Printable View
it pisses me off when i take my pride and joy into looking at traiding it in as i now need a auto as i cant push clutch in anymore after 3 knee ops and they tell me that best they can do is $7000 on a 2004 gu wagon with heaps of add ons :furious:and some of the car yads have 2001 auto wagons for $20000 in bad condition
That's the way it goes unfortunately mate and they won't take into account what bits n pieces you added or how much they cost.
And I can bet that they wont sell any of those 2001 GUs for $20K.
Unless it's a 4.2 :)
That's true enough ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by nissannewby
i wish it was a 4.2 but happy with my 3lt
Would it be worthwhile converting it to auto mate?
It'll be somewhere around 5k for a reco auto install.
I'd much rather spend another 5k on the car I have because I know the history, and I have put a lot of my hard earned into it already. There's always the potential to buy a lemon if you trade in. My 2c
cost for the stuff isnt bad its the time in doing it thats the big cost
Give wholesale autos a call. Doesn't matter if your local or not, they do this conversion often. Could ask for price range/time frame
I got over $1000 more trade-in for taking all the bits off, and putting it back to standard ( from two different dealers )..... mind boggling if you think about it.
If it is your pride and joy with heaps of fruit and reasonable K's do what others suggest and convert it to Auto.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drift triker
The car will drive better as well. The ZD's love an auto box, keeps 'em in the sweet spot of the torque curve
Get a price on an auto conversion, before trading it in. Whilst doing that, shop around on a price for a 2004 Patrol auto, if you haven`t already. A few months back, there was a stock standard green 2004 auto Patrol wagon in Mickey Mouse condition going for $16000. It was marked down from $21000.
thanks for the advise i did ring a local auto dealer he told me that to convert over to auto its not just the box but the whole 4 wiring harnesses have to be changed in the car thats where most of your money will go as they have to strip the whole car down to do it
He's right in the fact that it's more then the box, but the wiring isn't that hard. After all it his expertise. My guess would be a 2 day turn around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drift triker
Ring around to multiple shops if your serious about converting. Shop around
was told its going to cost me about $7k-$10k do i spend that money in a nissan thats only worth $18k-$20k
That's way steep. Doesn't seem right to me. I had a new auto put in mine, plus cooler, not reco of my auto, all new parts (I cooked it and nothing was salvageable, and it was $4k. I wouldn't think that the wiring would be $6k.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drift triker
half the problem is where i live every one has to be rich off the first job
No doubt you`ll find some thing that`ll suit your needs.