Just picked it up today. 2013 Nissan Maxima with Sport and Tech packages. It was bittersweet today. Whoo hoo I got a new car!!! But damn! I traded in my Charger. I loved that car, but couldn't get past the mental block I had that she had been wrecked.

Will get better pics. You cannot really tell the Crimson Black color as it is dusk here now. Will need to wait until the sun is out.











Traded 2007 Dodge Charger R&T (Road & TracK)

 

woohoooo, congrats, congratulations on your new car, it was a good choice, the same like the one I showed you but instead of white you got black. Any pics of the inside? anyway enjoy your new Maxima, you got a really nice looking car there.

 

Thanks.... I'll post some pics of the interior when the sun is out. It's dark here now and is supposed to storm here all day tomorrow. Still somewhat bummed about letting go of my Charger. It'll pass, just got attached to her.

 

So this is the 7.5gen? Visually all i see different is the rims. Is there any other difference in performance, or interior in the 2013? Congrats

 

just streamlined some of the options packages and added a couple of aesthetic color changes.

http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/u...ng-the-changes

this stuff is always done within 2 model years of the redesign. so look for the max to gain significant changes around 2015 ModYr.

 

Congrats, my friend has the same color a 2010 though......

 

I want to see a rear shot

 

Interior
I'll get some better shots of the entire car once it clears off here and teh sun comes back out. It is raining now and is supposed to storm pretty much all day.

 

Only the one rear shot (for now) when she was still on the dealer's lot. (the dealer sticker has already been removed... was the first thing to go once I got home)

 

again, really nice car, im jealous

 

Lol I feel your pain man, but trust me... You'll get over the charger quick! I know I did! Congrats man, she's a beauty! I don't freaking know what I did with my dealer sticker... Wonder if I can get another.. Anyhow, congrats!

 

When 7th gen came out I thought they were the ugliest Nissan ever, but now they are growing on me. I should buy one

 

Thanks everyone.... The dealer sticker I was referring to was the one stuck to the truck lid.

MIA_SHIFT... You should be able to contact the dealer. Most dealerships, regardless of make, have the ability to order a new/replacement window sticker for a couple of years after it is sold new... I also hope you're right about getting over my Charger. I loved that car. Ordered it, babied it, and she still ran like she was new. I just couldn't get past the mental block I had about her being wrecked.

I'll post some better pics once I have her cleaned up again.

 

youll get over your charger but she will always have a place in your heart! thats how i felt about my first car i ever owned and congrats on your new max

 

Beats the '13 Altima. I hate to think what kind of abomination of a design they are brewing up for the 8th gen.

 

Sweet ride! Welcome! Those illuminated kick plates are exactly what I thought they would be. Now I think I want them... hehe.

 

i have illuminated kick plates in my 5.5 gen you should get them

 

That's another reason I decided to go ahead and trade as who knows what the next gen Maximas will look like. Maybe good, maybe bad. I like this one, so why wait...

 

More pics!

 

Sorry.... It rained here tuesday and I went back to work yesterday. I'll see what I can get some new ones this weekend.

 

yea ididnt like the rear end, but the spoiler helped and the Stillen front lip sealed it... MAx looks nice congrats again, are the illuminated door sills on all four doors or just the fronts?

 

Beautiful car man, good choice on moving away from the Charger. I used to detail cars and Chargers always felt like fleet cars to me. The Maxima was a good choice.

 

Illumination is only on the front.

That would depend on the model Charger. I can see where the V6s and regular R/Ts would seem like fleet cars, but the R&Ts and SRTs were definitely not your standard run of the mill type vehicles. If Charlize (yes that was my Charger's name) had not gotten hit several months back, I'd still have her. Over 100K miles and she was still running strong. Most people didn't realize she was almost 6 years old when they saw her either. I did take her out the day before I got the Maxima and we smoked the rear tires one more time to say goodbye.

I am still breaking in the Maxima, so I have not done any "spirited" driving in it yet.

 

It has been overcast and/or raining since I picked up my Maxima. Got it washed and took a couple of more pics this afternoon. The sun kept going in and out. Looks like I may have to wait until we have sone real clear weather to get some good pics to show the crimson metallic. The rear shots came out better due to the glare on the front end.

Nope, I have not gotten a new license plate for it yet. I have been to the Court House 3 times. The first time (Monday), they were closed the day before New Years (note posted on the front door). The second time (Thursday), they closed 3 minutes before I got there. They just started closing at 4:30 PM, instead of 5PM, starting on Jan 1, 2013 (the note on the front door Monday did not mention early closing). The third time (Friday), I went by a satellite office near work and was advised that I had to go to the Court House in the county I lived in, but I could renew my license if I wanted. !#&*%$$%%@#$5#$!!

 

Nice! I like how the sun reflects off the paint and shows up what looks like a dark red!

-100th post for me

 

Nice Maxima I have an 04 my next one will be an older maxima 5 or 6 speed I can't do CVT .

 

Gorgeous 7th gen. Hopefully, Ill be joining you with my new as well!!

 

Nice ride man. Congrats

 

Thanks all.. Was finally able to get it registered and get a new license plate for it yesterday... Only my 4th trip to the Courthouse. (insert your best Yosemite Sam impression here !@%$@$#%$@#$%!)

 

These cars look pretty sweet. I don't follow Maxima much any more, but can you confirm they do not come in stick shift at all?

 

Pretty sure '05 was the last year you could get the manual transmission.

 

Well I've had the Maxima about a month now, but it still doesn't feel like I'm driving "my car" yet. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but there's just something...

 

Well if it's already broken in, take it to the track, or take it autocrossing, take it to a meet. Drive it around downtown and go to some nice restaurants, bars, clubs, you gotta drive it to like it. Take it cruising for some spirited driving on some country road or something, then take some more pics and post them up! hehehe

don't forget to wash and wax it before to long too.

 

That R/T, though...

 

I'm working on the driving it part. I took it easy for the first 1,000 miles to break it in, the same way I have with every new car I have purchased. I have take it for some spirited driving. I don't know what it is yet, something just seems awry.

Yes sir... I loved that car! She was 6 years old when I traded her and still ran out strong.

 

+one million
the R/T'S are bad asz and more car performance wise

 

Honestly, that may be what the issue is. I drove my R&T for 6 years and got used to the nearly 375 HP and 400 lb ft TRQ. I ordered her and had my name on the window sticker. I did take her out the day before I traded her... lit the tires and smoked the h3ll out of them one last time to say goodbye. I miss Charlize... and yes, that was her name.

 

Looks awsome, I have the same just in Pearl white...love the car

 

Congrats. Those 7th gens are really nice. Yes the fwd and less hp differs from the charger so that is what you are probably noticing.

 

I'm trying to work through it.