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BMW---------->Teutonic

Mr. Hat

Congratulations Bill! We love pictures ya know ;)

Mr. Garrison

De-evolution

Bump

Heavy Cream

LOL, my Sun Pass was coming loose on my windshield, and for a few minutes I too thought it was something behind the dash. Luckily, I didn't get as far as you did though with taking the dash apart.

Topping

I'm kind of up in the air about this one. Personally, I don't think that there is a way to get a universal "new car smell" in a bottle that will work with the so many different brands of cars. Like some of you guys said part of the new car smell is the smells of adhesives etc, which I guess are somewhat generic in the manufacturing process. But different manufacturers use different treatments on their leathers which in turn gives them different aromas. I remember the smell of my '95 LS is similar to the '01 GS that I had, but almost exactly the same as my uncle's '91 LS he had. The Benzes that were in my family had a distinct smell to them as well very different than the Lexii. Even the '96 Suburban LT smelled differently, so my point is to try and find a smell that is "clean" and a leather cleaner/protector that works, as well as leaves a clean scent, and not heavily perfumed. But, with that said, I'm still very interested to see what your findings are as you've done quite a bit of trial and error. :P

Decrepit

Headache

Bold

Rythm

LOL, yeah Bill this is very true. With emotions running high such as purchasing a car, you're bound to run in to all kinds of interesting situations. But on a more uplifting note, it was great to be able to get someone approved credit-wise and get them out of a deathtrap of a car and put them in to something very comfortable. I remember when I was working in upstate NY doing subprime financing sales for car dealerships, one of my customers pulled up in an old, beat up hooptie (Dodge Neon). I have no idea how she was able to get it to pass inspection as the car was not very roadworthy, all the dash lights were lit up, and not to mention you had to drive it with the windows down so you could breathe because the exhaust fumes inside the cabin were quite strong. The girl was, to put it mildly, very rubenesque, and to top it all off, stuffed in there with her, were her two of four children. One of them was in car seat, and the other was big enough to ride without one. After talking with her she later informed me that she takes care of her elderly mother and they all ride in the car together, 7 people in a Neon! I don't know how they did it. Just the girl alone took up 1/3 of the car hehe. Of course she had very little money to put down, as they usually do in these cases, but we were lucky enough to have a barebones Dodge Caravan with some spread in it. Of course she wasn't impressed with the Caravan as it had crank windows and manual locks, but like I told her neither does your Neon. After all of her objections I would meet the objection and finish with, "but in this car everybody can fit." At this point I wasn't sure she understood that I had her approved on this Caravan, because she told me that she was looking for a car a few months back and after other dealerships saw her credit no one would/could help her. After her drooling over the other cars that had the leather seats, Infinity sound systems, and entertainment centers, I explained to her, I have her approved on that "entry level" Caravan and she's not able to afford any other car. It was the truth, the base Caravan had been on the lot for too long so it was time for it to go bye-bye and we had spread in it, so after stripping the deal of most of the profit, we had a car deal. After some more talking and taking the base Caravan out of the company of the nicer cars, and explaining to her that this car she is approved on, with her down money and no cosigner, she looked at it closer, and after I heard her start repeating the phrase "everybody can fit," I knew she was sold. So in closing, I was very happy to get the girl out of a car that was clearly not safe for her and her family, to get her in a car that could carry them all comfortably, and most importantly seeing her very happy that she had just bought a much newer car without the help of her "baby daddies."

LOL... seriously, does :snoooorrrtttt: help? No wonder I'm jonsing :D

Country Bumpkin

Simpleton

LOL, yes that model year Maxima was horrendous! I sold Nissans '03-'05 and the Armada did a better job doing a U-turn. I never understood why the Maxima's was so horrible because the Maxima, Altima and Murano virutually shared the same chassis. The Murano and Altima do a pretty good job, but that Maxima's turning radius was awful. Needless to say I never took my customers on a route where they would have to make a "U-ey." :P

Sheepish

Whoa! Amazing story, and smooth was one of the heroes in the saga

Bonnet

Hey guys, like the title says, I'm looking for the center visor for my LS. Mine no longer remains in the up position, so when I'm driving it hangs down partially blocking my view of the rearview mirror; not safe I know. I removed it, so now it's not dangerous to drive, but the hole that remains is unsightly. I've been trying ebay, with no luck, and the junk yard I went to had only one LS and it was a '90 and that doesn't fit. Thanks

Twist