August 22, 2008
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For the past year I've been driving my grandfather's 1992 Nissan Maxima. It runs great with only 77,000 KMS on it. (It had 66,000 when I started with it.) He took really good care of this car and I've done about the same. I clay bar and wax regularly. 3rd generation is probably the best looking Maxima ever made. Although, I wish it was an SE with the 190 hp
VE engine. There's two reasons I've been considering trading it in.#1 being that it's 15 years old and parts are wearing down. I need to replace a window regulator, reinstall the trunk's torsion rods, and get a new ABS actuator. There's one dent on the side door that I'm still considering hiring a PDR for. This car's ABS is dead; no problem, I just use my "human ABS" when the roads are slick. If I wanted to continuously replacing things, by the time I spend a $1000 here and a $1000 there I may as well just buy a new car. I don't have a garage, I live in an apartment.
#2 being that I want MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I figure if I own one car with manual transmission, I can drive almost any car for the rest of my life. If I was a mechanic and/or had a garage to swap the transmission and such I'd probably keep this car.
I've been constantly looking up cars in the newspapers and online and I'm not 100% set on what I want. I would like a used WRX, but if I cheap out I might just look into something else. I wish Suzuki sold SX4 with turbo...
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I don't know anything about cars.
=P~
good luck with the car hunting. i have no idea otherwise. haha
RYC: perhaps it was long, but not the longest...long comments make me glad, uplift my spirit. At least, someone took the time to write 'me' something....yeah,thanks anyway...your words make sense to me...somehow.
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