well i used to let my older brother drive it every once in a while until he put the front bumper into a high curb one night, had to get a new bumper.

i let my roomate who works at enterprise drive it, he says its the hardest manual hes ever driven and hes prolly right, its constant whiplash and almost stalling. other than that nobody.

 

I just bought a 2007 SE for my GF to drive. I'll drive it when we go somewhere together.

 

She must be one heck of a girl.

 

Noone. The Girlfriend WANTS to drive it but i wont let her. i tell her to stick to her 2 door honda civic and eat my dust.

 

Every so often I let my girlfriend take it, but that's it.

When she was shopping for a new car a few years back, I wouldn't even teach her how to drive stick in my Maxima. I made her buy her own and then taught her in that.

 

My mom is 43 and i let her drive it cuz she can drive a stick kinda rough but she used to own an accord with a stick...my step dad i wont let him drive it anymore because when he drives it, he revs to about 3000 or 3500rpms before he shifts, and he stays there idle...im like sh!!!!!t maan...he's used to his 89 5.0 mustang, and mustang people always wanna rev high to get all loud and ish

 

Tell me about it man, just this past weekend I got pulled over after a concert for a DUI sweep, which was fine, then decided after that I might as well go out drinking. So I handed over my keys to my buddy who used to drive a 5.0 mustang and now drives a 6 speed RSX, so I figured he would be okay to drive the max. Given it was a fun ride, he was constantly between 3k and 4k rpms. What a gas sink that was

and I don't even WANT to have to look at my oil level now

 

i let my best friend drive my old maxima when i was drunk one night. a cop pulled us over in the car that night, does that mean he had to pay the tint ticket? hahaha

 

i let aaron take it a time or two.. but he lets me drive his Black Maxima.. my girl drives it...anyone who wants to pretty much... like some one said its only a car

 

And it only costs money to fix it if/when they break something.

 

"NO"!!

 

omgg, its rediculous...its like u can hear the car whinning HEELP or STOOP, or more like GET THIS B!TCH FROM BEHIND THE WHEEL! lol

 

no one but me has ever driven my car since ive got it, im way too protective

 

my wife drove mine a couple of times. she says it has too much power. i don't like to let other drive because i feel so helpless in the passenger seat.

 

Oh man I was listening to car-talk one time and this lady called up and she had a 5-speed maxima, her husband used to do that and he kept telling HER she didn't know how to drive it and that she was shifting to soon, you had to hear it but the car-talk guys were ragging on her dumbass husband, it was great!

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....55#post5720055

 

coincidentally, that is who usually drives stock automatic 3rd gens anyways....

 

funniest remark I've heard all day

 

you're learning

 

I'm married. When I had my Max ('92 SE, VE30DE) she wound up having to drive it. Always made me nervous because she's not experienced with more powerful cars. It's even worse with the Interceptor I have now. I let her drive it once and she scared the sh*t out of me. It's just a car, it can be replaced. But SHE can't.

 

i use to have 99 auto maxima. i use to let my dad and uncle drive it but i found out that they put 87 in there when they drive it.. i cant say anything to them so i decided to get a manual car so they dont know how to drive it so they dont touch it anymore. haha

 

Fixed.

 

Too true. Everytime I see another Maxima in my area, be it 4th gen, 5th gen, or 5.5 gen, it's generally some grandpa/grandma 65+ years old going 5-10 mph under the speed limit. The 6th gens tend to be 30-50 age bracket, business casual dress, on a cell phone, teetering on the road lines. The few 3rd gens I've seen around here have ALL been highschool/college age kids with systems worth more than the cars, while they weave in and out of lanes trying to get around traffic.

 

I let my girlfriend drive my car ONCE, and that was due to severe circumstances...her car got a flat tire and the donut she had was going flat...she was scared as HELL on I95 so i told her to take my car and i would drive hers

Oh and then my dad drove it twice, once when he took me to the dealership to pick it up, and the 2nd time when i was having an initial problem with my breaks...that was when i was on a stock brake setup.

OTHER THAN THAT HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!

 

YEA YOVE GOT A POINT.....i hardly see alot of younger people driving 4th, 5th, or 5.5 gens...and if i do see a younger person driving one ITS BONE STOCK...maybe some tints

 

my dad test drove it before i bought it. my older brother drove it for me twice while i was out of state and another time or two with me supervising. other than that, that driver's seat is all-me.

 

My Ex had a 96 5-speed and i let her drive my max once... every other time we went out she would always beg me... but never let her... maybe thats a small reason why im single now. oh well still got the car, haha

 

Only a couple very good friends of mine that respect the beauty and power of the maxima

 

Now that's a Maxima lover..... women come and go, but VQ's are forever
Any women here are, of course, excluded, you understand the Maxima love

 

NEVER. I've let my best friend drive it around in a parking lot once or twice lol. Other than that, no one will ever touch that seat.

 

nobody!!

i let my best friend drive mine about 3 weeks after i got it, and as soon as he got in it he peeled soo nasty, front tires were stock and at5500 rpms they were still peeling out....

nevr again have i given it to anyone, not even my mother

 

can someone tell me how to work this site i need help it wont let me post anything but i can write on these polls my email is jovan_joseph2002@yahoo.com

 

read the stickies. post in the test/off topic forums. you'll understand later.

 

i never let anyone drive my max anymore since i just lowered my car because i dont want anyone to jack up my bodykit

 

my old maxima, anyone as long as I knew I could trust them and knew they wouldnt wreck my car.

 

Nothing wrong with that, I almost always take my car to 3k before shifting. Most automatic cars will shift thereabouts as well if you plan on keeping up with NY traffic or not driving like a grandma.

But keeping it at 3k-3.5k, meaning that [for example] he will stay in 2nd while at 3k and remain there at a constant speed? Yeah that's no good, you know how much gas you are guzzling???

When the right conditions are present, such as accelerating from a stop down a very short block with a stop sign at the end, I will not even bother shifting to 3rd, because with the stop sign approaching I will only be in 3rd for a split second. So I will get to about 3k in 2nd gear and then let off the gas, letting the engine brake towards the stop sign. Nothing wrong with that as far as I know...

But I agree with keeping it at those RPMs for sustained periods of time. That's no good.

 

Yes I do. I don't really care about my car anymore. If I've been drinking I'll let the sober person drive me home. I don't care if my dad drives it, he knows to put premium in it. I don't let random people drive it though.

 

I think that if I drove an automatic then I wouldn't care as much. I just feel like my clutch is being worn prematurely so thats a big reason for not letting others hold the keys. Another reason is I try my best to avoid potholes. I feel like someone else would not case as much and probably damage a rim. On another subject matter, I feel more comfortable being in the car if I let someone drive it than to just give someone the keys to go off on their own.

 

My wife, but only in an emergency.

 

My wife, as it is our car. My father test drove it before i bought it, and my sister who has an 04 mazda6s that I was considering buying something similar to. I wanted her comparison on how it felt. She said they were very close, the max was a little tighter and felt a bit stronger.