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Nice s14, sr20det are boss in these.
My 2008 Versa has a great engine and transmission, but the shift cable broke because its plastic. The left lower ball joint has to be replaced for the third time in about 30 000 miles. The entire exhaust needs to be replaced after about 5 years. The cradle/ bushings always need to be replaced around 100 000m. Airbag light comes on for no reason. Multiple recalls for air bag, and front springs. The body has decent rust resistance considering my salty winter climate. A racoon I hit destroyed the washer fluid system as there is just a crappy plastic cowling in the wheel well. Great body and engine with so much engineered problems it makes your head spin. Air conditioning still works awesome though. I sprayed all the connections with zinc paint and rust oil. The dealer says the compressor is leaking 2 years ago so its a just a matter of time for that I guess. Super comfortable seats, good cargo area. Decent torque and hp around 130 I think for both. 1.8l 4 cyl. Windows not good for smoking and no ashtray. Body looks stupid. Brakes are beefy, fuel mileage is alright. I've got a car with a good engine and body at 120000m that's not worth fixing again for the next five years, and I'd feel bad selling it for $1000 as it needs about $3500 in parts, then I could sell it for $2000 maybe. My last car a 1996 tercel was cheap to bring to 524 000km, but I had to patch a lot of holes and replace rockers when I bought it at 442000km. 20 hours of work and 40 dollars in sheet metal and jb weld and screws. Sadly it died to a check engine light being on and emissions testing, and my refusal to pay $400 for a knock sensor, and figure out why and how the wiring for it had been butchered, though it ran like a top. Burned oil but still 5.2 hwy if you went under 60 mi/hr. Standard transmission made it fun and it had an ashtray and I could cruise all day not worry about gas. Loved that car. The versa is an ok car I guess for these days I guess.
I doubt you read all of the comments, Scotty. I think you most likely cherry pick, the same way you do with cars. And that's fine. It's your channel, and in the beginning I was enamored with it. You put a lot of creativity, experience, and knowledge into your YouTube offerings. Despite this, I'm watching less and less because you're so damn biased. You like Toyota. And you like small cars. Anything outside that basic platform/premise doesn't suit you, and it shows. To wit: You picked an inferior Nissan product for this video instead of the flagship Maxima of the same year. It's only the best Maxima ever made. Why would you do that? Is the Sentra-based 240 SX a better car? Can you honestly say that with a straight face? Of course not — the Maxima of that generation is often regarded as the best mass production car Nissan ever made. The stock 3.0L V6 goes over 300,000 miles regularly and, coupled with the 5-speed manual, gets you from 0-60 in the 6's. For late '90's that pretty damned good. So why no love for the Max? Because Maximas are too big and Scotty doesn't like V6 engines.
Not to harp on your 240 SX selection: It's the current video subject matter. Truth is I could cite numerous examples of your bias and how it actually clouds your judgment. Perhaps the most glaring is your dismissal of Korean cars. You ever work on an '07-'08 Hyundai Elantra, Scotty? I selected that generation for two reasons. It's the last prior to Hyundai making the jump to turbo charging and direct injection, and two, because I owned one and worked on it extensively. I know the car pretty damned well. I've owned over 50 cars in my lifetime. The '08 Elantra and a '97 Camry are the two absolute best I've ever had, in terms of vehicle quality and reliability. Raised eyebrows at the Elantra? Well it shouldn't — since the early 2000's Elantras have progressively closed the gap on Civics and Corollas to the point where there practically is none. 250,000 miles? Piece of cake. Just bother changing the oil semi-regularly, pads and rotors, spark plugs, air filter, tires of course, and the biggie — do the timing belt every 100,000 miles. (It doesn't need it at 60k, despite what the manual says). That damn car is bulletproof if you simply follow those small suggestions. I beat the living hell out of mine. One alternator is the only inconvenience that ever sidelined me, and it was a piece of cake to replace. Not as easy as the Camry, which you stare at upon popping the hood, but that's a digression — and yes, even Toyotas go through alternators. In your videos, Toyotas come with red capes and kryptonite vs. Toyota is still 70/30 in the automobile's favor.
Anyway, I'm hardly a Hyundai homer, Scotty, in the same vein I'm not a Maxima fanboy. I truly 'tell it like it is.' You cherry pick, Scotty, and you like a certain vehicle. There's nothing wrong with it, except when you're informing the masses and they're making decisions based on that information. A handful of people will probably run out looking for 240 SX's right now. The Maxima of that year is the better car, and the late 90's generation of Altima is one of the best values you can find — extremely inexpensive and rock solid. You should be recommending THOSE Nissans if you finally do want to get cute and operate outside the confines of your box — not the niche 240 SX. I'm not holding my breath for any sort of change. It's your channel, and you make fine videos, albeit tilted heavily towards vehicles you prefer.
I’m glad you finally pointed this out. Nissan was once good
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I had a 1995 240sx. I dropped an rb26dett and made it 4 wheel drive. With a cherry blossom conversion. I had 980hp.6 speed
The entire set up with the car cost me 10k back in 1999. I was 19. Before the fat and the furious ruined the industry. Made prices higher for parts and killed a lot of good shops. Like motorex in California. I was smoking vets, lambos, Ferrari in Houston. Now my Nissan gtr 2015 has 1850hp. I miss my 240. First car i bought.
?♂️ the wealth of knowledge scotty has in his head. ??
Damn I want one of those 240 sx.
Neat vlog!
Scotty must love the Skyline GTR