I agree with the above post. Maxima trannies especially the 96 are not that strong. I have a 96 se stick and my tranny was replaced at a mear 70k. I didn't have the car for half of that and the half I had I took care of it. So unless you want to come up with the couple grand to replace/rebuild I would take it easy. trust me it is not easy to f*ck up the tranny.