Nissan Maximas?

nismomaxx · Post by **nismomaxx** » 19 Jun 2006, 00:54

Just wondering what you guy's take on the Nissan Maxima...let me specify the generations so that you can say which one your talkinga bout becuase they're ALL different.

1st Gen - 1981-1984
2nd Gen - 1985-1988
3rd Gen - 1989-1994
4th Gen - 1995-1999
5th Gen - 2000-2003
6th Gen - 2004-2006

Toshiro · Post by **Toshiro** » 19 Jun 2006, 01:30

I see it as a family sedan.

nismomaxx · Post by **nismomaxx** » 19 Jun 2006, 06:31

Yep, that's one great thing about them! Insurance is cheapppp!

My only question is, have you seen one lookin' good?

korge · Post by **korge** » 19 Jun 2006, 06:38

Toshiro wrote:I see it as a family sedan.

lol... True dat'

WonkaVW · Post by **WonkaVW** » 19 Jun 2006, 08:27

It's a family sedan. That's it.

What do you mean "lookin good"? As in, 20 inch rims, a huge spoiler, a tacky body kit and a bunch of lcd panels in the inside? I'm thinking that's the only use the car would serve, other than shuttling kids back and forth from school.

steelsnake00 · Post by **steelsnake00** » 19 Jun 2006, 10:11

Aye. It's a car you can't get to "look good", much in the same way you can't a Ford Mondeo or Opel Vectra.
It's not so much a car, as just a form of transport.

Hecubus · Post by **Hecubus** » 19 Jun 2006, 13:36

I suppose they're pretty good at flying under the proverbial radar (particulairly the third gen - I can't distinguish the performance model from the others). I like the third and fifth generation Maximas well enough, although that's most of the impression they made on me.

nismomaxx · Post by **nismomaxx** » 19 Jun 2006, 19:32

Well, you all are mistakin'

steelsnake00 · Post by **steelsnake00** » 19 Jun 2006, 21:37

Second one's rice as can be, the first is OK, but I doubt it goes fast, particularly with those horrible blingy alloys.

WonkaVW · Post by **WonkaVW** » 19 Jun 2006, 22:25

Agreed. First one is nice, although the rims are about 2 inches too big. The second one is just uncle ben.

korge · Post by **korge** » 19 Jun 2006, 22:29

nismomaxx wrote:Well, you all are mistakin'

First one is for the pimpdaddy with 2 kids screamin in the back...

Second one is ugly as hell...

Post by **Pabl0z** » 19 Jun 2006, 23:12

Didn't stig tell people not to quote pictures?

nismomaxx · Post by **nismomaxx** » 19 Jun 2006, 23:23

Well alright, ya I'll agree second one I posted is kind of ricey but I was just showing what can be of the Maxima...as for speed well my buddys is turboed and tops out at something like 165 or more I just forget what he told me.

Toshiro · Post by **Toshiro** » 20 Jun 2006, 00:07

I have to admit though, the new Maxima SE-R is kinda appealing, but it's not worth tuning. If you wanna tune sedans, tune Impreza's or EVO's.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 20 Jun 2006, 00:08

No, bad, evil! You don't tune Evo's or STi's.

Toshiro · Post by **Toshiro** » 20 Jun 2006, 00:10

Why's that?

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 20 Jun 2006, 00:11

Because they already 0wn. Hmm... now that I look at my previous post, I guess I should have mentioned I was talking more about the visual aspect of the car. But they still 0wn performance-wise as well.

nismomaxx · Post by **nismomaxx** » 20 Jun 2006, 00:14

Yep but see Maxima owners don't look at is as "tuning" they look at it as styling. You can take almost any car and tune it but you can't take every car and make it look good. Plus not many people take Maxima's and style them.

P.S - No such thing as a Maxima SE-R...Altima SE-R? Sentra SE-R but no Maxima. The only thing that Maxima has that resembles a SE-R is their SE (Sports Edition) version.

Toshiro · Post by **Toshiro** » 20 Jun 2006, 00:18

Maybe that's what I was thinking about. It looked pretty cool.....

steelsnake00 · Post by **steelsnake00** » 20 Jun 2006, 00:23

xHaZxMaTx wrote:Because they already 0wn. Hmm... now that I look at my previous post, I guess I should have mentioned I was talking more about the visual aspect of the car. But they still 0wn performance-wise as well.

No they don't! A 10k E36 M3 eats them for breakfast; you NEED more power in them!

@Nismomaxx. Tuning and styling are both seperate. Neither car is tuned, and the second car is horribly styled. The first would look OK with a decent set of dished split-rims, but with crome alloys, it looks like a bag of ass.

Oh, and you can style any car. it doesn't nessesarily mean it looks good. Tuning is what takes brains and guts...

SkeeteRX7 · Post by **SkeeteRX7** » 20 Jun 2006, 20:27

6th gen has the powerful and torquey VQ35DE, so....I like it.

But the Altima SE-R is much cooler.

Car and Driver Magazine (I subscribe to it) had a Battle of early 80's diesel beaters, with a pretty funny 1st-gen diesel Maxima. It was pretty cool, if pretty dumb.

2furio · Post by **2furio** » 20 Jun 2006, 21:42

I'm sorry but the new Maxima is just pimpin'. It can definately look nice:
http://forum.avtoindex.com/foto/data/me ... a_04_2.jpg
http://www.freshalloy.com/site/cars/nis ... os/002.jpg
http://www.thewheelconnection.com/galle ... arlton.jpg
http://forums.autoweek.com/servlet/Jive ... rofile.jpg

steelsnake00 · Post by **steelsnake00** » 20 Jun 2006, 22:03

The last one of them is reasonable.
The rest are just cheque-book rice

Hecubus · Post by **Hecubus** » 21 Jun 2006, 10:12

And let us not forget chronic torque steer.

MoWGLi · Post by **MoWGLi** » 23 Jun 2006, 02:58

nismomaxx where in CT are you from?