I bought my wife a 2011 SV with the sports package a couple of months ago. She had been driving our altima se since 04, the car still looked and drove like new and was fun to drive but I could tell she was getting bored with it. I got her the pearl white and she loves it. I haven't done much to the car yet but it's in the works. I've debadged the back of it, tinted the windows and replaced all the interior lights with LEDs. The car drives great, it's a little rough but thats to be expected with the sport suspension. It's pretty peppy but she wants it to be faster. She likes to go fast and I don't have to twist her arm to get performance upgrades done to anything we own, which is a good thing. I've noticed the car seems to have a few blind spots so as long as your aware of them and look before you do something, your fine. I like the interior, lots of room, good sound system, and fit and feel are great. I'm sure she will be keeping this on for a while.

 

i love the car...but starting to dislike Nissan as an organization thats for sure!

 

Love my Max so far except for one warrantied issue(navi). Went from a 2009 F150 SCREW so needed something big and comfy with some kick to it.

 

I'm grateful for my car and it hasn't really given me any issues, the only thing that recently happened was that I hit a very high speed bump that knocked the driveshaft loose due to my car being so low with this Eibach Pro Kit that I had to pay the stealership to get it fixed but other than that I'm thankful to God that I've had no issues.

Mine was bought brand new in 2008 with over 70K on it.

 

I like the fact that the past 4 years Nissan Maxima has won the Residual Value award 4 times strait. I lease my cars and I'm sure glad to see the value up around 61%!!

ALMOST 8 MONTHS OLD WITH ABOUT 8300 MILES...

 

those awards are kinda meaningless.

it's all about what buyers are willing to pay for it vs other cars out there. buyers will always consider resale value as a big deciding factor when purchasing a car.

however, it does seem like the 2009+ maxima's are holding up really well in price. You can't find many used a35's under the 20k range right now, where as a year and a half ago, there were a whole bunch of them.

seems like the market is finally realizing the true glory of this car.

 

Yes, even the STEALERships have been sending out letters begging for 2009 owners to trade up for one of their newer year models and even stating that the 09 Max is in high demand citing that their value has increased.

I have no desire to trade up though and I'm satisfied with what God gave me.