Hey guys. I don't post often but I always browse. Anyways I have a dilemma and could use some guidance. I have some issues with truck and it's making me unsure of my original plan to keep it until it dies
I have an 01 pathfinder with 120k, runs great mechanically. Now here's the problems:
1: rust! Omg it came out of no where I have a fairly large hole in my driver side front fender. I had some by my passenger mirror which luckily I caught early and grinder it down and painted over with rust inhibiting paint. And not ttenting all the corrosion under the car, it was impossible to get some bolts off for some simple maintenence
2: exhaust. This goes back to the rust issue. I'm on my 2nd exhaust that is just about shot since I've had the truck (got it in 09)
3: Gas mileage: my mpgs is tanking pretty hard...I get like 13-14mpg on avg mostly hwy driving. I used to get 19 or so,I don't know why the sudden drop over the last year or so.
Car is used for commuting and some mild offloading in the summer. I'm just torn and i don't know what to do, I'm paying off student loans and don't want a car payment right now but at the same time I don't want to invest more money into this car which I feel is crumbling away slowly from all the rust
....anyways thanks for reading my rant, I would appreciate anyways any advice