That must be a Maxima issue, because that's exactly what happened to my '98 Maxima when it was totalled last year! The hood folded back and smashed the windshield. If it wasn't for the seatbelts and airbags, my wife (girlfriend at the time) and I would have been decapitated.

Details of the accident: I was driving northbound on I-97 (the Baltimore-Annapolis Freeway), and this fool of a construction worker swings a U from the opposite side. Instead of gradually merging into the oncoming traffic (fast lane, I might add), he just pulled straight in, right in front of me! As soon as I saw him coming out, I knew there was no avoiding it. My first instinct was to make a quick lane change, but I couldn't, because there were other cars in the right lane. I had to take the lesser hit, which was to rear-end him. It was ruled his fault, because he did not yield. Even though he was on duty, we couldn't sue the state because he was driving his own personal vehicle -- a brand new Nissan Titan that was totally demolished. However, there's still justice, 'cause he ended up paying for our honeymoon!

And I've driven through that site also -- on my way from Baltimore to Syracuse! It really is a small world...

As for accidents I've witnessed:
[ul][*]When I was a junior in high school, I was riding on the school bus, and one of my classmates had just gotten a brand new red sports car from his daddy. He was showing off in front of the kids on the bus. On a two-lane, winding road, he passed us at about 60mph (speed limit 35), proceeded to lose control, and crashed out right in front of us! What an idiot![*]Last month, I was driving on the inner loop of the Baltimore beltway, I-695. On the opposite side, I saw a lady careening into the jersey wall. I pulled over and jumped out to help. Somebody had run her right off the highway, causing her car to slam head-on into the concrete barrier (which fortunately prevented her from going straight into oncoming traffic). She only suffered a broken arm, but she was in a lot of pain. I don't even know if they caught the person who caused the accident, because he or she never stopped.[/ul]I've witnessed a few others, but I can't think of them now. Maybe I'll edit when I remember 'em...

 

i agree must be a maxima thing i had a 99 maxima but it was all raced out i had alot of work done to it full cage motor swap took it from a front wheel to an all wheel drive to accomodate the rb26dett and tranni yea it was a long process on that one it took me 4 yrs to do it custom build the back half for the rear end outta an old 300zx which is narrow enough fuel cell and yea it was fast so i was driving doing 15mph coming up to a red light then i get smashed from behind by a tow truck and pushed under another car when i came to the rear bumper of the car in front of me was in my face thank god i had a full cage or i woulda deffinitly been done for.i still miss that car i built it when i was in the military when i had the cash [&o]

 

Does the jinx come with the Maxima at no extra charge? Friday night a Maxima cleaned out a ditch between here and downtown Princeton.

 

Dayummm....but would you believe I'm considering buying another one? I want the 3.5 so bad. The last one was the 3.0. Those cars are really trickable.

Thegr81 -- you should have bought an Infiniti G35 instead, because it uses the same engine but on a RWD platform -- and it's already tweaked at the factory, making 298 hp. For the money you spent doing the work yourself, you may have come out ahead.

I used to have a '97 Grand Am GT also, which was pretty quick, but the Maxima was faster. I wanted to upgrade to a Grand Prix, but the bastards at GM don't offer a stick shift at all. It makes no sense, and that's why I went Japanese.

 

yeah kinda stinks, but TAPShift is one of the best manu-matics i've ever driven... I almost got an Altima SE-R but I ended up getting a better deal on my GXP (and i didn't care for Nissan's "slap stick")... and you can't make a VQ35 growl quite like an LS4...

 

durin the summer on my way to work i saw a blue blazer on its roof in the street. i pulled into dunkin donuts and was watchin it thru the drivethru. they guy got out safe and was walkin around talkin to the firemen..
so i guess thats my story. kinda lame i guess lol

 

Don't ya just love owning a rollover prone vehicle?

 

So what didn't you like about Nissan's transmission? Trust me -- there's a big difference between an Altima and a G35. I've test driven a couple of G35's with the six-speed, and they FLEW! Maybe I should test drive a G35 and then a GXP right after, to compare.

You can get an LS4 in a Grand Prix now?? It still begs the question -- if you can get a stick in a GTO, then why can't you get one in a GXP? (Come to think of it, maybe it's possible to steal a manny out of a GTO and put it in a GXP. I wonder if anybody's done that...)

But okay, I think we're digressing from the thread topic. Maybe we can continue this conversation in the Lounge.

(Edit) Okay, I continued the conversation in the Lounge. Click here to enter.

 

I was in a accident, I had a 97 pontiac boneville, it was january 18th roughly 1:30 pm to be exact an it was a snowy day about 3 in. on the ground an the rouad i was on had not been plowed, well i saw a pickup coming so i got as far over as i dared, to make as much space between me an the pickup as possible. Well need less to say i got to far over, my right rear tire dropped of the road on to the shoulder( about a 2 in drop from road to shoulder) i corected but overcorrected so now i was fishtailing. Once a front wheel drive car starts to fishtail there aint much you can do. well i was running perpendicular with the road with the pickup coming right toawards me, he swerved to the right to miss me. I hit his driver side rear, with my front, both airbags deployed. NO injurys i had pain in my chest for a couple of days afterwards. There was no tickets, it was just the weather. And thats how i ended up with a blazer. My car ended up being totalled, but the guys pickup just had some axle damage, but they had quite the vocabulary. Lots of f in heimers lol but i guess i did hit them. thats my story.

 

Steer into the skid and hammer on the throttle.

Or e-brake to spin the **** end out of the way faster.