kungfugripshift Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 hello everyone , my names carlos and i've recently become a member and an owner of a 1998 pathfinder 4x4 or R50 as im reading on this site. I'm glad I've stumbled onto this site because I was already a part of Nissanclub.com but they lack a serious amount of information on nissan trucks , more of a car site. My pathfinder is the first truck I've ever owned , other than that I've always had cars. The only other truck I've driven is my friends 1996 Chevy Blazer and the only other experience with a large vehicle is my fathers 05 Odyssey. As I said before I've mainly owned cars , I used to own a 2000 Mazda 626 Es and than bout 8 months later I traded it in and bought a 2003 Nissan Altima 2.5 SE. So I've been around nissan's before and I am quite happy with them and although I never planned on owning a truck , nor getting rid of my altima, I had no choice. on January 18 2007 , I went with my friend to go buy snow tires for the factory rims and put my other rims away for the winter. As I was returning home to go to another shop , I was making a left turn and struck by a ford econoline van. the car was thrown 34ft across the road , smashing the drivers side into a guardrail (thank god we didn't flip over it considering we were on a overpass) after the guardrail we flew another 21ft and finally stopped at the exit ramp. My Altima was considered totalled. Left without a vehicle , I went ahead and searched for another vehicle but was actually looking for an SUV due to safety reasons. at the time I considered myself lucky that nothing happened to my friend and all I got from the accident was a mouth full of glass. So I searched for an SUV and stumbled across the 98 white pathfinder. I bought the pathfinder for $5300 with 100,300 miles on it and the inside was very clean and in good shape. This is now my everyday car and I am incredibly happy with it although I do miss the acceleration I used to have with my previous cars. This vehicle has really made me happy due to the recent snow storm we had over here and my town is all hills. 4x4 engaged I had no problem going anywhere. I hope to stick around in this forum and learn alot more with the help of members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Welcome to the forums Carlos To bad about the Altima... but you have yourself a nice looking Pathy now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdpathy Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzy Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Welcome to NPORA! Looks like you and your buddy were very lucky not to be hurt in that accident... poor car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey.T Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Welcome Sorry about the Altima, glad you and your friend are in good shape. Have fun and enjoy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hud Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Welcome aboard!! Lots of good info on this site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerranoNZ Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Welcome to the family Good to see your OK after such a bad crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 nice pathy :cool2: welcome to the family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navygz19 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Wow glad you're ok. Welcome to the boards, there's more than enough info. on here to help you figure out any issues of questions you might have about your R50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NismoSkyZ Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Great first post! Is that a...*gasp* factory grill gaurd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfugripshift Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 thanks for all the welcomes guys and NismoSkyZ yea its the factory Grill guard , came with the truck when I bought it and looks pretty nice on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90seven Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Welcome. Hope you were able to salvage those wheels on the Altima. They look untouched. Nice set. have fun the Pathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfugripshift Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 actually there was no way I could take the rims off the altima , some strange reason the towing company said i couldnt take them off, it would've been hard though, because although the front are fine the rear passenger side rim was litteraly hugged by the fender and as the rear drivers rim was broken, a giant chunk of the rim was torn off. right before I hit the guardrail , it bounced off the curb and broke the lip off, too bad also cuz i could've resold them for some money. Now all I have is 4 stock 16" SE altima wheels in the garage and one spare tire . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordsho90 Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Welcome to the NPORA family enjoy your stay And as far as your rims if the insurance company totaled it then they own it; the only thing you can take are your personal affects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdubb77 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Welcome to the forum. I see you live in N.J. We're neighbors. I live in the Bronx, NY. Nice Pathy. Glad you and your friend made it out o.k. after the Altima crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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