Well, I went and helped my parents find a vehicle for my younger brother who just graduation from high school. We found a 96 Mellenia at a local reputable dealership where we've bought cars before. I thought the price was too high at 9,500, but my parents went ahead and bought it. It's just the base model, although with leather dual power seats, fog lights, etc. it isn't all that "base" to me. Anyway, what I'm wondering is what the little black strip of plastic is just below the stereo head unit. I can't imagine why they would cut out a peice in the woodgrain fascia there to instert a useless piece of plastic. What is this? Also, I notice on the head unit that it says CD. Well, I checked the trunk and saw a harness and I assume that that's where an optional 6 disk changer went, but I'm not too sure. Also, I would expect a car loaded this much would have keyless entry and a cd player. But I guess not. Is there anyway I could find out if it originally had a keyless entry? And one more thing. Could I just find a cd changer out of another millenia and plug it up in the trunk without any hassle? BTW, this car handles quite well. While it's no sports car, it is quite ligh on its feet for its size.

Thanks.
Kyle
95 TSI AWD

Wow, what a dead forum. Well, I solved the mystery plastic peice below the radio. EUREKA! It was a cup holder. Thanks, as I'm sure that's a limited option that only comes on some Millenia's. As for the rest, guess I'll just sit in total wonder and awe.

Thanks again,

Wow, haven't been here in a while. Anyway, I've owned a 95 Millenia for about 1 1/2 years now, and here's what I can tell you:

The price you paid might seem high as compared to the percieved "value" of the car in Blue Books and such, but I can tell you that it it worth it in content and reliability--depreciation has been an asset to second-hand car buyers with the Millenia. My car has ~105k miles at the moment, of which the last 16k miles were by me, and I haven't had any problems.

There is a CD changer option, which mine didn't come with either, but the headunit is compatitble with most mini-bus changers. I installed an Alpine 6-disc changer in mine, pretty simple as it's just one cable and the headunit recognizes it immediately. Plug-n-Play.

I believe keyless entry was standard on the Millenia--I have it on mine--so I would check into that, maybe ask the dealer if they can recode it with a replacement.

The car is a more than decent handler for its size, though it loves to understeer in corners. I think a plus-1, or plus-2 wheel change with some high-perf tires will take care of that, though I have yet to try on my car--which brings me to another point: There is absolutely CRAP for the Millenia in the aftermarket, probably because of poor sales. The most you'll ever find are lowering springs, maybe an intake, I think HKS makes hotter cams that are compatible with the 2.5L V6, and maybe an custom exhaust--that's it. I can't even find any sport-shocks for the car to go with the lowering springs. That said, it's fun enough, and since I use it mostly for long distance commutes between home and college, sports-car handling isn't really a priority. Later

for parts got to Nopi.com or corksport.com they have some parts for the 2.5 not the 2.3


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