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Old 05-21-2012, 06:45 AM
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Just got done painting my engine covers. They look awesome!
Pics of this, LED work, a-spec kit you installed, etc

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ehow.com says 10-20 years, which sounds about right. Do a little preventative maintenance and they will last closer to the 20-year point. A coworker's water heater died after just 10 years. He never drained it or checked the anode rod. Like cars, a little preventative maintenance can go a long way towards lengthening a water heater's life.


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On a side note, I'm looking forward to work on Tuesday so I can see all these new threads and actually post!
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Hi guys just bought a 3rd gen tl base with nav! And have previously owned a 2nd gen type s and all I gotta say is this car is huge! It is definetly hard to find parking in one week of owner ship my mirror got swiped
Congrats on the new purchase but sorry to hear about the mirror
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Old 05-21-2012, 07:31 AM
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My shopping cart checked out back on April 25th lol, they take a long time to deliver
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I've been travelling through Mass / Boston / NYC

Rented a '12 Maxima in Boston, put 2k miles on it in 4 days.
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nice. vacation ?

shoulda cruised cali instead




hows the maxima? they don't do it for me anymore.








and I originally read that as a 12' maxima
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Old 05-21-2012, 12:53 PM
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I've been travelling through Mass / Boston / NYC

Rented a '12 Maxima in Boston, put 2k miles on it in 4 days.


Business or pleasure?

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nice. vacation ?

shoulda cruised cali instead




hows the maxima? they don't do it for me anymore.








and I originally read that as a 12' maxima
My dad has a '09 and as nice as it is, the CVT takes a lot away from the driving experience IMO. I'm not sure how it's still branded as the "4 Door Sports Car" with no MT offering
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Old 05-21-2012, 01:09 PM
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nice. vacation ?

shoulda cruised cali instead


hows the maxima? they don't do it for me anymore.

and I originally read that as a 12' maxima
Well if special relativity holds true.. at one point an observer could have seen the Maxima as 12' by the way I was driving it..

Yes, vaca. My family is from SoCal, so.. no.
NYC and Boston were great.

I actually enjoyed driving the Maxima. I dogged it out a bit, but of course filled it with premium. It had plenty of power even with 5 people in it, unlike the TL. CVT takes some time getting used to.. found it best to let it do the job itself other than engine braking. Rear wanted to get loose when passing. I probably avg'd 85 on the turnpike. It wanted to go..

I expected the '12 to have the 3.7.. I guess not until the new gen.

I had a choice between Max, Taurus and 300C. The 300C was so luxurious. If it wasn't such a brick, I would have picked it. Taurus interested me because of the turbo, but I know the variant.. still underpowered. Maxima was the driver's pick.
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Well if special relativity holds true.. at one point an observer could have seen the Maxima as 12' by the way I was driving it..

Yes, vaca. My family is from SoCal, so.. no.



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I actually enjoyed driving the Maxima. I dogged it out a bit, but of course filled it with premium. It had plenty of power even with 5 people in it, unlike the TL. CVT takes some time getting used to.. found it best to let it do the job itself other than engine braking. Rear wanted to get loose when passing. I probably avg'd 85 on the turnpike. It wanted to go..
nice,I wouldn't mind cruising one to see what its like.



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I had a choice between Max, Taurus and 300C. The 300C was so luxurious. If it wasn't such a brick, I would have picked it. Taurus interested me because of the turbo, but I know the variant.. still underpowered. Maxima was the driver's pick.
with 5 people, I would have picked the one with the roomiest interior.
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with 5 people, I would have picked the one with the roomiest interior.
Just the wife and I most of the time.. it's made for 4, but fit 5 fine. I'm not sure any of them were built for 5, they were all about the same.
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Pics, finally.

LED mod:




Wired it to the existing LED:


Rest of pics:






Plasti-dipped grill:




Painted engine covers:


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painted engine covers? i thought they were black from the factory?

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oh, i guess you color matched them. i see it now
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Old 05-21-2012, 02:11 PM
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painted engine covers? i thought they were black from the factory?

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oh, i guess you color matched them. i see it now
Not exactly matched, but close enough. The color is actually a wheel color paint.
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Very clean, gatrhumpy
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Not exactly matched, but close enough. The color is actually a wheel color paint.
nice!
so this is how you spend your weekends now.
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gatrhumpy, your car is sexy awesome color
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nice!
so this is how you spend your weekends now.
And the weekdays when I'm not moonlighting at Dancer's personal toy.
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gatrhumpy, your car is sexy awesome color
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Today before getting to work I stopped by subway to get their egg melt muffin sammich because I've always wanted to try it. It was
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yummy! was it toasted?
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Yes indeed. I asked for just a little mayo and in typical subway fashion they squirted like half a pound of mayo on it and i was like yeaaaa that's a little too much .
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I've always wanted to try one of those Subway b-fast melts....maybe tomorrow.

Sans mayo
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I've always wanted to try one of those Subway b-fast melts....maybe tomorrow
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