Man who had his Nissan Maxima modified on Pimp My Ride shares wild amount of time the show took his car for and it wasn't just a week

This man had his 1989 Nissan Maxima modified on Pimp My Ride, but he has revealed how long it kept running after it was returned to him from the show, as well as how long he waited for it to be returned.

Seth Martino sent his car to the show in the hopes of getting a completely revived Nissan Maxima.

But it appears that the hit MTV show didn’t exactly work for Seth’s pride and joy.

And it’s fair to say that he got more than he expected from the experience.

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Man brings Nissan Maxima to Pimp My Ride

For those who might be too young to remember, allow us to set the scene.

Pimp My Ride was one of the shows to watch on TV back in the day.

The hit MTV show, which ran from 2004 to 2007, featured the show’s mechanics taking beaten-up cars and restoring them to an unprecedented level of cool.

It was famously fronted by rapper Xzibit, who later discussed his own experiences on the show in a less-than-glowing manner.

The majority of the show’s episodes featured the highly talented team over at West Coast Customs.

But several contestants on the show didn’t exactly have the best experiences.

And one of those unfortunate people was Seth Martino.

For his turn on the show, Martino presented the team with his tired old 1989 Nissan Maxima.

At the beginning of the episode, Martino noted his fondness for the Transformers series.

So, of course, this had to go into the redesign of Martino’s car.

He got a back seat that transformed into a sound system, as well as a glitzy coat of paint and even a cotton candy machine in the trunk.

Things don’t exactly go to plan for Seth

At this point, this might all sound great.

Who doesn’t love the idea of having their own cotton candy machine?

Unfortunately, though, there was one major problem for Martino.

All of these slick changes were made to a fundamentally struggling car.

The team might have glamourized the appearance, but no changes were made to the actual performance.

As you might imagine, Seth would have much preferred a working car to a pimped-out one.

He also mentioned that the work itself was not actually done within a week.

In a 2012 Reddit AMA [Ask Me Anything], he revealed:

“I will say that most people believe that PMR takes the car and gives it back in like a week or something.

“That’s what I thought was going to happen, too.

“But in actuality, they had my car for roughly seven months, with filming done in stages.”

And the hits, unfortunately, kept on coming for Seth.

After the show, his car ran for a month before he had to save up for a new engine.

It’s a shame that Martino had such a rough experience on the hit MTV show.

But it serves as an unfortunate lesson – if something looks too good to be true, then there’s a good chance that it probably is.