HI all:

Long time reader, first time posting. I would like you guys opinion on my 2008 Turbo cab. To make a long story short, I purchased a 2008 Turbo Cab from E-bay out of State in May, since then been having nothing but problems.

I bought the car sight unseen, for a decent price at that time, 2008 Turbo cab with 55k miles( I know mileage a bit high, but only 1 owner from CA, I am on LI NY). Inspection as well as DME read out are good,so I took the car for 67k.

The first few months I drove 2000 miles, no problem, then I had the infamous coolant hose leak, my good friend is a certified Porsche mechanics, he took everything down and fixed the leak, at that time change the clutch to sachs 2.5 clutch, also change the coil pack and spark plugs, water pump and thermostat, belt, since the engine was drop. Cost me a $$$$$.

one week later, the check engine light came on, reading error for a purge valve problem, my friend did a leak test and found out the EVAP value is stuck, replaced with no problem. Cheap fix

Meanwhile the PCM acting funny, lost it briefly for 2 weeks then came back and now still okay.

2 weeks later, the hydraulic spoiler on one side is not functioning( not raised to full height at 75 mph), my friend said again it is an easy fix.

I am just wondering what else could go wrong in the 6 months since I owned the car, my friend said when he dropped the engine everything looks perfect on the car, no signs of abuse. According to him the car is maintainence free for the next 20k miles other than oil change.

My questions are, should I keep the car or take my loss and get rid of it, I am almost up to 73k on this thing. I just don't feel like getting the turbo surprises on a monthly basis. I just wished I had waited and find a lower mileage car locally... oh well lesson learned.

btw how much do you think the car worth now ?


(ps: please don't flame me, my other car is 2009 GTR been performing perfect except for eating tires)

 

Just part of buying and having an expensive used car. Things are going to break and unfortunately for the turbo they are expensive. I would think that if you have every thing fixed that 73k is not bad.

Comment on GTR. Its a Nissan. Change oil and drive. Same as Toyota or Lexus, but it is not a Porsche.

 

Hang in there, if you enjoy the car keep it and drive it, these are durable cars.
Just a couple of hiccups with a used car, these things can be expensive......

 

Thanks for the kind words, I am leaning towards keeping it also, since I already did almost all the required scheduled stuffs. I do enjoy it a lot. When it is right, drove so well, that my GTR is collecting dust in the garage. my my how much i missed driving a stick shift.

Fortunately my good friend is a master mechanics, for example the EVAP leak, the test alone at the dealer cost several hundreds, he did it for free, lucky me...

guess I shouldn't complain too much and just enjoyed it...

what else need to be done prior to the magical 100k ?

 

These cars are bullit proof
73 is a damned bargain for what this car provides