Well I have been looking at 4th gens for awhile now. I want a 5 speed so that makes it harder. This one is fairly inexpensive. If the damage isn't bad like say if the fender and bumper are just dented not any frame damage thats not too bad. I like that its low miles and new tranny and clutch. Its prolly O2 sensors that need replaced if i look at it i will pull codes. In my area most rust free 4th gens go for around 4k for 160k miles on them.
http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/926496927.html

What you think?

 

no pictures? I would be a little weary. And if it seems too good to be true....

 

get pics or go see it and get it checked out

 

O I will I emailed and asked for pics. I would defiantly give it a really in depth inspection.

 

Good choice. Seeing it will def tell you more. Prepare to run though.

 

I would hop on it. I didn't think twice when purchasing my 97 SE 5spd fully loaded w/ leather and heated seats for $1,600. Sure I had to replace my suspension (was ganna do it anyways), knock sensor, left and right ball joints, and some tlc, but hey, $550 later I saved alot of money and I'm now a happy camper. Cheers!

 

I hope you're good at working on cars. It sounds like he has wiped out the front corner, so a lot of things underneath need to be straightened/replaced. I don't have a manual trans, but I wonder why the tranny was replaced already.

mho - don't do it.

 

Yea, but he could always tell him it needs work and lower the price. In the end he'll still have saved tons of money.

 

The tranny was most likely input shaft bearings or carrier bearings some of those fail early in these cars. I am good at working with cars. If it is just the fender and front bumper cover i am not worried about it those are easy to replace and cheap. I like the low miles and clutch and tranny replacement. Still waiting to hear back from him we will see.

 

i would just go and do a crazy deep inspection on it. craiglist listing go FAST. i bought my maxima from craigslist. it was a rat race getting to the car location. i got there and 3 people showed up 5 minutes later lol.

1996 Maxima GLE 135xxx miles for $3500

 

ya go look at it and check it out i would get the vin and then look it up on carfax.com before i got my max we went through so many vins and half of them we caught some snags where some of the repairs caught roll backs on the odo and found out that it had like a ton of crap happen to it. but then found the max i have now didnt have any pics but after going to look at it and finding almost nothing wrong (loud exhaust had to fix) i got it and $2900 later here i am. lol as for the tranny maybe he just felt like fixing it up more for the hell of it ya never know

 

I got a hold of him And if the person that was currently looking at it didnt buy it on the spot he would call me back to go look at it. Question would a bad maf sensor cause it to not start? He said thats whats wrong with it. My question is if a bad maf would prevent it from starting. If you unplug it it should start in limp mode correct?

 

If you have to give it gas to get it to catch, then it idles fine once it catches, that could be a bad MAF. Otherwise the MAF comes more into play when you try to accelerate or when you coast down from a stop.