides, I hate being inside a smoker's car.
so are you really going to Fabreze your headliner, reardeck, door panels, carpet, mats, seatbelts, and seats? Then you'll have to clean your windows to get the mist off, get vinyl/plastic cleaner for every other surface....

but yeah, like others said, your cup holder would be the best location. Maybe you can do a tinfoil-cupholder-wrap-mod?

04BlackMaxx

Yeah that sounds like a mod in my price range...but i dont smoke in my car, have any other ideas for DIY mods using common household products?

tranz

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in my 96 gxe i have one of those Lighters in the DC plug which i never used and that ashtray right next to it so i guess they did have those avail. in 96

steven88

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haha this thread is hilarious....smoking ash trays can be bought to fit over the stock cupholders...

just out of curiosity...what kind of cigarettes do ya'll smoke? Parliment Lights here

Wills98MaxSE

here's the rule in my '98: you smoke, you're out!

Jayzmax04

Confession time...

Ive got 2 burns on the "suede-like" door panel on my drivers side. Ya, it sucks, and I hate it but I still smoke in it. Regular trips to Mr Car Wash help with the smell and window film.

But hey, im getting closer to the quitting part, already stopped drinking almost 2 yrs ago....just cant let go of the smokes yet!!

04BlackMaxx

Marb lights...usually in the garage while looking at the maxima...so I guess its applicable to this forum.

carcus

Smoke em if you got them. I do not smoke anymore in cars after burning a hole in one of my older cars seats a month after I got it, but easy to put a ash tray in the cupholder area...or, just a nice humidor in the center area like ramberg did. Hey, I still enjoy a nice Cohiba or Romeo Y Julieta every now and again.



I am a Copenhagen guy....my cup holder works for me.

Burny

That Cohiba is looking schweet. What are those other Rockets you have nested in there?

04BlackMaxx

I have a cell phone nested there, the little door for the wire is a good idea, however I wish there was a notch so you could shut the top on the wire.

04BlkMaxSEauto

smoking is bad for you and your max

dopestar129

There IS a notch for the wire so that you can shut the top over it. Look at the front of the console when the top is open. You'll see the notch. You can't miss it.

04BlackMaxx

Oh word? I swear I looked...

NismoMax80

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well look at the pic a few post above you can clearly see the notch.

right next to it is a hole coming from below. then there is another hole on the driver side.

04BlackMaxx

OK nismo! Now i know im not crazy..I see the notch, and my car does NOT have that notch!! WTF!!

My maxima is special...i knew it..

NismoMax80

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well it does take a special owner to have a special car when you get off work, take a closer look.....
if indeed you're right... well take a pic and I'll forever ponder how one got through the factory with a different mold.

04BlackMaxx

aiight nismo...ill post the pic u joker! look out for the thread with the impossible mod...i hope noone bites my style

nyautostyle

man dont smoke in your car. im not a smoker, well not a cig. smoker but one time i used to let girls smoke up until i realized i had a huge burn marker on my headliner.. to this day its still there and havent been able to fix it.

just dont smoke in your car, its not worth it

dopestar129

I can't wait to get home and fill in that notch I'm pretty sure it adds like 10hp

-AoW-JP

Same here man. You think for 36k they would have made the door all leather.

RacertilTheEnd

I smoke my tires... haha..

I love a good cigar, but usually I smoke black and milds or djarum blacks. I am a social smoker. But I don't smoke in my car.