My $3000.00 stupidest move. 250,000 mi. (duh) 96 5 sp Maxima; great running, new muffler system, altinator, axle,4 brand new tires.interior and body is in great shape. sounds ok..rite?? I know ..the miles.... well the ignition needs to be replaced...overheats all the time>.... radiator slit open... car died on highway... gets towed...he says there was no thermostat and basically blown the engine!!!! (cracked block) water in oil... wWhat do I do??? Cost? sell as is??? how much? I'm a single lady ~~~just totaled my last Maxima.. and had no help with car shopping... and I now know ..bad move... Bought it privately... I really want him to come down with chicken pox, mumps, bloody nose and diarria ~~~~but just for a month!!!! bitter???? naw help ~ maxy
Help me make a decision...blown engine??
Apr 27, 2006
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I would think any more money spent on that Maxima would be wasted. It's time to have it hauled off.
...250,000 mi. ... The mileage means every moving part has worn, no secret.
"wWhat do I do???" At least accept reality, cease complaining seller. You buy worn car, you get worn car...
Options:
- Sell as is (compare your area prices, read ads)
- replace engine then ...start welding hidden rottin corners? Easily ends with ? 10.000$ car (worth 2k). Still youre winner - with 1/3 price of new maxima, So Be happy!
A car is never investment but a bottomless well to sink money...
If money is the issue, I'd go shoppin for an low mileage 1k car, spend
2k reconditioning it, drive 4yrs, repeat... There are plenty driveable four cylinder (=cheap to upkeep, drive) cars. I used to be happy with Stanza (...until I met my Maxima.) Before purchasing, let some mech do an inspection, pay for that. Maxima is generally very reliable, but problems may become suddendly costly if you have to use shops - which love to swap costly parts as method of trouble/customer $hooting...Look on
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You can buy a replacement VQDE30 engine for your maxima for 500 bucks and have an independent (competent) mechanic install it. VQs run for ever (if maintained)... you can easily find one with 100k or less on it and have it swapped in and you'll be good to go. The key is to find a competent shop to do the work.
Cheers, Nirav
96 Max GLE, 133k
I'd either give up on it or buy a used engine AND transmission as it's no more work to replace both. You can likely get a deal buying both together as well. When the car overheats, the trans also overheats (automatic I assume?) so it could have been damaged as well.
I agree with Nirav, You can buy used VQ's all day long for 500 bucks with less than 60 k miles on them
You can get it installed for about a grand or less.
I'll give you 500 right now for it if you live somewhere in Florida,I'll be right over to get it
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