re new break pads exhausts after k km k mi on maxima in article apr jarvis csri toronto edu rkim eecg toronto edu ryan kim writes hi maybe someone can help me here i am looking to buy this nissan maxima gxe for cdn right now so its an automatic don t know if us spec cdn spec for maximas the car has km or about miles on it a typical mileage for cars seem to be about km or about k mi the seller just informed me that when he brought the car in for certification he was told that the front break pads and the exhausts had to be replaced to meet the legal standards he said he will replace the components before selling the car to me being copmletely ignorant to the technical stuff on cars i don t know what this could mean is k km about the time typical for replacing the above mentioned items or is this an indication that the car was abused if it is the first set of brake pads on front then this is fine my car eats a set every k miles or so the fact that he is replacing the muffler too is also ok would other things break down or have to be replaced soon the mileage is fairly low but typical fwd stuff is cv joints check the maintenance records with the manufacturers requirements for valve adjustments timing belt changes and so on the k mile service is often expensive so make sure he has done everything the seller told me that he used the car on the highway a lot but i don t know how to verify this i ve seen the paint chipped away in tiny dots in the front edge of the hood though well this is one of the commonly cited methods for identifying a car with highway miles might check the gas pedal wear too ask him how many sets of tires he has been through a highway car might have squeezed by on sets a hard driven car sets although the maxima is an excellent car and the car is very clean and well kept it s currently out of warranty a similarly priced accord with k km will have years or k km worth of warranty left and i don t want to worry about paying for any repair bills well the maxima should be pretty reliable but if its out of warranty you should get it checked out by someone knowledgeable first stuff for japanese cars can be expensive but i also need a car for people when will the new maxima come out by the way model year i believe i would very much appreciate your input in this please reply by e mail preferred or post in this newsgroup craig thanks ryan ryan kim university of toronto eecg computer graphics rkim eecg toronto edu do not weave between traffic cones at road works from the new british highway code toronto star april
