I bought a car today and here's the front tire:

by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 06/10/2017 at 22:10

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2012 Nissan Versa with 67k miles and a fried engine. $1,700. 30k mile engine from LKQ is about $800. I’m hoping to make $2k on my efforts to replace the engine.

Replies (47)

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
06/10/2017 at 22:17, STARS: 1

MR16DDT swap it. Pull the engine & 6spd trans from a wrecked Juke. Coil overs & it be a great auto-x pig.

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/10/2017 at 22:20, STARS: 1

I have one of these in my work fleet. It should be right around 207k miles by now.

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
06/10/2017 at 22:21, STARS: 0

Only 67K miles and the engine is fried??? How did that happen? I’m guessing lack of maintenance judging by that tire?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 22:21, STARS: 1

You may have just written something, but I have only the vaguest idea of what it said.

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
06/10/2017 at 22:22, STARS: 2

Sacrifice a Juke.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 22:22, STARS: 0

That would be a very good guess. I know the guy well. His young adult daughter drove it into the ground.

"BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind" (briangriffinsprius)
06/10/2017 at 22:28, STARS: 1

Engine not withstanding, why is a 2012 only worth $1700???

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 22:29, STARS: 0

With a good engine, they’re listing at $6k.

"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
06/10/2017 at 22:30, STARS: 0

Japan does get Versa Note NISMO.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 22:32, STARS: 1

And I’ve known his family for twenty years. I’m getting the Friends & Family Price.

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
06/10/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 2

I get how a young person would just put in gas and drive, but I fail to see how the parents (who possibly are paying for the car & insurance) neglect it as well.

If and when my kids get cars, they’ll be taught how to maintain them, or at LEAST I’d give them a once over every so often to make sure its mechanically safe for them to not DIE IN.

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
06/10/2017 at 22:39, STARS: 0

Yup...I don’t get it either. A car with 67K miles should not die that early...

"E92M3" (E46M3)
06/10/2017 at 22:44, STARS: 0

67k miles, and only 1 oil change.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 22:47, STARS: 1

Yeah, well, the lack of automotive awareness is an inherited trait.

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
06/10/2017 at 22:50, STARS: 1

Probably had 0 oil changes.

We had a turbo CX-7 in the shop at 24k with a engine out of time because the owner NEVER changed the oil. It was literally full of sludge, causing the cam and crank to get out of time, bending valves and doing God knows what other damage. Mazda denied the warranty due to the lack of service records. I.E. NONE. So the owner declined our $8,000 estimate to replace the engine and turbo, and let it sit in our lot till they got so far behind on payments that the bank repo’d the thing.

"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
06/10/2017 at 22:52, STARS: 1

It’s basically a drag slick

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 22:55, STARS: 0

It’s the baldest tire I’ve seen on a car in many moons. Where do you live?

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
06/10/2017 at 22:55, STARS: 0

That’s an impressive level of not giving a shit right there.

"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
06/10/2017 at 23:01, STARS: 0

Az

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 23:11, STARS: 1

You might have said so previously. I do remember that you and I share some key interests.

"facw" (facw)
06/10/2017 at 23:12, STARS: 0

This was in my work parking lot for months last year:

The other front wasn’t any better. I left them a note, but they just started parking in a more secluded spot. I haven’t seen it in a while though, hopefully because they sold the car or left the company as opposed to careened into a concrete barrier. 

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 23:15, STARS: 2

I saw a dude at the gas station a couple weeks ago with a low profile tire that was low on air and about to eat itself for breakfast. I showed it to him and pointed to where the air hose was, but he wasn’t interested.

"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
06/10/2017 at 23:18, STARS: 0

yeah, you’re probably going to lose money on this one :/

"benjrblant" (benjblant)
06/10/2017 at 23:28, STARS: 1

2012?! 67k miles?! Fried engine?! Christ, I’d bet that’s the factory tire too, and probably on the same corner that it came from the production line.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 23:29, STARS: 1

You think so?

"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
06/10/2017 at 23:31, STARS: 0

The car just seems like a basket case, a blown engine at 67k and the bald tires are only the surface of all the problems that POS probably has, the interior, transmission, and likely some electrical shit, too  :(

Still, good luck though.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 23:35, STARS: 0

Might be.

"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
06/10/2017 at 23:37, STARS: 0

You are correct sir!

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 23:38, STARS: 5

The interior is in good shape, and so are the shocks. I can’t start it and drive it, obviously. The worst case scenario is I keep the car and one of my daughters drives it. I’ll post my progress. My hope is to finish the job in two weeks and make $2000, which is okay money for what is essentially a hobby.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/10/2017 at 23:39, STARS: 0

What is your age? I will be 52 this summer.

"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
06/11/2017 at 00:14, STARS: 1

34 years young

"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
06/11/2017 at 01:23, STARS: 0

Should the engine replacement go well, you really don’t think you can’t get more than two grand out of it?

Damn. I’d buy that. 67k is pretty low miles.

"BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
06/11/2017 at 01:37, STARS: 0

Right around 207k miles of endless CVT drone*

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
06/11/2017 at 01:42, STARS: 1

tyre looks good to me.

s/

"Racin'Jason001" (racinjason001)
06/11/2017 at 02:21, STARS: 1

I feel like spending time and money on a Versa of any kind is a waist of time and money, but you do you.

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
06/11/2017 at 02:49, STARS: 0

Yeah a colleague of mine came to me the other day asking how he could save money on a brake job for his son’s car. I was like it’s brakes and it’s your kid what the fuck is wrong with you?!

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/11/2017 at 04:46, STARS: 1

Not the 2012, it has a 4-speed auto. But the 2015s I have, yes.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/11/2017 at 10:19, STARS: 1

I hope to sell it for closer to six grand and pocket two grand.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/11/2017 at 10:23, STARS: 1

It’s a cute little car. Sensible. I hope I can at least make wages off of it.

"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
06/11/2017 at 11:09, STARS: 0

Ok, that sounds a lot better.

"Rico" (ricorich)
06/11/2017 at 11:13, STARS: 0

I pointed out to someone that they had two huge bubbles in their sidewall and that it was dangerous for them to keep driving around with it and he said it’s been that way for MONTHS. Smh

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/11/2017 at 11:39, STARS: 0

Believe it or not, I put a good deal of effort into every line I type in this space. I think it’s very good training. And there are a lot of good Oppos. Oppo really is the counterexample to social media being all bad, because Oppo is pretty much all good. Amazingly so, methinks.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/11/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 1

I’m obsessive about tires and brakes.

"Rico" (ricorich)
06/11/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 1

I feel like everyone with a car should be!

"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
06/11/2017 at 14:53, STARS: 0

Common interests, small size and good moderators is a powerful combo.

"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
06/11/2017 at 16:57, STARS: 0

I try to do the same. Oppo is a good example of the best of the web. I think we self police the place pretty well. I just hope everyone forgives me for my typos.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
06/11/2017 at 17:25, STARS: 0

Yes, yes and in most cases.