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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 12:34 PM
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Originally posted by MrFatBooty
Dude new and daring is one thing, the Maxima just looks like ass.
The front upper and lower grilles are weird, but I am starting to like it.
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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 12:49 PM
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I'm talking about the back half of the car. The rear window is really small and the whole thing has too many weird shapes intersecting at odd angles.

It looks like the thing got rear ended, and then the body shop made a new shape using bondo around the crunched panels.
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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 01:09 PM
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i like the maximas look alot better than the altimas. Especially the back end.









That Maxima was spotted at a Nissan Meet.... a woman working for Nissan has that car.... she was skeptical about pics being taken.
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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 01:30 PM
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The rear end is sort of odd, and quad tips for a V-6 is ridiculous.
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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 01:51 PM
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You guys like the back? I think it looks nasty.
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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 02:16 PM
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Originally posted by MrFatBooty
You guys like the back? I think it looks nasty.
Yeah, I actually like it better than the front end. Certainly better than the Altima's altezza chunky ass. It looks like nothing else on the market, that's why I like it. You must get horrible blind spots out the back end though, with the huge c pillar and small rear window.
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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 04:00 PM
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Originally posted by 98CoupeV6
Yeah, I actually like it better than the front end. Certainly better than the Altima's altezza chunky ass. It looks like nothing else on the market, that's why I like it. You must get horrible blind spots out the back end though, with the huge c pillar and small rear window.
its looks like nothing else on the market becuase nothing else looks that bad.
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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 05:57 PM
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Knock the taillights on the Altima if you want. The overall lines of the car are pretty smooth while the Maxima looks like an Altima that's been through the crusher and had new taillights installed.
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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 06:08 PM
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What do yall think of this new grill treatment Nissan has done as of late. On the Murano, Quest and Maxima.
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Old Jan 5, 2003 | 06:12 PM
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Kind of plays off the older body colored divider that creates two "nostrils" on assorted non-USA models.




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