Your Christmas wish for under $100

HKYStormFront · 12-08-2010, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Seems like when you want something, you sometimes get more than you bargained for. I wanted a slight upgrade. I got a melt-down.

forgot to mention i was a computer tech for a while, too (and am now a computer programmer)... trust me, i got this

ImportConvert · 12-08-2010, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront

forgot to mention i was a computer tech for a while, too (and am now a computer programmer)... trust me, i got this

Win! I know virtually nothing about computers and am sure I got fleeced on the one I bought. Maybe you can tell me how badly?

AMD Phenom II 955 3.2Ghz quad-core
Hitachi 1TB 7200rpm
8gig DDR3
GeForce GTX460 (768mb DDR5)
Tigerpro 500W power supply
Gigabyte 8800GM-UD2H
Coolermaster tower and an extra fan, woot!

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Originally Posted by HKYStormFront

sounds like you have had unusually bad luck with the car but it also sounds like you've unfairly judged all nissans based on that one car which is pretty lame

also bear in mind the G20, while a decent car, was a nissan sentra (their cheapest car at the time) dressed up and leathered out... it was the entry level infiniti for years. i'm not trying to make excuses for it but there's plenty of civic's, corola's, etc out there that have had the same issues with motor mounts and radiators because the parts put in these cars are from the lowest bidders to keep costs down

I have just never owned a car with bad motor mounts. In fact, I have only seen one motormount replaced in my entire life. It was on a 90's dodge. My Dad went through dozens of cars while I was growing up, putting about 250-400K miles on them each. I never saw him replace a motor mount. It just struck me as odd. Same with all the rubber bushings on this car. Even my 88 GT didn't need new bushings to ride quietly, etc.

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Originally Posted by Jeffblue

so, just to confirm, you are complaining about the reliability a 10 year old daily driver, that you purchased used?

Fair enough, but no, I am complaining about the poor judgement that I bought the first thing that met my specs (4-cyl, 4-door, not a pile) when everyone I spoke to has had NO trouble out of their Sentra, the Sentra was supposed to be one of the more reliable cars out there, and the Infiniti service dept. hasn't seen a G20 except mine in months they say. To be honest, the dealership traded me dead-even for my 149K mile Trans Am with dead air-conditioner compressor and torn up paint on the hood. I still think I did well. Just whining a bit I suppose.

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