 My wife just wrecked our 2002 maxima. Bought it used with less than 30K on it.  Radio was a piece but the car ran and drove flawlessly for over 7 years and 155k miles.  The dammed low-profile tires you have to run on these is the worst feature. All I did was change the oil regularly.  It was in the shop for struts and then again for a steering rack. Total additional cost over regular stuff was like $2,000.  Almost made the mistake today buying a an 2001 accord w. 73K on it till I read about all the problems with trannys and abs light garbage on those era of Hondas.  I am looking for another nissan