The maxima's replacement - I got a new car to play with

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Skip to the bottom if you don't want to read my life's story!!!!

So I sold my maxima a few weeks ago and have been in the market for a car, I just didn't know exactly what I wanted, so I started searching for a new car under 7K that I could buy cash. I looked at integras but realized they're not for someone 6'2, I looked at a s14 240sx but realized it wasn't for tall people either, and finally I learned after driving both of those cars I wanted something newer, and stock. I say that because it seems every integra/240 I looked at was beat to crap, poorly maintained, and just not nice.

I realized I wanted a newer model car. So while doing a search for newer body style maxima(I had almost given up hope at this point) I found an ad for a sentra b15 s-er spec v. I ended up calling the guy last night, talked and set up a time to meet today. It's an 04, 6 speed, 70k miles, fully loaded model(minus the brembo brakes) and it was black! It came with a nismo CAI, nismo shift knob, and nismo cat back which sounded pretty decent. Other than that it was stock which was awesome.

When I started driving it I knew I'd buy it. The ride was very nice, quiet, smooth, and it handled very well. The only problem I could find was that the interior plastics are cheap(it is what it is, this aint no benz) and getting into 6th gear is a bitch, the shifter wants to either go in 4th or reverse, not 6th lol. Also the cup holder suck.

I ended up getting the car for 2k-3k less than blue book so I ended up buying it. So far I like it a lot. I love the way it drives and it seems like it gets good gas mileage and it's actually pretty quick.

So far I've seafoamed it, installed new spark plugs and changed the oil. In the next month I plan to lower it on springs, install new header, refinish the stock wheels in hyper black(professionally of course), repaint car black, get a new grill, polish the headlights, and get window tint. Other than that I just plan to drive it daily and perhaps get a project car next year.








update- 9.7.11

Progress has been decent so far on my DD. Since the last update I installed new brakes, got windows tinted 5% rear, 32% sides, lightweight crank pulley, and installed a srs header. Next up is going to be getting a Nismo front/rear lips adn the car painted, and wheels/coilovers next year.

Here's a few pics.

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