ok my friend has a 97 se 5spd maxima, with around 156k on it,the problems he has is this
-Needs a New Tranny
-Needs cat-back (pipes fell off)
-Needs to fix his E-brake Cable
so i told him he should just sell it and get another Max, becuz he is looking at around 700 for the tranny then maybe 1000 for labor, around 200-500 for the pipes (depending what he gets) and 150 labor also, which will give him around 2350.00 maybe that just guessing altogether, but he wont sell it becuz he refuse's to take nothing less then 2000.00 for the car which will be good becuz he could add the 2350.00 to the 2000 and get another max, but he doesnt think it will sell for that much.

What will you guys do? keep it or sell it? I been looking around for parts for him, but he doesnt buy them when i find them for him lol.

-he needs a starter also 4got to add it in

 

If you do the labor yourself, and can find and rebuild a junkyard tranny, or maybe luck out on someone parting out their car, I say just keep the car and replace whatever needs to be replaced.

Otherwise, I say just sell it.

 

yea but how much will you ask for?

 

ya with 156K it won't sell for much especially with all the problems u listed. I would say buy another one, cause fixing it would just be a pain in the ***.

 

samething i told him, but who much u think he should post it at? i think on kelly blue book its at 3500, the body is in great cond

 

With all of those probs he will be hard pressed to get 1200 bucks ? He should sell it and cut his losses

 

samething i said lol i 4got to add he needs a starter also!

 

1000 for labor???? anything more than 450 for installing a 5 speed tranni is upsurd

 

sell it..never pay more to fix a car the nyou payed FOR the car...it'll enver look the same..it's not like restoring a hot rod...tell him go to an auction and buy another one

 

i was jsut throwin a wild guess in there becuz nissan is talkin about 1500 in labor

 

sell the body to me?

 

depends on how much you get for it. obviously, if it's like a G, then don't sell it. it's not so bad to have a project car. good luck, dude..

 

Put an ad out and see if he gets any hits for around 2g. If not then fix it.

 

trans $500, cable ?, exhaust ,150-550, starter 100-300, should be able to fix it for under or about a $1000 if you do it yourself. Even if you don't do the trans, no more than $500 to get installed. I would fix it then sell a few months later for a decent price $3000 give or take.

 

unless he can fix it himself he should sell it. not gonna get much for it though

 

its not neptune blue man, thats my color, his is white