Not in the nuclear way, but it's getting to the age that are its needed maintainence and repairs pushing the value of the car.
The car in question is my DD, the 2001 Sentra SE. Some background info: I bought the car in April 2006 wrecked, with a salvage title and 54K on the clock. After body shop bills and so forth, I was a little more than $5K involved. The car now has 145K and will soon need a clutch, and is in dire need of shocks and struts. It also has been having left front axle issues (this will be the third one i've installed) It's approaching the age where compents will begin to fail, like alternator, water pump, etc etc.
I'm getting the five year itch, kinda feeling something different, maybe something bigger. But at the same time the thing has been pretty reliable, and it's PAID FOR. With $4.00/gallon gas comming soon (not here yet) I'll need all the MPG's I can get.
Also, I went on my honeymoon in this car, brought my baby home in it. I've got alot of good memories in that car. I've still got my first car, and I've always planned to keep this one until the wheels fell off. Its still a hoot to drive and gets me around with some thrift, although it's by no means a hypermiler.
What kindof prices are b15 SE-R sentras fetching lately?
That's the one with an SR20 right? I'd guess the price of another car would obliterate any money you'd save in gas/maintainence, but I don't know the facts of this specific case.
Bench Racer (BowtieBandit) wrote:
Also, I went on my honeymoon in this car, brought my baby home in it. I've got alot of good memories in that car. I've still got my first car, and I've always planned to keep this one until the wheels fell off. Its still a hoot to drive and gets me around with some thrift, although it's by no means a hypermiler.
What kindof prices are b15 SE-R sentras fetching lately?
Fix it and keep it. You'll kick yourself if you sell it. Buy something else for a DD, but keep this one.
See I was flirting with making some sortof autox toy out of it, but isn't the SE-R a better platform?
Well, by your talk, you don't mean a stock class, so, no, not really.
If you want to really make something fast, it's a much better candidate for turbocharging than the QR25DE, plus there is just a bigger aftermarket for the SR20. I don't know which would be better for street prepared trim (all I know), but they are on different lines on DSP AFAIK. (02+ Sentras were classified in April Fastrack)
I know if you jump to street prepared, all the changes between the SE and SE-R chassis-wise are irrelevant. The SE-R has chassis braces on the front and rear shock towers, and maybe a firmer suspension. It's mostly legal stuff that you'd change anyway if you want to really take out those cones.
