I haven’t had a B13 Sentra with the GA-16 engine since 1997. The last SR-20 I had departed my stable in 2012. I'm about 90% sure the engine in this car is the GA-16. It's not a bad engine, but the SR makes more power out of the box and has way more aftermarket support. As for a cheap track car the Nissan B13 platform…

I’m sure rated structural support is important. I’m not sure this car was properly stressed modeled for loads like that. As for the goat truck loophole: growing up in a high citrus area, there was a particular farmer who had an early 80s Chevrolet Celebrity wagon that had been turned into a goat truck. It lacked all…

It could be fun if this was an SR-20 motored version. I've had a 1.6 and a 2.0 Sentra of this era. One was a commuter, the other was honest fun.

Having grown up in rural citrus country in Florida, this is totally a legit road car. You could probably get a plate for a bathtub with wheels as long as it had lights and a windshield. I mean there’s even a separate license plate for a goat truck (think hacked up school bus or any other truck with no body work and a…

As a former owner of more than a few B13 and B14 sentras, I don’t think demolition derby is what you want to do with this “car”. Look up the IIHS crash tests if you want to see a bad time.

I learned to drive on a manual. It wasn’t too hard because I had the concept down growing up with dirt bikes and grandparents that had farm tractors and such. It is harder to find a manual as the years go by.

Responsibility is key. My son is 19 and just bought a 15 year old Corvette that needed a little love. 

I’d totally buy a Nissan Nails with a leaf drivetrain. Especially with the cray-cray front seat from the concept. I’d daily it.

After swapping from a full size GMC to a 4 cylinder Ranger in the early aughts, I do know the insurance and fuel costs were way lower. And that’s before the gas got crazy expensive. I always look at the TCO except I typically ignore the resale values because I keep my cars so long.

Or by their grandkids. I feel for the gypsy cab driver that bought my grandma's Grand Marquis.

I heard Dirty Laundry this weekend and thought Don Henley nailed it. How could he have known?

+1 for the Forte. I've had a rental for almost 2 weeks and it's not a bad ride at all and judging from all the stickers all over, I could buy it from Avis.

I’m going to leverage on the Camry answer. My son recently sold a low mileage, late model Camry with transmission issues. In looking for a replacement car, I noted the market is inflated and the examples nearby (ATL) seem to be all high mileage former ride share cars. The Camry falls into that category. So let’s look…

That explains why my hatchback was on the bumpstops with 22 bags of mulch!

OnStar telematics has that data for my Cadillac. I think FCA has it that way as well.

Have had a hybrid for almost 10 years. Picked up a PHEV lat year. I'm running about 88% of my mileage on electrons the first year. Added a 2nd PHEV this year. It's getting about 70% mileage on electrons. I didn't really understand the benefits of having a PHEV until I had one.

Move to Georgia. EVs are “taxed” annually with higher registration costs than the average consumer would pay in fuel taxes. I've avoided a BEV for my last 2 commuter cars for this exact reason.

This, except I’ve heard that it punishes poor people. After driving on terrible roads, I want fuel tax raised and applied to road maintenance.

My parents had a 1st gen tempo. Teaching the kids how to drive a manual in that poor car might have lead to it only making it 6 years in the fleet.

Tru-coat?