I've owned 3 Maximas in the past: '93 SE black w/ tan leather, '93 GXE Grey w/ grey cloth, '99 SE Limited dark green w/ tan leather. All have been exceptional cars with great quality. 1st Max met its demise with only 101K miles after striking a semi - no injuries. 2nd was bought with 70K miles for $7.7K, then sold with 175K for $2.2K. Then, the last was bought with 40K and sold with 166K. I enjoyed each car, but liked the 93 SE the best.

Now that I'm not 18 and single anymore, my tastes and needs in cars has changed drastically. No longer am I the primary driver of the Maxima, I drive the mighty Titan (www.titantalk.com). We needed a car with enough room in the rear seat for 2 car seats + an adult. The wife's '99 was big time cramped with the 1 car seat, so it would be impossible to sit back there with 2 car seats. Space was needed!

We searched a bit and ended up back at the Nissan dealer to buy a new loaded (except Navi) Maxima SL. Got the Somoma Red with Cafe Latte (read "tan") leather. What a helluva nice car! As a teen, I worked for car dealers and I've driven a LOT of cars. I've never driven a car as smooth as this thing is on the interstate! We drove 4 hours in it the other week and I loved it!

We test drove the 1st model year 6th gen when it first came out. We were looking at it, but I instead bought my truck b/c I couldn't stand the sight of the dash! After the car got it's remake in FY07, it's now quite an attractive car. I can't believe these aren't selling better. All I can say is that more advertising is needed to show the interior has been redone.

 

Congrats, best of luck with your new car. BTW love the color

 

Best of Luck (Sonoma Sunset was my second choice - very nice!)

 

I wanted the white, but the stealer negotiated a better price on the red one. I made him put pin stripes and a spoiler on it. In the end, I'm glad we bought the red one.

I've been a member of this forum since '99 when I got my 1st Maxima. It's crazy to see how how much things have changed! I only came on here typically when something was wrong and I needed to diagnose or learn how to fix it myself. This isn't my original name, can't rember the one I started with.

Later.

 

and congrats - you have great color taste