Whatchamacallit wrote:
For whatever it's worth........1996 Max., 150K on the clock and have
always run 87 octane. Never pinged and is still very quick off the
line. Go figure.....

AZV14 (AT) netscape (DOT) com wrote:

I purchased my 98 GXE with 37k on the odometer. I later found out the
car was registered as a rental Car with Avis. Who puts high octane gas
in a rental?!!! I know I don't!!!

I've got 147k on the odometer now. The first 5k that I had the car, I
used 93. Afterward, when gas prices started creeping up I talked to a
certified nissan mechanic (who is now my personal mechanic on all 3 of
our Nissans). He said that the reccomendation for high octane is only
a recommendation and not a requirement. He said the car will be fine
so I opted for 87 and have been using it ever since. There is a slight
performance decrease and slight decrease in fuel economy but the way
gas prices are today to me it's not worth the extra money for the 93
and the car still runs good.

I find it hard to believe that after more than 100k all that 87 that I
put in the car was really 93.

If a certified Nissan mechanic says my car will run on 87 with no
problems, he uses it in his Nissan, and I get 100k out a used car using
87 then it's probably okay to use 87.

Unless a car is highly modified I don't think using 87 is going to harm
the car.

Watch words here,,,:

"Probably", and "I don't think" - for 50 or 100 bucks a year more, you
would risk your engine based on that?????

So your Nissan Certified Tech knows more than the Nissan Engineers
that designed the car,,?

Why would Nissan recommend premium,(91 oct),? Its certainly not a
good marketing move,,,,,and they are certianly not guilty of any
"fraud" as the first ranting poster contended.

Also your engine is not the same as the one in the 2000 and later.

Even if I concede that "probably" it will not shorten engine life, why
buy a performance sedan, and then run around with the timing fully
retarded 24/7...??? Its like filling the trunk with bricks,,,,,that
"probably" would not damage the car, but who wants to drive around
like that?

This thread has been talked about to exhaustion on maxima.org -
overwhelming conclusion by people who know is to use 91 oct or better
- just like the gas cap says.

"542keith" <542keith (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote:

"No One" <noone (AT) home (DOT) now> wrote

OK, why not buy a Taurus and save $15k?

I traded my Taurus for my maxima --\\Trust me, you do not want to buy
a Taurus even to save 15 grand,,,LOL

BTW - my Taurus owners manual said it would "run" on 84 octane with 87
or better recommended, So I guess Ford is commiting the same "fraud"
that Nissan is accused of.


"Rich" <rich (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote:

Looks like great minds think alike. I traded my 2000 Taurus with 900
miles for my 2000 Maxima GLE. I took a $3000 bath on the Taurus that
was worth every penny. I still have the Maxima with 118,000 miles and
I love it.
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<AZV14 (AT) netscape (DOT) com> wrote

Hah, we call my wife's Explorer the "Valdez" due to excessive fuel
consumption.

We have a 2nd child coming within the week, and her lease on that POS is up
in 7 months or so. She only buys domestics, due to her UAW family. I
honestly have no idea what to do - the Ford Edge looks promising, but we
played the "first model year Ford" game with the Escape. It wasn't a BAD
vehicle, but we did only have it for 30k miles or so. The transmission was
slipping, so we traded it before it self destructed.

The only UAW-made family hauler I can think of are the GM minivans, which
are completely awful and from the mesazoic period. It's a shame, because
the '07 Quest looks really, really nice. My folks have an '04, which was
problematic in the beginning but fine now.

The Quest is really a Ford. If they still make the Mercury Villager, it is
the same thing.


On 9/6/06 7:19 AM, in article YdzLg.1904$vb1.69 (AT) newsfe04 (DOT) lga, "Rich"
<rich (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote:

"E Meyer" <epmeyer50 (AT) msn (DOT) com> wrote

Unfortunately, that's no longer the case, unless I'm shopping used (2002 or
prior). The '04 and up Quests are made by Nissan in the U.S. by non-union
workers, and Ford has nothing to do with it anymore.

Oh, well... I guess you're screwed, then. I don't debate that the unions
are necessary. You don't have to look very far back in history to see why.
But if the products produced by union workers continue to be overpriced and
sub-standard, they aren't going to be around much longer. The rest of the
world will see to it.


On 9/7/06 7:34 AM, in article 4zULg.197$fK7.131 (AT) newsfe03 (DOT) lga, "Rich"
<rich (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote: