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Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
01-11-2021, 01:59 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,505
Posted By lightonthehill

compyelc4 - Yes, I will be posting on the board...

compyelc4 - Yes, I will be posting on the board of whatever vehicle I end up buying. But after 37 years of owning nothing but Maximas, you have to know where my heart is. I actually sometimes sneak...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
01-04-2021, 06:57 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,505
Posted By lightonthehill

I put the map up on my 2016 Platinum screen the...

I put the map up on my 2016 Platinum screen the day I bought the car (9-18-15), and have had it there ever since. I use it daily. I am often cruising residential neighborhoods looking at homes, with...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
10-16-2020, 07:46 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,205
Posted By lightonthehill

Since it is becoming clear there will be no 9th...

Since it is becoming clear there will be no 9th generation Maxima, this 40th anniversary edition is about all we should expect. Any major engineering or power train changes would have had to have...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
10-01-2020, 06:31 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

Like others here, I have been waiting for several...

Like others here, I have been waiting for several years for some hint of the future of the Maxima. Some clue that the next generation would be very special. Even a tiny thread that might be construed...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
09-26-2020, 04:05 AM
Replies: 1,364
Views: 288,465
Posted By lightonthehill

For the first time, I am finally convinced my...

For the first time, I am finally convinced my long run of owning nothing but Maximas is coming to an end. I have held out hope for several years there would be a ninth generation, but it is becoming...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
09-05-2020, 12:37 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

I roam the net searching for info on the latest...

I roam the net searching for info on the latest Maxima, but find a jambalaya of mixed vehicles, and articles that mix in data/opinions of the 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Maximas together,...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
08-01-2020, 10:49 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

lindros2 - pearlescent white, brilliant silver...

lindros2 - pearlescent white, brilliant silver and sunset drift (burnt orange) were the only colors I would even consider for the 8th gen Maxima. My last black car was a 1949 Studebaker, and there...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
07-10-2020, 08:35 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

This is glorious news. I have lain in bed at...

This is glorious news. I have lain in bed at night for almost a year in total despair that there would never be another Maxima. I had decided to search national Nissan dealership inventories for a...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
06-14-2020, 08:44 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,555
Posted By lightonthehill

denoose - I seem to recall the sunset drift SR I...

denoose - I seem to recall the sunset drift SR I saw as being a a shade between your second photo and the sunset drift Maxima robtroxel kindly posted above just a few days before you posted your new...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
06-14-2020, 01:55 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,555
Posted By lightonthehill

I'm proud of you, denoose. I Could not respond...

I'm proud of you, denoose. I Could not respond as quickly as I planned to, because I had misplaced my sunglasses. That first photo was far more intense than I expected. Much 'oranger' than school...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
06-11-2020, 03:18 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

New neighbors moved into my neighborhood a few...

New neighbors moved into my neighborhood a few weeks ago, just over a block from my home. I dropped by their home last night to go over the horse-choking 120 page covenants used by our HOA. The new...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
06-02-2020, 06:04 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

I keep thinking that Nissan cannot drop their...

I keep thinking that Nissan cannot drop their flagship sedan. But then they have their Infiniti line for folks who want something above the parking lot-filling Altima. I can at least hope they may do...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
06-01-2020, 09:35 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

Two quick comments: 1 - The three...

Two quick comments:

1 - The three Massachusetts men involved in helping Carlos Ghosn escape from prison and be smuggled from Japan to the Middle east have been arrested, and are awaiting trial.
...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
05-25-2020, 09:37 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,008
Posted By lightonthehill

Sometimes they will give offers with a discount...

Sometimes they will give offers with a discount that results in a true cost of $110. The cheapest offer they have ever made to me was $99, and that was around a decade ago. I was disappointed when my...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
05-23-2020, 10:15 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,555
Posted By lightonthehill

denoose - There were many years of my life when I...

denoose - There were many years of my life when I would not have looked twice at a burnt orange (sunset drift). I have had mostly silver, grey, white and regatta blue Maximas. But I'm thinking I...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
05-16-2020, 07:23 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,555
Posted By lightonthehill

My wife and I went for a drive today (we do that...

My wife and I went for a drive today (we do that just to get out of the house, but never stop and get out of our car), and I convinced her to drive by the lot so I could see that 2020 SR again. It...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
05-14-2020, 08:55 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,555
Posted By lightonthehill

I failed to mention a temptation I avoided back...

I failed to mention a temptation I avoided back in February.

While getting routine service on my 2016 Platinum back on March 16, I was wandering around the lot and spotted a 2020 Sunset Drift...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
05-05-2020, 01:27 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,555
Posted By lightonthehill

All this unexpected adulation has my head...

All this unexpected adulation has my head spinning. Had I been here every day giving good info, I might understand. But I have been sheltering in place for months, posting very little on boards on...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
04-29-2020, 05:04 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 5,555
Posted By lightonthehill

I am so impressed to see so many here who even...

I am so impressed to see so many here who even knew I existed. And nobody even mentioned the possibility I had passed on of old age. Once a person passes his mid-eighties, the end is always lurking...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
01-30-2020, 07:46 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

The primary issue hurting Maxima sales in recent...

The primary issue hurting Maxima sales in recent years is that the mid-generation refreshings have done little to really change the styling. Only folks who keep up fairly closely with the changes...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
01-07-2020, 02:57 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

Randy - Yes, we might think that the Maxima might...

Randy - Yes, we might think that the Maxima might be part of the 70%. On the other hand, Nissan seems to have gone out of its way the last few years to avoid any mention of their future plans for the...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
01-04-2020, 05:09 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

Sadly, lindros2 is almost surely correct, as...

Sadly, lindros2 is almost surely correct, as usual. I will feel like an orphan without my Maxima.

Maybe I can find one of those ancient rubber band powered Dutch vehicles from the late 1930s...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
01-04-2020, 04:46 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

From around 2002 until he was imprisoned in 2018...

From around 2002 until he was imprisoned in 2018 for financial misdeeds, I felt Nissan Superchief Carlos Ghosn was probably one of the Maxima's best friends. But his imprisonment and removal from the...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
12-26-2019, 10:06 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 67,676
Posted By lightonthehill

The recall notice referenced in BrianShaw's post...

The recall notice referenced in BrianShaw's post above that once applied to mostly 2016 Maximas has been expanded to cover almost a half million Nissans. I received the recall notice mentioned in...
Forum: 8th Generation Maxima (2016-)
12-17-2019, 12:42 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 67,002
Posted By lightonthehill

Because the Altima is a high volume vehicle,...

Because the Altima is a high volume vehicle, which allows the manufacturer to have variations and options which would not be profitable on a low volume vehicle such as the Maxima. To have AWD as an...
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