Well, I can finally announce without trepidation, for the first time in many, many years we are free of the Nissan Sentra!
We actually traded my husband's 2013 Sentra in on Friday evening rather easily given its recent concerns. We got a 2k trade-in value and considering the clunking noises, the exploding door handle, etc. that are currently plaguing this car, we believe we are lucky to get even that much!
We purchased a 2019 CX-5 Mazda for him, but when we purchased my 2020 Toyota Corolla on Saturday afternoon, the dealership could not accept my 2005 Sentra due to its "poor condition". All the salesman said was "That car served you well." Instead, we were directed to a wholesaler who was closed on the weekend. So today my husband drove the old creaky jalopy to their lot where we were able to get a $200 check for it.
The buyer commented he didn't usually purchase a car that was so clearly at the "end of its life" individually, and he usually wanted such salvage vehicles in bulk (i.e., a truckload or large transport of them at once.) At this time, this Sentra has 240K miles and is beyond fixing, unless one was planning on gutting it and totally rebuilding it- so not worth it! What do you think @shipo?
The speakers are fried, so no radio/CD player sound, the fan/heater/AC/defroster infrequently comes on/barely works , the back right passenger window is opening by itself and has no electric power, the inside door handle is half-cracked and will break off any day now, the glove compartment is not attached and every time it is opened, it falls to the ground, the drivers chair has no adjustability and is leaning backwards, the brakes are soft and need to be replaced, the outside paint is rusted and chipped, etc. It does run, but only because in 2020, the starter and alternator were replaced, and it was given a full tune up to the cost of around $3,000 +, necessary because we were still two years away from discharge and we couldn't have bought a safe and decent car with only the 3K available from the stimulus payouts and savings.
The poor old auto can now rest peacefully in junkyard heaven and know it was a reliable and faithful servant!
We actually traded my husband's 2013 Sentra in on Friday evening rather easily given its recent concerns. We got a 2k trade-in value and considering the clunking noises, the exploding door handle, etc. that are currently plaguing this car, we believe we are lucky to get even that much!
We purchased a 2019 CX-5 Mazda for him, but when we purchased my 2020 Toyota Corolla on Saturday afternoon, the dealership could not accept my 2005 Sentra due to its "poor condition". All the salesman said was "That car served you well." Instead, we were directed to a wholesaler who was closed on the weekend. So today my husband drove the old creaky jalopy to their lot where we were able to get a $200 check for it.
The buyer commented he didn't usually purchase a car that was so clearly at the "end of its life" individually, and he usually wanted such salvage vehicles in bulk (i.e., a truckload or large transport of them at once.) At this time, this Sentra has 240K miles and is beyond fixing, unless one was planning on gutting it and totally rebuilding it- so not worth it! What do you think @shipo?
The speakers are fried, so no radio/CD player sound, the fan/heater/AC/defroster infrequently comes on/barely works , the back right passenger window is opening by itself and has no electric power, the inside door handle is half-cracked and will break off any day now, the glove compartment is not attached and every time it is opened, it falls to the ground, the drivers chair has no adjustability and is leaning backwards, the brakes are soft and need to be replaced, the outside paint is rusted and chipped, etc. It does run, but only because in 2020, the starter and alternator were replaced, and it was given a full tune up to the cost of around $3,000 +, necessary because we were still two years away from discharge and we couldn't have bought a safe and decent car with only the 3K available from the stimulus payouts and savings.
The poor old auto can now rest peacefully in junkyard heaven and know it was a reliable and faithful servant!
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