Yes folks, you read right, the "forum's youngest member" finally gets a Maxima to call his own. With over 2 years of learning about Maxima's under my belt, I love it. I love every second of driving this car.

It's a '95 SE...pebble beige...black cloth interior...auto (wanted manual )...all options except leather pretty much...115,000 miles (doesn't scare me a bit )

I'll post pics tommorrow, since it's dark out now.

Quick question, it has Bose audio, and it basically ate my CD. Worked fine all day until tonight after work, I hit the CD eject button to make sure the CD was still in it, it pops out like normal. I push it in, it gets stuck roughly 2/3 of the way in, just enough that I can't pull it back out. The stereo will now do NOTHING. Can't switch to radio or anything, I hit the power button, nothing. The only indication I have of the stereo even getting power is the tape deck light coming on when I turn on the headlights.

How the heck do I get my CD back, and what the heck is wrong with my Bose?

EDIT: The dealership also recently put hard asbestos brake pads on the car. I don't have the money to replace them at the moment, but they are LOUD AS H***. Makes my car sound like a rickety piece of crap at stop lights. The guy at the dealership said he could get softer ones, but that I'd go through them like nobody's business. Can anyone make some suggestions here? It's still under dealer warranty, so I can get them switched for free I think...

Thanks guys

 

congrats on the Max

sounds like the dealer used the Key Value brake pads. They put those on my '98 Altima a while back and boy were they noisy

 

Thanks man...say, your driveway looks a lot like mine does. Grand Cherokee and a Max...sweet

 

should have spent the time and found a 5sp, your going to want to go faster and faster as you age!!!!

 

I'm happy with the auto though. And it is impossible to find 5-spd's in PA...so I decided to settle on the auto. It's no biggy. Maybe swap down the road

 

For having over 600 posts on this forum I can't beleive you settled for auto. Best of luck with the car, you will enjoy that VQ every day.

 

Thanks.

Yeah, it's kind of ironic, 2 years ago I donated to the Org and got window stickers and a license plate holder. Didn't think I would even ever end up with a Maxima, but here I am. Putting that stuff on tommorrow too

 

cool cool true that you can't find a manual max in PA these days i ended up w/ an auto b/c i just couldn't find a decent manual max

 

Yep, exactly. I also settled on beige. Not my favorite color, but who really cares, I love the car anyway.

 

AUTO RULES! lol my feet are too big for a standard

 

You can always paint it crimson blaze red when you do a 97-99 front/rear end conversion.......

 

took me 3 damns hard long months to fine my manual but damn it was worth every day

 

Be quiet Chase

(Even though I love CBR )

 

You've been 16 since you signed up

congrats.

 

What? I don't get it...

I've never claimed to be any age other than what I was at the time...in fact when somebody argued my age, I usually made it a point to tell them how old I actually was. I'm proud to have been a member of this board even so young. I'm 16 1/2 now, got my license yesterday, got the Max today.

 

Just be careful while driving. A maxima is too good to ruin, I know how we teenagers are with cars, I had a 95 gxe that got totaled then I got a 97 se.

 

Oh trust me, I know. All night I've driven like my life depended on it lol

 

COngrats on the new max. I would of looked around for a 5spd but post some pics.

 

im just kidding. Relax.

 

I will tommorrow afternoon after it gets it's first wash/wax :bigthumb:

On the list for tommorrow:
-Wash
-Wax
-Corner light rewire (brighter clearance light mod)
-Remove pinstripe (it has a black pinstripe )
-Body color B-pillar mod (the vinyl on there now is fading and splotchy)
-Maxima.org window stickers
-Removing dealer sticker
-Removing Nissan badge on trunk


Can anyone think of any other free mods while I'm at it? lol

 

AE Mod its only a few bucks if u know what u are doing!

 

Well I just bought the car and can't afford to replace something if I were to screw it up. So maybe not just yet!

 

Oh, and so I don't ***** up the forum with another thread, anyone wanna give me pointers on removing the dealer sticker, nissan hamburger, and pinstripe?

 

Holy Crap ... Tatenko gets a Max ... pretty cool considering you knew more about them when you didn't have one than some who have had them for years.

 

Yup I can agree with this. Had a '96 Acura TL before my max, luckily I survived my wreck. Lets just say the Nissan gods didnt want me driving an acura. Total time driving the Acura = 2 months, total time driving the Maxima = 1.5 years and counting.....

Most people usually have a bad accident in their first year of driving, the good drivers learn from it, and im proof.

 

sweet you'll like the max, tell me when u do the swap (way down the road) I wanna know how it turns out.

 

Heh...this is true.

Thanks guys...I love the car

 

dats awesome, hope u do good things to it, would love to see some pics...

 

got one thing to say, you're younger than i am, but i've learned my lesson. race only on highways and not local. never take the shoulders and when you speed, think about that if you get a ticket, thats another good mod you're giving up. first ticket, $600. Second ticket, $460. Third ticket $260, yea....plus 2 points on the insurance which was probably another $1000 for 3 years. THATS ALMOST A SUPERCHARGER!!!!!!!

 

congrats sonny boy! lol

 

congrats man....took me 3 yrs to find a good 5spd in Buffalo NY, until i found it i drove an auto 96 se.... so start ur hunt now and upgrade as soon as u can cause now that u bought one all these nice 5 spds will start to pop up

 

Its hard to find 5spds in ny, and if you do find one.. theres something wrong with it. That's why i got my auto.. But besides it being auto, its a sage mist green.. i think this color is sexi .. Congrats though, yeah if anything, just do a 5spd swap later on..like maybe when u graduate(graduation present)

 

Thanks guys


Still no replies on my Bose yet...I've searched on google and had no luck

 

Ok guys, found a picture of it on the dealer's website, so this will have to do for now til I wash it today...

 

looks clean.

 

You've already got a mod, the plastic wind deflector! I bought one fairly soon after I got my car new. They eliminate the wow/flutter present with the sunroof open and the driver's window rolled down a bit.

I believe you remove the burger with fishing line (alternatively perhaps a few strands of dental floss) and a hair dryer. Talk to an auto detailing shop about removing the dealer sticker - they must do it every day and could give tips.

 

congrats on your first car way to go gettin a max I dont know what the easiest way to remove the pinstripe but for the nissan hamburger use some fishing line and pull that in between the emblem and the paint and take your time also you'll probably want to get some stuff to help you remove the rest of the glue on the paint i dont remember what I used but someone on here should be able to help you out good luck with the mods

 

Goof Off or Goo Gone. Also, anything with Citric Acid in it will work to eat the glue. That works for the Pin Stripe, Vinyl tape(pillars) and Badges. Then Buff, and buff and buff.
About the CD player, Try disconnecting the battery for a little while then reconnect it. This may reset the unit. We had to do that to one of my friends stock units. Not a max though.
Hope that helps. Nice looking car by the way. Brings back Memmories of when I first got mine.

 

Thanks for the tips guys. The dealership I bought it from owes me a free detailing, but all I'm letting them do is degrease the engine bay. They may owe me a headunit, too. I think I'll let them take off the dealer badge themselves, along with the pinstripe. They have a professional detailer working for them. I have to wait til next week though, as he is off all week.

Anyway, got my camera to work and the car is all clean. The pictures turned out kind of dark though (?), and they don't even show that I waxed the car, but oh well...

 

Ah its a SE.... not quite the SE-L though