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$11,000 to play with....what would you do?

Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:19 PM
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ok guys heres my deal.....i got a 93 gxe with 145,000 miles on it.....i dont want to spend money on it anymore cus i dont think spending a ton of money on a car with that many miles is worth it....so im thinking of selling it and taking out a small loan.....so heres my question....with around 11 grand what car would you guys go for?.....im talking 11 grand for the car and hooking it up(well rims and system)......i was thinking to just get a 93 or 94 se cus i love my max and i really cant think of anything else....only other cars i have in mind right now are v6 jetta or gti golf.........PLEASE GUYS GIVE ME FEEDBACK!..thanks
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:23 PM
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Since you are getting rims and a system, you won't need bose or SE rims. Look into a 4th Gen (95-99) gxe. I'm sure you can get a 97 or 98 GXE for 11k plus the value of the car. The downside.....no leather in a GXE, or some of the other goodies.
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:23 PM
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i'd...

give it to nine7max??
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:29 PM
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I would buy a 95 Max for 8K and supercharge it
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:32 PM
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Originally posted by SprintMax
I would buy a 95 Max for 8K and supercharge it
nooo wayyyyy. a 95 will have too many miles on it to put in a blower.... i think sprintmax had one of his wheels fall on his head........ hahaha.. just playing..
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:34 PM
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you can get a 95 with 80 - 90k miles.. and then supercharge it..

or he could get a totalled max and buy a new engine
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nooo wayyyyy. a 95 will have too many miles on it to put in a blower.... i think custom max had one of his wheels fall on his head........ hahaha.. just playing..
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:40 PM
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a blower with 80-90,000 on it??? i think a wheel did fall on your head..... i wouldn't play with a new engine either.........
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:44 PM
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new engine is only $1200 ... 2 ppl here has a supercharged max with 100,000 miles
Originally posted by wicked1044
a blower with 80-90,000 on it??? i think a wheel did fall on your head..... i wouldn't play with a new engine either.........
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:47 PM
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who???
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:56 PM
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I think JJW95SC and TBhag or something like that..

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who???
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 08:59 PM
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Point is, you can get a fairly NEW max for 11k plus the old car.
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:00 PM
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i have been in jim's car.. i thought he was wanting to part from it...
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:02 PM
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4th gen

i just got my 97 gxe a lil over a month ago. it's white with black leather. i bought mine for $9,700 with 60k miles. perfect except for one small dent. just to give you an idea.
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:05 PM
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Originally posted by wicked1044
i have been in jim's car.. i thought he was wanting to part from it...
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:07 PM
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point is, its a bad idea.. they didn't install it with that kind of mileage...
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:10 PM
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A GXE with leather and a 5spd?

With $11,000 you can modify your car a whole lot.

Good Paint Job - $2500
Rebuilt/New Engine - $2500
Rebuilt/New Tranny - $2000

Then you still have $4G to play around with. Thats enough for a nice system and new rims.
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:10 PM
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sell the max ... get a E30 m3.... handle alot better than maxima's and are just plain cooler.
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:14 PM
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your still dreaming about the m3.. geez......
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:16 PM
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huh? JJW has his S/C installed on his max.. what are you talking about?

Originally posted by wicked1044
point is, its a bad idea.. they didn't install it with that kind of mileage...
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:17 PM
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o yeah

if you want something fun, you can buy an 94 miata for under 7k and put the rest of the money into it. stage II turbo kit...ooooohhhhh.....
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:19 PM
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Originally posted by SprintMax
huh? JJW has his S/C installed on his max.. what are you talking about?

jim has a s/c on his max....
the s/c was not put in with 90,000 on the car.
getting a s/c when the car is fairly new then getting higher milage through time is another story......
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:33 PM
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Some guy here has a 95 Max,

with 168K miles and a SC, so.. I forgot his name though.
Old Mar 18, 2001 | 09:42 PM
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so new engine $1200 and a SC $4000?? maybe you should put another engine and put it in the back of the max and make it AWD with 380 hp
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 12:11 AM
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Get a low mile 4th gen Max...
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 12:53 AM
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Originally posted by WhiTe93GXE
ok guys heres my deal.....i got a 93 gxe with 145,000 miles on it.....i dont want to spend money on it anymore cus i dont think spending a ton of money on a car with that many miles is worth it....so im thinking of selling it and taking out a small loan.....so heres my question....with around 11 grand what car would you guys go for?.....im talking 11 grand for the car and hooking it up(well rims and system)......i was thinking to just get a 93 or 94 se cus i love my max and i really cant think of anything else....only other cars i have in mind right now are v6 jetta or gti golf.........PLEASE GUYS GIVE ME FEEDBACK!..thanks
You could find I real nic 93-94 max SE with very low miles with that kind of funds. Just last week I say a 93 max SE 5 speed black that had 31000 miles and they wanted 11500 for it. I also see a lot of 92-94 SEs with 50-100000. In a nutshell, I think your "get 3rd gen plan" is good
Jon
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 04:23 AM
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bling,bling.....

money ain't a thang.......if I had your problem...get all peformance stuff....VB,SC,Y-Pipe.......
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 05:35 AM
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Originally posted by wicked1044
a blower with 80-90,000 on it??? i think a wheel did fall on your head..... i wouldn't play with a new engine either.........
Hey now, hold on a sec! People do consider me crazy and all and I did hit my head a few times in my lifetime...so I guess that explains my Blown 95 Max with 171,000 miles! Oh my gosh, what the hell have I done?!

Tim aka TBag
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 05:55 AM
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with a 3.25 pulley.. got to love that vq

"maybe the best v6 engine ever built" - wards autoworld i stole that from teh nissan commercial

Originally posted by TBag


Hey now, hold on a sec! People do consider me crazy and all and I did hit my head a few times in my lifetime...so I guess that explains my Blown 95 Max with 171,000 miles! Oh my gosh, what the hell have I done?!

Tim aka TBag
Old Mar 21, 2001 | 09:06 PM
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Besides mileage, what is wrong w/your 93 GXE?
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