<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">First off, Merry Christmas to all!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I owned a 1982 Maxima, and was very fond of that voicebox that spoke to me. One time, driving from San Francisco to L.A. I was on fuel fumes approaching Bakersfield, with the car repeatedly telling me “Fuel level is low, Fuel level is low…” over and over. Nice female voice. Barely made it to a gas station. It would tell me “Left door is open”, “Lights are on”, etc. It had badging on the trunk that stated “Datsun by Nissan”. I kept that badging when I sold the car around 1998 for an Altima upgrade and the badge is now on my 1966 roadster glovebox door. That 1982 Maxima was a fine car.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Fred - SSF, CA</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 22, 2015, at 1:32 PM, Roy Haslett via Datsun-roadsters <<a href="mailto:datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net" class="">datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div class="">Have you guys seen this? Pretty funny.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450817456317_33041" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450817456317_33042" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450817456317_33043" class=""><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450817456317_33046" href="http://autoweek.com/article/classic-ads/genius-datsun-first-car-speaks-you?utm_source=DailyDrive20151222&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=headline-center&utm_content=body&utm_campaign=awdailydrive" class="">From the genius of Datsun: the first car that speaks to you!</a><br class=""></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" id="enhancrCard_0" class="link-enhancr-element richcompose-card link-enhancr-attachment" contenteditable="false"><table id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450817456317_33071" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1450817456317_33070" class=""><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; 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