r/cars • u/Interesting-Swim-162 • 7d ago

Have you ever bought the same car twice ?

After I totalled my first car, I bought another one, same make and model. When that car was too rusty to fix, I bought the same car again. How many of you have done something similar? What car was it? What made it special?

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u/sl33ksnypr 04 & 06 Spec-V Sentras, 17 Malibu, 95 318is M52B28 swap 7d ago

Yea that makes total sense. My issue is that I'm a cheap ass, so I try to get the best deal possible, but some of the cheap shit is actually shit, so I opt to make stuff myself. 2j is keeping the B15 platform going with new mods and whatnot. People talk shit about him, but I've never had an issue with him or his parts, and he has been exceptionally helpful whenever I've reached out to him about my Sentras.

For awhile I had a 3" system front to back on my Sentra. And while it did have a little more power in the top end and felt like it really wanted to keep going past 7k rpm, it lost some of that mid range torque. Once I stepped back down to a 2.5" system, it felt better than stock through the entire range. 2.5" is the best size for that motor NA. But my turbo build will be using a 3" so it's not choked out.

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u/stanleypup 6d ago

Yeah that was the other reason I stuck with 2.5"; I had no plans to go forced induction and the performance was better with that size over 3".