Restoring a 90's Diesel.
Gentlemen, What are your thoughts on doing a soft-resto on an unhacked Nissan SB14 that has been sitting around for 8 years?
1997 car registered in 2000. Manual gears, 2L CD20 diesel. Single owner -Decased. Family who are known to me - dont use it. Unhacked body and almost pristine interior. Clean body lines, no accidents. Complete car and appears untouched by makabasses. Engine shows signs of under-compression, brakes and clutch-plate need replacing, tyres are on the brink of decomposing. Power mirrors do not work. Needs a paint job. No major corrosion but early-stage rust spots on the boot lid.
Nissan might close down operations in 12 -14 months? https://www.carscoops.com/2024/11/nissan-exec-says-we-have-12-or-14-months-to-survive/ Are we going to see more companies shutting down or is this a one off. So much for the new GTR and the new Patrol.
Is there an alternative to the Maruti 800? A friend of mine is looking for an extremely cheap to run and fix car for around 1.5M. While I do advocate old Japanese cars in that budget - if his need is basic A-B motoring at the lowest possible cost - maintenance wise and with fuel - is there any other option that I am forgetting?
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Menakec
Hi All,
After selling my current vehicle, I was looking for a one.
My budget is 2.85 Mn at max, so I kept my search to below cars with auto transmission.
1. Lancer CS 3
2. Yaris
3. Vios
Personally I prefer to drive CS 3 after reading threads on AL.
I checked one CS1 and two CS 3.
One CS 3 GLX seems to be ok with following thoughts.
1. Unimo manager used - but currently vehicle with car sale guy (using for 1.5 years now)
2. Mileage 140000 km - seems like genuine,
3. Repainted some parts - 40 percentage area of car.
4. No ruttling noises when driving
Seller agreed to check car at U***mo.
He's asking 2.85 Mn for the car.
I need to have lancer experts opinion on whether it"ll be worth to pay that amount for a cs 3 car.
Appreciate your responses.
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