Only one more week......
 

This time is near! Is one more week I will be departing to Florida to repair and pick up my 1995 maxima, soon the fuel savings will be a real thing! Hopefully the repairs will go quickly enough so I can drive the thing about during the majority of the week I am there lol!

On another note my family has finally gotten rid of our V6 and upgraded to a full fleet of V8s, ironically this newest one (2015 ram 1500) is getting 26mpg average witch is 10 more than the V6 we just ditched and 13 more than the other two V8s.......not exactly sure why it is doing so well.....

Probably the transmission.

regards
mech

Good point, its got an 8speed the other ones have a 6 and 3(4 with OD) respectively.....kinda shocking though!

Probably 11-1200 rpm at 60. There has always been the potential for 80% mileage improvement with capacitive powertrains.

regards
mech

Departing friday, will post pack with updates on how the repairs are going

You're heading all the way to Florida for a 1995 Maxima? Was it just super cheap/a gift, or something?

Yeah it's a gift, in great condition with less than 80k miles on it with all options. Totally worth the trip if you ask me!

Nice! Can't blame you there. Are you gonna use it as your daily driver?

Yes, gonna be much better than my truck lol!

Heck yeah, your mileage will be 2.5 - 3x higher without even trying.

Yeah no kidding! I could probably floor it off every light and still get better MPG than when I'm trying in my truck lol!

And no timing belt on 95 and later.

regards
mech

Yeah! I HATE timing belts with a passion after seeing (and repairing) many times what happens when they are not maintained properly.......chains for the win!

Departing tomorrow! Will post back with pictures on how the repairs are going!

Did you pick it up, already?

I'm driving down there right now lol!

Well I got here (finally) and striped off the top of the engine, very cooperative and gave me nearly zero problems! Parts are not quite here yet so I'm just gonna relax until they do.

All repairs complete! Car is back to fully operational status (well if you ignore the suspension.........shocks are blown to $#!% and the lower control arms have compressed bushings, oh and the axles have their boots shredded) and is ready to be retrieved via my truck and a trailer in a month!