View Poll Results: How many leased? How many bought?
Leased
11
7.53%
Bought
135
92.47%
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Who Leased Who bought???
11-29-2006, 12:16 AM
#42
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: a meadow south of Atlanta
Posts: 8,143
I have bought every car I have had since 1949. I have bought nothing but Maximas since October, 1984. I checked out leasing a few times, but found it was not to my advantage. I have exceeded 200,000 miles on one Maxima and 180,000 on two others.
Like others here, I very much want to be able to add whatever I choose to my car. Leasing hinders that.
Also, I take exceptional care of my Maximas (always garaged when not in use, always parked as far away from other cars as possible, all maintenance and service performed on schedule by my dealer, any ding fixed immediately, etc), and have always received way over blue book value from my dealer at trade-in time.
My dealer has all the service and maintenance records available for my car, and I furnish the dealer a letter of referral stating that the car is in perfect condition, inviting any prospective buyer to call me to confirm anything they wish about the car. The dealer then parks my trade-in out in the front row and advertises it as a 'cream puff'.
I absolutely will never buy a car any other way than 'cash on the barrelhead'. If I don't have the money needed for a new car, I just keep the old one running a little longer.
I have not paid a cent in interest since the 1970s. I absolutely refuse to pay interest on anything. I'd rather starve. Fortunately, my wife sees this exactly the same way I do.
Like others here, I very much want to be able to add whatever I choose to my car. Leasing hinders that.
Also, I take exceptional care of my Maximas (always garaged when not in use, always parked as far away from other cars as possible, all maintenance and service performed on schedule by my dealer, any ding fixed immediately, etc), and have always received way over blue book value from my dealer at trade-in time.
My dealer has all the service and maintenance records available for my car, and I furnish the dealer a letter of referral stating that the car is in perfect condition, inviting any prospective buyer to call me to confirm anything they wish about the car. The dealer then parks my trade-in out in the front row and advertises it as a 'cream puff'.
I absolutely will never buy a car any other way than 'cash on the barrelhead'. If I don't have the money needed for a new car, I just keep the old one running a little longer.
I have not paid a cent in interest since the 1970s. I absolutely refuse to pay interest on anything. I'd rather starve. Fortunately, my wife sees this exactly the same way I do.
11-29-2006, 02:48 PM
#43
Banned
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 4,269
Originally Posted by lightonthehill
I have bought every car I have had since 1949. I have bought nothing but Maximas since October, 1984. I checked out leasing a few times, but found it was not to my advantage. I have exceeded 200,000 miles on one Maxima and 180,000 on two others.
Like others here, I very much want to be able to add whatever I choose to my car. Leasing hinders that.
Also, I take exceptional care of my Maximas (always garaged when not in use, always parked as far away from other cars as possible, all maintenance and service performed on schedule by my dealer, any ding fixed immediately, etc), and have always received way over blue book value from my dealer at trade-in time.
My dealer has all the service and maintenance records available for my car, and I furnish the dealer a letter of referral stating that the car is in perfect condition, inviting any prospective buyer to call me to confirm anything they wish about the car. The dealer then parks my trade-in out in the front row and advertises it as a 'cream puff'.
I absolutely will never buy a car any other way than 'cash on the barrelhead'. If I don't have the money needed for a new car, I just keep the old one running a little longer.
I have not paid a cent in interest since the 1970s. I absolutely refuse to pay interest on anything. I'd rather starve. Fortunately, my wife sees this exactly the same way I do.
Like others here, I very much want to be able to add whatever I choose to my car. Leasing hinders that.
Also, I take exceptional care of my Maximas (always garaged when not in use, always parked as far away from other cars as possible, all maintenance and service performed on schedule by my dealer, any ding fixed immediately, etc), and have always received way over blue book value from my dealer at trade-in time.
My dealer has all the service and maintenance records available for my car, and I furnish the dealer a letter of referral stating that the car is in perfect condition, inviting any prospective buyer to call me to confirm anything they wish about the car. The dealer then parks my trade-in out in the front row and advertises it as a 'cream puff'.
I absolutely will never buy a car any other way than 'cash on the barrelhead'. If I don't have the money needed for a new car, I just keep the old one running a little longer.
I have not paid a cent in interest since the 1970s. I absolutely refuse to pay interest on anything. I'd rather starve. Fortunately, my wife sees this exactly the same way I do.
11-29-2006, 05:17 PM
#44
i would lease a M6 or CLS55, maxima is kinda on the cheap side (well not really but compared to high end luxury cars) so why lease? plus you can mod it and keep it for awhile, and go places and not have to worry about milage and other crap. my cuz leased an altima and never seen him drive it besides work, now he bums rides to work because he has no car. what is the purpose of leasing a car, if you cant drive it like your suppose to? to invest all that money just so you can return it? (exception of company cars and if you own other cars)
12-01-2006, 12:55 AM
#46
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: a meadow south of Atlanta
Posts: 8,143
04BlackMaxx - In the backwoods of the NC mountains in the late 1940s, driver's licenses were sort of 'optional'. I was maneuvering semis around the warehouse lot of my uncle's trucking company at age 13.
But yes, I did have a driver's permit when I got my '49 Studie, and you are (sadly) very very close to 'computing' my age.
Fortunately, when driving our Maximas, we are all young at heart.
But yes, I did have a driver's permit when I got my '49 Studie, and you are (sadly) very very close to 'computing' my age.
Fortunately, when driving our Maximas, we are all young at heart.
12-01-2006, 07:05 AM
#47
Originally Posted by lightonthehill
04BlackMaxx - In the backwoods of the NC mountains in the late 1940s, driver's licenses were sort of 'optional'. I was maneuvering semis around the warehouse lot of my uncle's trucking company at age 13.
But yes, I did have a driver's permit when I got my '49 Studie, and you are (sadly) very very close to 'computing' my age.
Fortunately, when driving our Maximas, we are all young at heart.
But yes, I did have a driver's permit when I got my '49 Studie, and you are (sadly) very very close to 'computing' my age.
Fortunately, when driving our Maximas, we are all young at heart.
I am not your age and don't come from NC but when I was a kid growing up in Poland I would spend every summer in my grandparents village. My grandfather, god rest his soul, would let me drive his tractor at the age of 7. I remember giving my best to press the clutch while holding on with my hands to the steering wheel (that was some stiff clutch) while he shifted the gears. As I grew up I would manage to do it all untill I would always drive when I was around. He was just a proud grandpa sitting next to me. Damn, I miss him.
The best thing was that there were no registrations, licenses or any of that crap. It was probably a holiday if you saw a COP in the village, nobody cared.
12-01-2006, 08:28 AM
#49
Originally Posted by soupnazi67
Can I post new threads yet please?
http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...78&postcount=1
Post-whoring for 15 in t-minus...
12-31-2006, 08:18 PM
#55
Newbie - Just Registered
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 7
Originally Posted by john5820
I just bought mine yesterday 
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It replaced my 2000 max that got totaled
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.It replaced my 2000 max that got totaled
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