I had a 99 maxima, 02 maxima and a 09 maxima. I initially didn't like the floating roof employed by the new Maxima. The Mazda dealership is right next door to the Nissan dealership. Long story short, I left my first love for a year long fling with a Mazda CX-5. She was cute at first. Great in the winter with the AWD. She loved to carry my road bike around (front wheel on). However, the more I saw my old girlfriend the more I began to like her new hair style. I began to miss the old reliable and really powerful V-6 my old girl had. Those times when I was driving the 2.5 4 banger and I needed to "make that move" but quickly realized the 4 banger couldn't pull it off. It was also funny how they both had BOSE systems but the BOSE in the CX-5 didn't have the same sound as my previous girlfriends. Well, I ended that fling yesterday with the purchase of 2017 Maxima SR and I couldn't be happier!!!! Reunited and it feels so good!!!!

 

I had an 04 Mazda 6S with the Ford Duratec V6. Bought it brand new and just now rusted itself to death. I test drove a 2017 GT and was quite disappointed. My 04 went awesome and the new ones are just boring. So like you there is a Nissan dealer right next door, test drove the Maxima and the rest is history.