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I'll concede, that-era Maxima was one of the first Japanese cars that I liked the styling of. It was rather simple and restrained. I seem to remember them in a pearlescent white but I couldn't swear to it. Wall-to-wall taillights, right?

Pearl white was an option on the SE. Tail lights appeared to span the deck lid.

I vote sub-$20k.

I still go to South Bend probably once a year. I know it's 60 years passed, but I always find it hard to believe that an automobile manufacturer was headquartered there during my lifetime. A long way from Detroit. Go three or five miles from town in any direction, and you're in cornfields.

I think buying a lease counts. It differs from a refi because you’d have to return the lease and get something else anyway.