Neighbors purchased a headache car.

[Father Of Giants]

I decided to investigate coolant loss on my E300, when I happened to see my next door neighbors trying to jump start their car. Being a gear head I was interested .

They got a Nissan Altima 2007+ gen.

First thing I noticed was devastating edge wear on the tires, the front left tie rod is shot, loosey goosey. That's causing their edge wear. Three tires are worn to hell, one tire is showing cords, YIKES!


No oil on dipstick (automatic walk away for me) .

Battery dead at 9 volts.

Worst part was the battery cable was extremely corroded, warped, and hacked (ANY hacks on a car is a walkaway for me).
Hacked, because in between the two battery cable and battery post where two tiny screw studs. Found out without those studs the battery cable are warped and loose as hell. With studs they fit snug.


Which brings me back to the corrosion, the previous owner was such a knuckle dragger that they tightned the cables instead of cleaning the crust, they then over tightned them fubaring them, and then inserted the screws for damage control and a quick fix.


Feel bad for them, a PPI would of saved them thousands. Or someone who knew how to scout used cars.

I REFUSE to touch the car beyond inspecting it, they can borrow my tools and I'll teach/guide them general maintenance if they're interested.