My Maxima's latest mod is a beautiful 2-foot long key scratch down the driver's side of the hood. It was absolutely free since it was given to me by a very generous person.

I'm furious right now. I walked out to my car from work yesterday and noticed the imperfection. I washed my car on Sunday and don't remember it being there, but I could be wrong. It looks like I'm gonna have to dip into my own pocket to get my hood painted.

I'm so mad right now. I feel like driving to a cliff and putting the car in "D" and jumping out and letting it roll off the side. Everytime I fix something, something else goes wrong. The CEL is still on ever since I installed the GReddy, my clearance light is broken, and now this. That's only to mention a few.

I hate jealous people. I work my @$$ off to pay for this car. I'm only in high school, and I work 25-30 hours a week and I still manage to maintain a 3.5 GPA. I'm very proud of being able to afford my own car and all the mods that I've done to it, and then some jealous piece of crap who probably is driving a '79 POS Oldsmobile has to go and do this.

Yea, so looks like I'll be making a trip to the body shop to get an estimate. It seems like I'm always fixing something on this car.

Sorry for venting,
-Nick

BTW, I'd just like to send out a special thank you to whoever did this. You really made my day. Do me a favor and go walk into oncoming traffic.

 

damn...sorry to hear man...i really hate people who don't respect other people's property

 

Sorry to hear that. There are so many jealous bastards around, a guy in a Civic got ****ed at me because I beat him so he decided to throw a cup of coke on my car.
Thanks,
Paul

 

maybe someone at your school did it?

 

it's possible, but I don't remember seeing it on Sunday when I washed the car. I did notice it on Monday. We had off for Memorial Day and I worked all day. I noticed it mid-day when I went to run an errand for my boss.

 

So you are telling me you wouldn't see a 24" key mark on your hood? I don't think so Nick... It definitely sounds like an act of jealosy, and I agree with Wope and think somebody from your school did it. Shouldn't insurance cover that as well? I really sympathize for you, if somebody keyed my car I'd key them.
-Cyrus

 

Sorry to hear the news. I hate those people too. I have gotten to the point where I have accepted defeat. I am no longer concerned with the body of my car. I will still wash and wax it, but I will never again fix the paint or dents for the very reason you've mentioned. I go to college and soooo many a$$holes drag thier book bags, their fat a$$es w/ the rivets on thier jeans, etc. across my cars finish. Hate em all. So, I will only put money into making my car faster, so I can leave those people far behind. Again, sorry to hear it. At least you have a sense of humor about it. Just gotta figure someone is jealous.

 

I've reached the point where I don't even think I want this car anymore. I love it to death and I want to keep it, but deep down inside, there is a part of me that is saying "Just get rid of it."

Everytime I turn around, I'm fixing something. My hood and roof are all dinged up, my clearance light is broken, ever since I put the exhaust on, the CEL has been on, etc. Now this is just icing on the cake.

Modifying and working on my car is the only hobby I have. I'm a Junior in High School and I work 25-30 hours a week at my part time job just to pay for the car. I don't play any sports and I don't have that many friends. I hardly ever go out or anything. I basically spend all of my time at school, at work, or on Maxima.org.

When someone goes and does this, it ruins it. Other people say, "oh it's not noticable...don't worry about it." Well, to me it is noticable. Every time I walk out to my car, that's all I see. Maybe I'm being overly dramatic, but my car means a lot to me and now I just don't even care anymore and I wouldn't even care if it was gone.

Later,
-Nick

 

nick man i really feel bad for you- i know how it is dude.
you love that thing to death its like a good friend-
look man hope you find out who did this . so so wrong

 

make a reference to great american literature, its kind of like the pearl by john steinbeck - great to have, but it brings you nothing but sorrow. oh well. that really sucks dude. im sorry.

 

make a reference to great american literature, its kind of like the pearl by john steinbeck - great to have, but it brings you nothing but sorrow. oh well. that really sucks dude. im sorry.

 

Sorry

But I don't think your Max has been screwing up on you. Your clearance lamp got broken when you worked on it, and the scratch is beyond your control. Dunno about the exhaust though.

The scratch could've happened to a POS even ... has the car been a bad car to you?

 

no, I guess it hasn't.

 

Nick, been there before buddy. Nice shiny, freshly waxed SuperBlack Max, keyed in a bar parking lot. It really sucks.

But, maybe this is some kind of 'sign' telling you not to have all your 'eggs' in one basket. It's great to work your butt off for something you really enjoy, but don't let it be the ONLY thing that brings you joy. You're young, man. Live and enjoy. Find some other hobbies/friends (more relaxing/less expensive, perhaps?). You'll find the time spent with the Max even more enjoyable when it's not your only outlet. Good luck.

 

I think you should sell it........and get a five speed like you've been wanting. I agree with ds03. I'm a Jr. in HS too man. You've got your whole life to have a bada$$ car, well you already have one, but anyways. High school is supposedly the best time of our lives and you should live it to the fullest. We are only gonna be young for so long, so we might as well have some fun dont ya think? As much trouble as this car gives me sometimes, I just look at it and think damn, I've done pretty good for how much I've spent. I plan on driving this car through college, or until it dies(but i've only got 90k on it) and then most likely, I'll get a really nice car once I've got a job outta college.

 

sometimes when we get too attached to the car God works in mysterious ways and shows us that the car is not the center of our life!

 

Use the force luke and kill them...

Yes I did just se Star Wars...

 

it should be covered by insurance, but if your deductable is high then it wont be worth it....almost my whole car was keyed and I ended up getting 1300 after a 500 dollar deductable.

 

haha yeah kill them kill them all.
i love when we talk about life and important things on the org
but yeah sometimes as iregula says God shows us that we spend too much time thinkin bout our rides

 

Sorry to hear about that, Nick

If I were you, I'd seek revenge on whoever did that to your max and make them suffer for the rest of thier life, or you can have my buddy in my signature pic take care of them

 

Yea, if you make a car that big of a deal to you, you've got to be ready to take the reprocussions as they come to. Love-hate in many ways with a car. Only love-hate swing that's worse at the high school age is relationships

When I got into cars in high school, I finally got rid of my old 85 Accord SE-i and bought my own 91 Integra. I held it pretty high in my own little world, and I really wanted to bring it into a full-swing hobby. But I realized, I was in high school...and saw a lot of the goon fodder around me that got cars (all the way from cheap kid-type cars to regular family-type cars that you know had been passed down to them) and modded them out a lot because they didn't have to pay for things like the car/insurance/mods/repairs/etc...and I know the contempt some people hold for that crowd in general in the social environment of high school. If that's not enough, there's a lot of inner angst inside the "mod crowd" in high school...you know, my modded out civic is way better than your modded out neon, and I've got some spare time on my hands & feel like vandalism, so I'll mess with your crap...

With that taken into account, plus the fact that I was in high school and didn't have the biggest income/chance at income, I ended up making the decision that the gains for me (hobby, getting to know cars, having fun, etc) didn't add up to the possible negative things that could happen. I decided to wait until I was older when I had more time & money to get into cars a little deeper, and didn't have to worry about the guy in the Civic getting jealous and keying my prized possession.

I'm still waiting. Hopefully once I graduate from college and have more idle time at night, and have some more money to throw around, I'll get into cars a lot more in depth like I've always wanted to. Besides...just repairing things and fixing **** like the little love bump I magically received in a parking lot is enough for my wallet right now.

 

Sorry to hear about the a**holes who scratched up your car. I do think that whoever did it was some jerk at your school. I have a black max and everyday I notice a new scratch. The black paint on maximas is really shiny and nice to look at but as far as being durable, it absolutely sucks!! Don't worry about the scratch and worry about your CEL. I think that your rear O2 sensor is probably loose or just dead. Have it checked out. I hope you have better luck with your Max in the future!!

 

Yup...my mom is always telling me that, along with "it's just metal" becuase i'm obsessed with my car too.

But it doesn't come first in my life...

 

Thanks for all your comments guys. I had a good night sleep last night and I feel a lot better about things. I guess I just have to accept that there is always gonna be someone who is jealous of what I have. I'll probably end up having the hood painted when I go to get my body kit painted.

Later guys, and thanks again for all the support.
-Nick

 

I know how you feel, some dill-hole tried to punch my drivers side window out, but must have broken his hand instead (blood on my windows), so he put a big gouge in my hood with his ring.
I saw the red-neck hill-billys drive away in their beat up red chevy pickup but didnt have time to catch up to them.

Mine was covered under my insurance, yours should be too, dont sweat it.

 

Has anyone considered buying touch-up paint from the dealership? I'm in the process of going to buy some since the ********s that painted my car a while back didn't use primer! Thus, the paint on my front bumper is peeling. My dad and I went to Pepboyz and Autozone and callled NAPA, yet none of them don't carry the exact color but the Courtesy Nissan dealership has them in slightly larger bottles than the Crescent City Nissan dealership back home. I'm in Dallas for the summer by the way. The touch-up paint comers in pen-like applicators. I'm thinking that may be a cheap alternative to painting the that whole section of the car since the color is an exact match.

On that note, I have a little story. I attend Xavier University, a historically black university in New Orleans, and the ratio of girls to boys is like 17 to 1. I'm serious. Anyway, there are a lot of sororities. Of course they usually have disagreements often over each others' man. So one day, as I was coming out from studying in the library at around 8 at night. I noticed that the 97 beige Toyota camry parked next to my Ruby red Maxima had "B****" keyed on the hood, and the sides of the car! I guess the female owner stole another girls man. Several onlookers laughed as they saw the car. Just be glad your's didn't have a message.

 

yea someone keyed my car at my high school bunch of haters neways F**k them gettin repainted, throwin phat rims on next month let the haters hate. i got insurance and gettin a sh1tty car to drive to school and work. keep my max safe in the garage.

 

damn that sucks were I was just stationed at there was 2 maximas besides mine in the parking lot for our barracks and they both got keyed. I was so worried I was next but hey I got 50 buck deductable for insurance so they can key it get me a new paint job cheap

 

That really sucks that we have people that are that freaking scared to say something to your face that they mess with your car....thats just being a straight up PU$$Y in my book. I say we all donate $ 0.25 and get Nicks hood painted, how many people just toss a quarter in a gum machine!

 

GRRRR...sorry man...some F-er during the last week of school must have elbow dropped my hood like 5 times, i have some nasty dents on the hood, i guess that will be coming out of my pocket as well, haters come take a look down this nice 9mm barrel

 

I'm sorry to laugh and believe me, I feel bad for your hood but 5 elbow drops to your hood is a pretty funny scene.

 

I have a dream! I dream of catching some bustard while he is scratching or stealing something of my car and scratch his f-----g
face with my key

 

Nick don't let that **** you off.. The car was defenseless and couldn't stop herself from getting keyed.. Just brush it off and move on... After a few days that i just bought the car, some retard backed into it pushing my grille into the car, breaking 2 brackets.. i had to make new ones and somehow stick it back into the right place, although there is still a gap when u come up close I also found numerous scratches, like on my passanger side door, + mirror.. damn New York City drivers.

Don't let that drive you to sell the car.. I don't know what i'm doing with mine yet, but I might just keep it and run the auto tranny until it dies, then I'll convert.. since a rebuilt will cost me the price of a conversion. By then more and more conversion would have happened and I would have extra $ to play with.... Not saying you should do this.. just sharing

You got a really nice car, don't let this get you to sell it.. **** the haters.

 

Hey Nick,
First sorry about your car being keyed, second of all I know how you feel cause people have no respect for other people property.

I got my door scratched and ding by people who dont give a hoot about other people, keep kool, there is more to life than a car.

Spetz99