# Why you drive what you drive

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [January 25, 2010, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-you-drive-what-you-drive/249935 "2010-01-25T08:59:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-you-drive-what-you-drive/249935/52 "2010-01-25T21:44:10Z")

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> [@pump gas bitch 11.34 slight\_smile](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pump-gas-bitch-11-34/28699/53):
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> 1999 Nissan Maxima
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> - I love the look of the 97-99 and 02-03 Maximas. Since I couldn’t afford the 02-03 (5.5 Gen), I went with the 4.5 Gen (99).
> - Decent performance for a bigger sedan (3.0 V6 putting out 190hp and 205tq)
> - Pretty good after market support and a big online community providing a lot of information, etc.
> - Relatively easy to maintain/work on and parts aren’t too expensive for the most part
> - I already knew the car pretty well since my brother had my 97 before I had it.
> - Decent fuel economy. I average about 20.2 MPG mixed driving with lots of WOT runs, etc.
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> For me it was reliability/looks over performance.

damn, mine gets like 25 on a bad tank (lots of wot runs). somethings not right there

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