help in washington dc!

[thebig6-7]

I live in the surrounding washington dc area. I recently purchased a 1996 nissan maxima and so far im not impressed with MY car in particular, however im loving the maxima breed. I'm a single father of two so money is tight but I do wanna get started on trying to bring my car back to life. Basically im needing advice and help finding upgrade parts, for motor, transmission, interior, etc. Though my car so far hasn't been too great i feel it has potential. If anybody in the area or anywhere for that matter can give me a hand in getting this started it would be a huge blessing! I have always owned big american trucks, and this is my first car ever, and my first import vehicle I have ever owned. Im not however dumb when it comes to cars and I can tell wether someone is trying to take me for a ride (excuse the pun). So thanks for the help

[Koshin]

Maxima forum Pops

[sentrastace]

oooooooh glad you got a max! love em.

1) Check out the maxima forum here on NICO to get started I know there are a lot of guys with the same year and have some nice stuff done.
2) we should meet and hang out sometime and get the nissan thing going again in the area. Me and a few of my other nissan friends who are too lame to hang on the forums would love to help with your car

[Koshin]

yeah, you should see her wrench in her stilletos

[breadbox]

WHere can we do this?

[sentrastace]

yeah, you should see her wrench in her stilletos

you havent see nuffin yet

[Koshin]

Oh, I saw sumfin

....I was being creative in my mind

[sentrastace]

Oh, I saw sumfin

....I was being creative in my mind

bwahahahahah

[Koshin]

When you were walking out of the hotel room to go swimming in the NAsh, I rubbernecked checking you out and then I realized it was you haha

just for future reference, walking around nekkid in public is ill advised around most nico folk...youre lucky it happened to be me

[Poyzinous]

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[Dattebayo]

Another fail wheel drive convert in DC...

[flohtingPoint]

I recently purchased a 1996 nissan maxima and so far im not impressed with MY car in particular

There is a good reason for that, it's not a terribly impressive car. What it is, however, is a nice point a-b vehicle. I'd say dont mess with it, especially if money is tight. You start tinkering with a car and it becomes less of a vehicle and more of a chore/problem child.

[thebig6-7]

oooooooh glad you got a max! love em.

1) Check out the maxima forum here on NICO to get started I know there are a lot of guys with the same year and have some nice stuff done.
2) we should meet and hang out sometime and get the nissan thing going again in the area. Me and a few of my other nissan friends who are too lame to hang on the forums would love to help with your car

Hey thanks so much! I actually do alot of work in the silver spring area and one of our offices is on georgia ave. You have a nice lookin car by the way. Hopefully i can get mine there sooner or later. I saw an altima first but they were a lil too small for me and my big a$$! I would love to get together im not sure how to exchange info a lil more privately though.

[thebig6-7]

I recently purchased a 1996 nissan maxima and so far im not impressed with MY car in particular

There is a good reason for that, it's not a terribly impressive car. What it is, however, is a nice point a-b vehicle. I'd say dont mess with it, especially if money is tight. You start tinkering with a car and it becomes less of a vehicle and more of a chore/problem child.

Yeah well its a matter of opinion. I see you sank some money into an old celica, well i wanna sink some money into an old maxima...besides toyotas are tiny on the inside for my 6-7 frame as well as my two sons. out of all the cars i looked at before the maxima had the most room for my needs. However all "cars" are small to me...mind you the smallest veh i have ever owned prior to this was a four door ford F-250 4X4. So all of this is relatively new to me anyhow...but thanks for the friendly advice

[Encryptshun]

Do you intend to race your Maxima or do you want a reliable family car? That was flohtingpoint's...well...point. Your reply came off a bit snotty, which (if that was your intent) is unwarranted because his advice was solid.

[Dattebayo]

but thanks for the friendly advice

Don't listen to him. He's always got a bug up his butt about autocross and his amazing 20+ year old car...

[flohtingPoint]

Do you intend to race your Maxima or do you want a reliable family car? That was flohtingpoint's...well...point. Your reply came off a bit snotty, which (if that was your intent) is unwarranted because his advice was solid.

Yea, my main point was more about the tight budget. If someone is a single father of two, in the Beltway (which is EXTREMELY expensive), trying to upgrade a car should be on the bottom rung of the "things to do" sheet.

but thanks for the friendly advice

Don't listen to him. He's always got a bug up his butt about autocross and his amazing 20+ year old car...

God forbid someone actually build a car for a purpose, rather than throw money at a car just to drive to work or kmart.

[sentrastace]

I actually do alot of work in the silver spring area and one of our offices is on georgia ave.

i just moved back into that area actually, between georgia and new hampshire ave. I'm sure you'll spot my car around soon, its the only completely blacked out b16 in the area. honk and say hi

[thebig6-7]

not snotty at all....i asked about upgrading the car...i want a good cross between the two....i wanna be able to snap the gas and have fun with the car as well as put groceries in it and take my kids to school. at the end of my post i said thanks for the friendly advice...and in the beginning of his post he said the maxima isnt a terribly impressive car...i wasnt looking to get into wether toyota or nissan or whatever was better over one or the other i was simply asking about nissan maximas...and he came off as trying to tell me his idea of what a maxima is or isnt. any vehicle is a problem child at some point i get that even my trucks i just didnt wanna get into a pissing match about which was better. And to you im not being snotty just stating where i am coming from.

[Encryptshun]

No worries, man. It's all good. We have some Maxima owners with lightly modded cars -- definitely check out the Maxima forum and do some networking.

Welcome to Nico!

[thebig6-7]

thanks...and to mr floating point i dont need you or anybody else trying to decide for me where what should rate on my priority list...im 30+ yrs old i think i can handle it.....i just wanna know where i should go to get some freakin parts! However i must say that the back and forth sure has helped my day to move along! and for that i would like to thank EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dattebayo]

Here for the lulz.

[Koshin]

I love how everyone refers to FP as "Mr. Autocross"

haha

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Hey... I started the trend.