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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