Max #7! '01 SE Anniversary Edition - 39k miles
Funny thing is that we really weren't searching for THAT car... we were really looking for a 5.5g w/<60k miles (which we really weren't having any luck finding - plenty 70k+) I was checking cars.com first in the Raleigh area (where my son lives) and then in the Charlotte area. When I searched the Charlotte area I generalized the search to just "Maxima < $15k" and out popped this one right in my backyard. I still didn't think too much about it because I had 02/03 in my head but it looked decent so I forwarded it to my son and he fell in love with it and asked me to check it out. I went to see it Friday morning on my way to work and realized that it was something special, spoke to my son on the phone and made the deal for him right then and there. We were afraid that if we waited till Saturday for him to drive down to Charlotte it might not still be there.
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mats
did they forget to put in the AE mats? clean though.
one thing I noticed about mine: the leather is like 50% leatherette...is this true? Cuz the perforated parts are real, not so sure about the back of the front seats, headerests, etc. :/
one thing I noticed about mine: the leather is like 50% leatherette...is this true? Cuz the perforated parts are real, not so sure about the back of the front seats, headerests, etc. :/
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From: Charlotte
All of the cars I have had or been around (even higher end cars) with leather typically have imitation leather on most of the areas you mentioned - seat sides and backs in particular. That's why the marketing materials usually say "leather seating surfaces".
Wow that's a good find. Low miles! The price isn't too bad for the miles either... 
Thought it was a GLE until I saw the SE emblem haha.
Best of luck with the hair dryer and some goo-gone to take everything off.
Thought it was a GLE until I saw the SE emblem haha.
Best of luck with the hair dryer and some goo-gone to take everything off.
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From: Charlotte
Definitely a legit AE... have the original window sticker. The listing for the smoked tails was crossed out on the sticker, too. Either the dealer did it or the original owner was overly **** about accurate paperwork.
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From: Charlotte
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From: Charlotte
He's now 26 and bought it himself when he was 24, although I did provide the '96 SE he was using during college. I agree about the tails but that was his choice to leave the reds.
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