The 1996 Maxima was the car I learned to drive on, and the very same car was gifted to me this past Christmas, and yes, it is nearly mint (shameless showoff):

These fucking crybaby Jalopnik writers are killing me. Jesus couldn’t fucking please you.

I like the way this car looks - it stands out and I like they way it’s styled. But the CVT is a total deal breaker in my book and I will never look at a Nissan Sedan so long as they have the CVT. As for Nissan putting a manual in this car....never going to happen and I can’t blame them since only 5 people would buy…

...Xtronic continuously variable automatic transmission...

It actually looks really good. The muscular car haunches behind the doors, the hint of some rake with the high rear end and low front, the flat-bottomed wheel (you make the rockin' world go round-ish), it looks like it should be a really cool car. And then they throw a CVT with shift points in it and make it awful to…

Buy a used G37.

Mazda stole those from Infiniti, so fair’s fair.