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October 27, 2002
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Another sad day. (no, I don't specifically mean the fiasco the Giants had tonight, but that was sad too!)
Another Maxima.org'er old-timer is selling his Maxima. He has (or had?) the fastest gen4 Maxima on the planet, and it may still be the fastest automatic-equipped Maxima around. So sad. =(
Other noteable long-time Maxima.org'ers moved on to bigger and better things:
- Matt York (Matt92SE), his `92 SE 5-speed is for sale soon. He's got a WRX now. =)
- Barry Chafin (caNISMO), his `96 GXE 5-speed is for sale. He's got a Spec Miata and a `02 Neon ACR now.
- Jim W, had perhaps the fastest naturally aspirated (no NOS, no turbo/supercharger) gen4 Maxima automatic in the US for a while. He'd eat GS400's for breakfast. IIRC, he'd moved on long ago to an Audi A6 2.7T 6-spd.
- JJW95SC, his `95 SE automatic is for sale. Just sold his supercharger last month. =( Bought a Civic to save money because of his 100 mile commute.
- Shing Lin (shingles), his `97 SE automatic is still in the family, but he's an entirely Honda guy now. Very worthy Hondas, though. (S2000, GS-R, and CRX hybrid)
- Jamie (Jambo), not sure if he has his Maxima still, but his primary car is an Audi S4 now.
- Paul99SE, he upgraded to a S4, he then "downgraded" to a WRX, although his TurboXS stage IV WRX is nothing to "downgrade" about!
- Andi B., his `97 SE 5-speed was replaced by a Mark IV Supra TT. =)
- Rick97SE, his `97 SE 5-speed replaced by an Audi A6 2.7T... coilovers, rims, chip. It's fast!
- ST, his `97 SE 5-speed replaced by many cars, from a `93 Supra TT to an Accord to a `98 Supra TT to a Solara to a...? to... whatever!
- Steve Cornelius, his `97 SE 5-speed replaced by a Ford Mustang GT.
There are a few others (WoodEar, `97 GLE to... uhh... whatever car it is now, BMW M Roadster?), Russ (too many cars and too much debt to count, the idiot...)... plus a few old-timers like myself who still have our cars. Booker, Eric L., Hiroshi, Nabil, a few others... but man, it's like a bit of history is slipping away. It isn't very important or very notable history to be certain, but it's a bit of history that dates back to 1996 or so and the introduction of the 4th generation Maxima. When I slip back on to the Maxima.org forums, I feel like an old man there, because I am! 99% of the people there don't even recognize the names I know...
Posted by brian at October 27, 2002 02:13 AM
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Have a '95 ST2 Miata (acquired 10/2003) and '04 RX-8 (acquired 02/2005) now. Thanks Brian! Barry
Posted by: Barry at August 26, 2005 12:48 PM