Just picked up a new daily driver last week:
2002 Infiniti G20 Sport
209K miles
$800
Felt like it was a great deal, considering I've been wanting a cheap fuel saver for awhile. The Toyota Matrix has been pretty much handed over to my dad for now, he doesn't drive much and I was putting a lot of miles on it over the last year. The Jeep is rough to drive 80 miles round trip to work and back because it gets just under 14mpg. The 300ZX continues to be a project.
The G20 needs a little TLC. Transmission slips a tad when cold. Already did a Castrol Transmax HM ATF drain and fill. Needs new CV axles, well the boots, but I'll go ahead and do the whole shebang.
PO says the SR20 motor burns some oil, 1qt per 500 miles, but I can already see the valve cover gasket needs changing and I went ahead and did an OC using Castrol GTX HM 10w40 and haven't noticed any significant oil loss. I think I'll do the valve stem seals once I do the valve cover gasket. Never done that before though, but from what I can tell, it's pretty straight forward.
Hopefully I can go about 250-260K on this little car before any significant changes need to be made!
PS - if this is better off in an introduction forum, feel free to move it. I was looking for some oil suggestions for the SR20 though. I may try the MaxLife 15w40 I used in the Jeep before to see if that helps the SR20 out, or maybe Mobil1 HM 10w40.
2002 Infiniti G20 Sport
209K miles
$800
Felt like it was a great deal, considering I've been wanting a cheap fuel saver for awhile. The Toyota Matrix has been pretty much handed over to my dad for now, he doesn't drive much and I was putting a lot of miles on it over the last year. The Jeep is rough to drive 80 miles round trip to work and back because it gets just under 14mpg. The 300ZX continues to be a project.
The G20 needs a little TLC. Transmission slips a tad when cold. Already did a Castrol Transmax HM ATF drain and fill. Needs new CV axles, well the boots, but I'll go ahead and do the whole shebang.
PO says the SR20 motor burns some oil, 1qt per 500 miles, but I can already see the valve cover gasket needs changing and I went ahead and did an OC using Castrol GTX HM 10w40 and haven't noticed any significant oil loss. I think I'll do the valve stem seals once I do the valve cover gasket. Never done that before though, but from what I can tell, it's pretty straight forward.
Hopefully I can go about 250-260K on this little car before any significant changes need to be made!
PS - if this is better off in an introduction forum, feel free to move it. I was looking for some oil suggestions for the SR20 though. I may try the MaxLife 15w40 I used in the Jeep before to see if that helps the SR20 out, or maybe Mobil1 HM 10w40.
