Is it worth it.....

Desert Rodent said:

If the clutch isn't slipping, then keep driving the car. Even when you start to feel some slipping it may not be the clutch. I had one car that I thought the clutch was slipping and it turned out to be just the "throw out" bearing. That was a pleasant surprise.
As far as the rest of the car, have you (previous owner) done all of the maintenance?? Oil changes, etc.?? Any other issues/problems with the car??
With any vehicle there is always going to be some "maintenance/repair costs". Anything with moving parts is eventually going to wear out, so you will have to spend some time or money repairing any car.
In my opinion, your repair list sounds minimal for a car with 167K on it.
Do you like the car?? Does your girlfriend like the car??

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Thanks for your reply..

Yes, we both like the car.
Yes, we'd keep going with it if at all possible. At this point we know it and are planning to continue keeping it going with needed repairs.

From what your clutch experience has been, sounds like the clutch in Versa's tends to hold up well.

No, no issues that I can see for now.

We bought it a few years ago from a used car dealer. It passed Carfax, but that's all I know for sure. I have gone through the owner's manual and looked at or had looked at all the maintenance to this point to see it has been done.

What I apparently didn't make clear was what do people here in the forum experience, generally, with a well maintained Versa. Like, after so many miles or time, do they see a car that can make 200K miles? Are there some potential big repairs people tend to experience?

My hope is we'll keep driving it for years.

Thanks for your time ...

Desert Rodent said:

I have a 2016 Versa (manual trans) and I don't have that many miles on it, so I really can't answer your question about how many miles one should expect to get on a clutch. I do think (a major factor in clutch wear) is how the vehicle is driven. Gentle treatment of any car will extend the life of its components.
In my youth, I did have a 1974 Datsun Pickup (nissan engine) and put over 200K miles on it... rust killed it (I lived in a snowy climate back then). I purchased it used and I don't think the previous owner replaced the clutch, so I do think it was on its original clutch when it went to the crusher.
Do I think its worth putting a clutch in an older car?? Yes, provided you like the car and there are no other major issues.

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Thanks for your thoughts!

Yes, I agree, gentle treatment gets you much further down the road...It took me a few years of my misspent youth to find that out...

My concern is getting that message across to my girlfriend before she finds out the hard way. Not that she is really harsh, but anything that helps her see the light before expensive repairs.....That's really my main goal....

Yes, I'm familiar with older vehicles that could go for what seemed like forever on the original clutch. My Uncle bought a new '69 Ford F-100 with a 240 six and three on the tree, At 144K, he sold it to his son's friend. My cousin and his buddy figured it must need a new clutch after that kind of miles. My uncle thought they were wasting their time. He was right. It was hardly worn when they pulled it. They sheepishly replaced it anyway. The old clutch hung around my uncle's farm in Vermont for years, as a testament to his clutch use. Oh, my uncle was an 18 wheel trucker...Yup, he was a very smooth driver

Your point about it being worth replacing the clutch makes good sense. Especially since the car seems to be in otherwise good shape..

Thanks for the help!