Post your pics of your non-Bonneville, and If you have video footage, we want to see it. Videos must be hosted on external web space and hotlinked to PontiacBonnevilleClub.com. Also discuss mechanical problems regarding your non-bonneville (this is not another lounge, but posts don't count, random car vids not of your cars should be in the lounge)
She's very dirty inside and out, needs a good cleaning that I'll probably do tomorrow. The Liquid Glass seems to be doing a good job of hiding the outside dirt.
Up soon for this one is a new head unit with six new speakers. The stock one has taken a liking to blowing the rear two and cutting out the front right speakers entirely off and on. It's got to go.
After that I'm looking at leather seats to bump the interior up a level. Reupholstered, not replaced...I don't want to deal with the hassle of having to add all the extra crap and stuff that most of the trucks with leather seats had.
Also thinking about clear corners but I'm not sure how that would look on this truck.
About to cross 55k miles. This is likely what I'll be rolling up to SEBF 09 in.
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2012 Nissan Maxima SV Premium • Super Black • Charcoal • VQ35DE • Bose • Factory HID • 5000k LED Int/Ext
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Anyway, I cleaned it up today and went exploring all over the place. Mostly to a few different hydroelectric dams because that's what I'm studying to work with as a Civil Engineer.
I have a bunch of random pictures from the trip but I guess I'll just post the ones of the truck.
Got to attack some twisties too...the truck handles those surprisingly well. At least as good, if not better than my LeSabre with the F41 suspension. Springs are just as firm, the shocks are firmer than the F41. It rolls a little more due to the higher center of gravity but it sticks through the corners pretty well.
She runs and drives sweet.
That's all I guess.
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-Dan
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2012 Nissan Maxima SV Premium • Super Black • Charcoal • VQ35DE • Bose • Factory HID • 5000k LED Int/Ext
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John Now: '15 Toyota Prius III | 134 hp 2ZR-FXE | Silver | 36k
Now: '03 Honda CR-V AWD | Slow 4-Cylinder | Dirt | 180k Then: '07 Ford Fusion SEL | 221hp Gen I VVT Duratec 3.0 V6 | Tungsten Silver | 150k
Then: '99 Toyota Avalon XL | 200hp 1MZ-FE 3.0 V6 | Diamond White | 189k | Sold: July 2015
Then: '11 Ford Fusion SEL | 240hp Gen II VVT Duratec 3.0 V6 | Ingot Silver | 84k | Totaled: Oct 23 '14 (Rear-Ended)
Then: '96 Buick Park Avenue Ultra | 240hp Series II L67 | Medium Dark Lichen | Bought: JAN 11 @ 135k | Accident: FEB 3 '12 | Crushed: MAR 1 '13 @ 153K
Then: '98 Pontiac Bonneville SSE | 205hp Series II 3800 L36 | Topaz Firemist | Bought: NOV '09 @ 74k | Accident: MAY 28 '10 | Crushed: MAR 15 '11 @ 84k
Then: '93 Pontiac Bonneville SE | 170hp Series I 3800 L27 | Dark Yellow Green | Bought: JULY '07 @ 92k | Sold: JULY '12 @ 118k
Then: '89 Pontiac Bonneville LE | 165hp 3800 LN3 | Medium Garnet Red | Bought: JAN '05 @ 117k | Sold: SEP 30 '07 @ 152k
Were those hydro dams owned by TVA? The company I work for performs fire protection work in industrial occupancies and a few years ago we did a bunch of the hydros for TVA. I've been to Wheeler, Wilson, Watts Bar and Kentucky Dam and co-workers visted several other sites. I got a little claustrophobic when I was down in the penstock area (lowest part of the dam). Not a good place to think about what would happen in an earthquake - if you even get those down there!
Actually, those were Alabama Power Dams (Martin, Thurlow, Yates), we're a little south of the TVA. I've been in a couple, they're very interesting!
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2012 Nissan Maxima SV Premium • Super Black • Charcoal • VQ35DE • Bose • Factory HID • 5000k LED Int/Ext
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nice truck, don't feel bad my ugly monster didn't garnish much attention either.
looking at your truck I was thinkin that the rubber moulding would look good removed makes it more clean. when i repaint my truck all that is going away
2000 ssei gone but not forgotten
Current fleet:
2009 G8 v6, 2009 Avalanche LTZ, 2013 Volt
Wow, didn't see this thread till now, lol. Looks good! I like those little S-10's, I just don't fit in them well, lol.
Bye Bye: RIP sandrock
Sirius wrote:Think about it. You’re tooling down the road in your Prius, knowing full-well that this thing being green is as big a sham as federally mandated ethanol-enriched gas, Russia pulling out of Ukraine, and Obamacare.
Thanks guys! It's a great truck. I love exploring new places in it.
swampthing wrote:
looking at your truck I was thinkin that the rubber moulding would look good removed makes it more clean. when i repaint my truck all that is going away
It's actually plastic, not rubber...which I'm glad of. When the day comes to repaint the truck I'm going to paint that part silver like the rest of the bottom half. I'm also going to paint the mirrors and door handles red like the rest of the upper half. I agree with you and think all that would make it look a lot cleaner.
fuelforthesoul1999 wrote:I do have a slight bias towards the newer S10 body style (bigger headlights).
Me too actually...if it weren't my grandad's truck (I remember it from way back when he bought it new, I was 9) I would probably do a front end swap to a newer S10/Blazer front for the composite headlights. The older look does grow on you after a while though. I kinda like the bigger chrome grille that the older style offers.
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2012 Nissan Maxima SV Premium • Super Black • Charcoal • VQ35DE • Bose • Factory HID • 5000k LED Int/Ext
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I can get out about 5-10 miles depending on outside conditions and terrain, etc. The radio was peaked and tuned and I tuned/grounded the antenna. I'm not running an amp currently.
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lunchboxx wrote:Dan
That makes me miss driving my s-10 blazer. :sad5:
Looks good man. So which car is coming down for SEBF?
Glad to see you got all the muddy water from "the incident" cleaned up LOL
Thanks Dave.
More than likely the S10 will be coming down for SEBF, the LeSabre at 156k has been 'retired', it only goes on short trips and cruises around town these days. I'd still trust it to take me to the end of the world if I needed it to, but ya know...I hate to see those miles rack up.
And yeah, all the mud is gone thankfully! Taking out the whole interior and giving it a good pressure washing did wonders.
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2012 Nissan Maxima SV Premium • Super Black • Charcoal • VQ35DE • Bose • Factory HID • 5000k LED Int/Ext
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It's been raining all day and now it's dark, but that should give a good idea of what it sounds like. Very nice and rumbly.
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2012 Nissan Maxima SV Premium • Super Black • Charcoal • VQ35DE • Bose • Factory HID • 5000k LED Int/Ext
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LOL