Harbir,
Congrats on the buy , that is one sweet car ..
your quandrary was what I was hit with in 2005.Biwi conned me and bought a beetle, so I was stuck with having to buy the big car to ferry my kiddo and two inlaws in the back . This is after I almost closed on a miata..
I wanted a full size sedan with a V6, atleast 250 horses and a manual tranny. i had never owned an automatic in my 15 stints to the US and didnot intend to . Hell my wife drove a manual beetle..
Honda didnt sell the V6 with manual tranny yet, and the options I had were:
Maxima 2003 SE. (hated what they did to the Altima based 2004+)
BMW 540i.
Cars evaluated and rejected:
2004+ Acura TL wont fit 3 in the back without a shoehorn
V6 Passat- Too soft
2.7T A6 - only one i found was on the west coast
Chapter closed when I got pristine 2003 maxima with 26k mikes on it, for a steal. Bought it from New York , on eBay nonetheless and drove 1200 miles with 1 stop to Atlanta.
Had so much fun with it , had to change front tires from too many wheelspins
Memories .......
Now stuck driving a Scorpio. Hopefully the Premier Padmini will be fun once I TC it ..
Vijay |