V6 5-speed?

by **20solara** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:07 am

I searched and searched, but cant seem to find any production/sales numbers for the V6 5-speed. I keep hearing that they are rare, anyone know how many were built?
Thanks .

by **1gSE** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:17 am

there's quite a few 5spd v6's on the forum
*ahem*
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I guess they are kinda rare. I called a local toyota dealer for a part and right away he assumed my car was an auto

by **20solara** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:34 am

Mine is also a V6 5-speed, and I really like the car. Just wondering if they are rare or if everybody just wants them because they respone better to mod's.

by **no_escape** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:43 am

V6 5-speed here as well.

by **ThurzNite** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:49 am

Took me 4 years to find my dream car: 97 Maxima 5sp, white... One of the major car magazines says less than 10% of Maximas come in manual.

Now my search for Solara was easy to find 5sp, but most were i4. Between Craigslist and AutoTrader, there were 3-4 of them V6 5sp. I got 1 of them, and it only took me 1 month. However, I live in LA/OC, where there's more cars than people.

by **akora12** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:23 am

^^^ I found manual V6 Maximas and Solaras when I was looking a few years ago, but they are definitely in the minority. It took me over 4 months to finally find mine.

by **gnegroni** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:42 am

ThurzNite wrote:Took me 4 years to find my dream car: 97 Maxima 5sp, white... One of the major car magazines says less than 10% of Maximas come in manual.

Now my search for Solara was easy to find 5sp, but most were i4. Between Craigslist and AutoTrader, there were 3-4 of them V6 5sp. I got 1 of them, and it only took me 1 month. However, I live in LA/OC, where there's more cars than people.

Most of the 5-speeds are I-4 because it moves the Solara's behind a bit better, but 1-1.5Gen owners were blessed with V-6 to pair. 2-2.5Gen owners have no such option.

Kinda the same thing happened to 1-2Gen Ford Taurus SHO owners (those cars rocked - engine I mean)... 3Gen SHO owners had a 3.4L V-8, but no manual... thus, that was the end of the road for the SHO.

by **facevedo17** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:24 am

Mines was a rare find too luv the look on peeps face ohhhh shittt v6 5 speed

by **SleeperSolara** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:32 am

V6 5 speed manual = rare in the Solara community.
Majority of the Solara's are auto's.

by **Toy1mzfe** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:04 am

I love my Se v6 5pd!

Cheap and low mileage. one of the best purchase ever.

by **Eye8Pussies** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:40 am

me too! haha...

by **hskrsolara** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:28 am

Wasn't it around 5% of total production? Good to see that many of that 5% made it here!

by **akora12** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:31 am

hskrsolara wrote:Wasn't it around 5% of total production? Good to see that many of that 5% made it here!

5% is much lower than I would have thought, even if that is just an estimate. I feel quite lucky!

by **DatSRBoi** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:02 am

V6 5 speed does not exist.

:drinking:

by **gnegroni** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:28 pm

I can't find any here in Puerto Rico... there probably are, but I could use my hands to count them! Same goes for my 2ng Gen 5-speed... they thought it was imported!

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