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SilverMax_04 - You were clearly more astute than I back in the 1950s. I did not remember which GM makes used hydramatic and which used dynaflow.
In fact, I was so dumb back then that on a trip from Bel Air MD (northeast of Baltimore) to Sierra Vista AZ, carrying my wife and my worldly belongings in a 1953 Chevy 210 (base sedan), a tire blew out.
And why was a blown tire so dumb? Because there was no tread left on the tire, and it had blown through the center of a football-shaped worn part of the tread where every one of the standard (at that time) four plys was worn thru. The effect looked like four footballs within each other.
The guy at the service station just stared at the tire and stared at me. Then he mumbled something to the effect that it might be a good idea to check my tires every year.
I made that same trip from Bel Air to Sierra Vista a year later in my '55 Pontiac, and it caught on fire three times enroute, due to the ground cable from the bottom of the engine block to the chassi being broken, which opened the electrical circuit, which made the generator (now known as alternator) run full tilt until it overheated and caught fire.
No one was able to spot the problem because that ground cable was enclosed in a sheath, so the break was not visible.
Three new generators, three new voltage regulators and three new batteries on one trip. All paid for out of my very generous U.S. Army salary. Don't even bother to ask what that salary was.
I could relate some real horror stories about my experiences with cars in the distant past. But these don't really belong on the 6th gen board.
I could be wrong, but I can't help but feel my experiences with cars back in that era make me so very appreciative of the wonderful reliability I am getting in every Maxima I have ever owned.
And that brings me back to the thread: Considering looks, performance, interior room, amenities and overall comfort, my '04 SL is easily the best car I have driven in my 56 years on the road. I absolutely love it.
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