I have an 89 maxima right now that I have just put my last 3 years into and a lot of money and repairs and I must say that I think it's very good and looks pretty good, but it has 212k. I am thinking what can I maybe afford in the future and I am pretty interested in the E300. I was also thinking of a late 90's Maxima, but I don't know. I think the Maxima has a little bit more power depending on which es300 (I don't know which ones differ in HP), but I know the maxima has 190hp. The counter to that is that I ready for a little luxury and maybe a little bit of mods for sports car sedan type things. Try not to flame me because I just don't know much about Lexus and I don't even know if I will do it.