what do you do when you see another 7gen on the road with you?
08-21-2009, 08:57 AM
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what do you do when you see another 7gen on the road with you?
i always seem to pull up next to one on one pulls up perpendicular to me.
i get kinda envious when i see another maxima on the road. especially since i know their car is newer than mine. But i like the fact that i can say that i was one of the few people who got theirs damn near the day they were on sale.
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i get kinda envious when i see another maxima on the road. especially since i know their car is newer than mine. But i like the fact that i can say that i was one of the few people who got theirs damn near the day they were on sale.
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08-21-2009, 09:19 AM
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i always seem to pull up next to one on one pulls up perpendicular to me.
i get kinda envious when i see another maxima on the road. especially since i know their car is newer than mine. But i like the fact that i can say that i was one of the few people who got theirs damn near the day they were on sale..
i get kinda envious when i see another maxima on the road. especially since i know their car is newer than mine. But i like the fact that i can say that i was one of the few people who got theirs damn near the day they were on sale.
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08-21-2009, 10:50 AM
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They completely make the car. Stock wheels look like training wheels on these cars.
08-21-2009, 01:22 PM
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When I see one, unless it is too far away or raining heavily, I instantly hit the 'auto-down' on the driver's window, ram my whole arm out the window, point down to the lower portion of their car, so they understand I am 'digging' the car (rather than them personally), then aim a 'thumbs up' right at them. The big smile on my face lets them know that is a thumb, and not a bird sitting at the end of my arm.
So far, if the other driver sees me (and they usually do), the invariable reaction is a big smile and a 'thumbs up' in return. But that is to be expected in the deep South. Things are sometimes a little more reserved in other areas of the country.
So far, if the other driver sees me (and they usually do), the invariable reaction is a big smile and a 'thumbs up' in return. But that is to be expected in the deep South. Things are sometimes a little more reserved in other areas of the country.
08-21-2009, 01:26 PM
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When I see one, unless it is too far away or raining heavily, I instantly hit the 'auto-down' on the driver's window, ram my whole arm out the window, point down to the lower portion of their car, so they understand I am 'digging' the car (rather than them personally), then aim a 'thumbs up' right at them. The big smile on my face lets them know that is a thumb, and not a bird sitting at the end of my arm.
So far, if the other driver sees me (and they usually do), the invariable reaction is a big smile and a 'thumbs up' in return. But that is to be expected in the deep South. Things are sometimes a little more reserved in other areas of the country.
So far, if the other driver sees me (and they usually do), the invariable reaction is a big smile and a 'thumbs up' in return. But that is to be expected in the deep South. Things are sometimes a little more reserved in other areas of the country.
08-21-2009, 01:43 PM
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Not surprising. I lived in the Bronx during summers in the early 1950s, and got into trouble several times because of my easy-going open 'southern' approach to complete strangers. I learned that, in NYC, folks only spoke to strangers when it was necessary.
08-21-2009, 01:59 PM
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, alittle off topic but have you been to NY since the 1950s?
08-21-2009, 07:27 PM
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Yes! If you wish to give a friendly flash of the high beams, be sure and switch out the HIDs for normal bulbs first. With the way medical costs are going up, you don't want to be stuck paying the other driver's opthalmologist bills these days. By flashing with regular bulbs, all you have to worry about is the nut in the other car dying to try out his new AK47.
08-21-2009, 07:42 PM
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Went to several stage plays in downtown Manhattan in 1958 (while living in Freehold - just east of Princeton), but that was my last time in the Big Apple. Although living in far-flung places such as Korea (13 months), Santa Monica CA (twice), Sierra Vista, Tombstone and Bisbee AZ, Montgomery AL, etc, the closest I have lived to NYC in the last fifty years is Atlanta.
But my youngest sister and brother-in-law both lived and worked in NYC for over thirty years before retiring to the top of Eagle Mountain, overlooking the Yellowstone River somewhere in the middle of nowhere (aka Montana). My sister worked very near the WTC, and her six hour walk home barefoot, filthy and bleeding on 9/11 convinced her it was time to leave the Big Apple.
08-22-2009, 06:31 PM
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Yes! If you wish to give a friendly flash of the high beams, be sure and switch out the HIDs for normal bulbs first. With the way medical costs are going up, you don't want to be stuck paying the other driver's opthalmologist bills these days. By flashing with regular bulbs, all you have to worry about is the nut in the other car dying to try out his new AK47.
That is a crime! I always try to give people a thumbs up and add one more mod to my list of Maxima mods! My dad was backing up on the street and I was backing out of the driveway a few weeks ago and he hit the Mamba (My Maxima) A little quarter panel bender, Imma get it fixed this week by a friends body shop and he's also gonna do the back bumper and front bumper, they both have little love marks. So when I see a Maxima right now like mine, I just envy their perfection! But not in a few days after hitting the shop!
08-22-2009, 08:54 PM
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Yes! If you wish to give a friendly flash of the high beams, be sure and switch out the HIDs for normal bulbs first. With the way medical costs are going up, you don't want to be stuck paying the other driver's opthalmologist bills these days. By flashing with regular bulbs, all you have to worry about is the nut in the other car dying to try out his new AK47.
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