All,
A little background....My sister owns and drives a 2006 Nissan Sentra 1.8L with 5spd MT. I will be driving her car down to South Carolina in a month, staying for a week and driving back for a total of ~2000 miles. She doesn't do well on long trips (gets tired easily) so I will be doing almost all of the 14hr haul each way. I will be taking I-95 pretty much all the way so lots of 75mph high speed driving. Her car only has 37k miles on it.
I am questioning what maintenance should be done to a 6 yr old car with only 37k miles on it. Should I go ahead and replace the serpentine belt? Is there anything that I should replace due to age or mileage? Hoses? What does lack of driving take its toll on?
Her car has pretty much everything original...although I believe the rotors were maybe replaced due to rust. I'm not too sure but she is getting a NY inspection done in the next couple of days so they will check the brakes.
Tires are good...the Fuzion TRIs were put on when the original Bridgestones were shot at 30k miles. She does a pretty good bout of aggressive short tripping with this vehicle. I put in a new DieHard battery last fall so that should be good. This motor has a timing chain (90% sure on that).
My only maintenance plan was to replace the air filter (not sure if original or not but I assume it was replaced once by the dealership when she bought the car used at 20k miles). I will also be doing an oil change for her a few days before we head out and give it an overall visual check to make sure fluids are topped off.
Can you folks recommend what I should look for? At 6 yrs old and only 37k miles am I worrying about nothing? I have taken this trip dozens of times and have never had car trouble...looking to keep that record.
Thanks.
A little background....My sister owns and drives a 2006 Nissan Sentra 1.8L with 5spd MT. I will be driving her car down to South Carolina in a month, staying for a week and driving back for a total of ~2000 miles. She doesn't do well on long trips (gets tired easily) so I will be doing almost all of the 14hr haul each way. I will be taking I-95 pretty much all the way so lots of 75mph high speed driving. Her car only has 37k miles on it.
I am questioning what maintenance should be done to a 6 yr old car with only 37k miles on it. Should I go ahead and replace the serpentine belt? Is there anything that I should replace due to age or mileage? Hoses? What does lack of driving take its toll on?
Her car has pretty much everything original...although I believe the rotors were maybe replaced due to rust. I'm not too sure but she is getting a NY inspection done in the next couple of days so they will check the brakes.
Tires are good...the Fuzion TRIs were put on when the original Bridgestones were shot at 30k miles. She does a pretty good bout of aggressive short tripping with this vehicle. I put in a new DieHard battery last fall so that should be good. This motor has a timing chain (90% sure on that).
My only maintenance plan was to replace the air filter (not sure if original or not but I assume it was replaced once by the dealership when she bought the car used at 20k miles). I will also be doing an oil change for her a few days before we head out and give it an overall visual check to make sure fluids are topped off.
Can you folks recommend what I should look for? At 6 yrs old and only 37k miles am I worrying about nothing? I have taken this trip dozens of times and have never had car trouble...looking to keep that record.
Thanks.
