Decided to take out the Max for a quick spin today after being in storage since November.

OMG! Ive forgotten how powerful the 5-speed Maxima is! Im sure most of this is because Ive been driving a 91 Geo Metro for the last 5 months.


If you ever fel your car is slow, drive a 1L 55hp Metro for a few months. Youll really appreciate the Maxima.

I just needed to share my appreciation for my Maxima.

 

I'll be sharing my appreciation in a couple of weeks. It's been four and a half months since i've driven mine. I can't wait. I've got a new intake and y-pipe waiting to get installed as soon as i get home. Literally the next day. Glad to hear I wasn't alone in not being able to drive the maxima.

 

I haven't been driving mine too much lately. But I just love having the extra power on tap for passing and climbing hills. I also forgot just how loud my intake is, lol.

Whats scarey is driving my Mustang hit the secondaries and the tires melt, lol.

 

ill soon see come may/june after the engine, ive been driving it on 4 cylenders for awhile now

 

With the gas prices rising, I'm sure a lot of people will want to drive that Geo Metro. You can have power or economy. You just can't have them both at the same time.

 

Personally if I was looking for an ecobox I would go diesel instead of gas.

 

I was driving a 2001 metro (79hp) for a short time period while i got a clutch job on my 95 max. Night and day difference. Its such a pleasure driving the max now.

 

I hear you there. I think I used as much gas taking out the maxima for a few miniutes as I do in the Metro in a week. The tank fills up (from empty) for $10.50, and thats with these gas prices!

 

With diesel prices rising like they do, it's not as big a factor as before. Diesel used to be way cheaper than regular unleaded.

 

sounds about the same as going from a bone stock 92 accord to a 300+ whp turbo'd max.. talk about gas difference.

 

i havent driven my max since august...ive been drivin around an 88 toyota cressida...it seems like it has a little less power than my vg...but it is rear wheel drive...that was pretty fun in the winter

 

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I got a 96 max with i/y ran 14.7 @ 94. I honestly don't know what you guys are smoking?!? My maxima feels real slow. MOst my friends think my car has really nice pull but I don't think so. I definitely need more power. I'm junking the max real soon and getting a more powerfull car. not fwd.

These are just my opinions

 

By the end of summer, I feel my Max is slow.
I think you just get used to the Max over time, like any car. Well, almost any car, i was reading the one review for the Ferrari Endo that was done a few years later, the guy said" Even after driving the car for a couple years, I never got used to how hard it pulled>"

 

My next car will be real fast. Not sure what tho. I might just keep the max as a daily driver and get a 1st gen dsm awd. I'll dump some money into some mods and be in the 12s trapping around 110+mph. It'll be my track/weekend car of course.
-Paul

 

I'm sure especially how you can really appreciate and forget how powerful the max is. I had a stupid Hyundai Accent while my car was in the bodyshop for some damage. When I got my Max, i was so glad to have it back cuz it's built better than the Crappy Accent and the power I needed it most. Since you got me thinking about gas prices, I think i should get a eco car for commute to work.

 

Yeah I went 7 months without mine, I was driving nothing because I lost my license....sure is nice to have her back......

 

I know what you guys mean. My car was feeling slow before I left for Europe a week ago. But a week without driving will sure make you appreciate it's speed and power all over again.

 

Hey Billy! When are you going to get the Pumpkins back together?

 

Not gonna happen. James went with APC, Darcy has a drug problem she refuses to get help for, so that lleaves me and Jimmy.

My solo album and my poetry book are both due out in the Fall though.


















No....Im not really Billy Corgan.

 

Ha Ha! Billy, you kill me.

P.S. You spelled D'Arcy wrong.

 

Mine isn't as extreme as yours but I was driving an '03 Caravan for the winter. Thank god thats over. But it was very convenient with hockey and school bags.

 

It's nice to see another die-hard Pumpkins fan. I know you are die-hard because you know how to spell D'Arcy. Rock on!