1999 Infiniti G20 - $900

not mine, unbelievable deal on a P11 G20!!

Need to make space for new car. G 20 has new tires, new battery, transmission changed last year. 166k miles on dash. Good work car

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/2777514491.html

I'm "vaguely" interested, Atlanta is 6-7 hours away, but why tell us the transmission was "changed"...and not tell us which effing transmission it has?

I don't know what it is about these cars...the good ones (lowish mileage) are super expensive, and the "beat to heck" ones are usually reasonable. This one falls in the middle ground of highish miles but a decent condition and price. I mean, they weren't really all that popular when they were new, so why do they (seem to?) retain their value?

They demand high prices because they are fantastic cars. The reliability is excellent, they handle very well for a ff sedan, there is a decent aftermarket, they are powered by the almighty SR20, and they get good gas mileage. I've owned 2 P10s and 2 P11s, the lowest mile one had 165k and the highest had 252k and none of them ever let me down. I could get over 600 miles on a tank on road trips, drove from Pittsburgh to Milwaukee on 1 tank of gas.

that color is really cool.
I like those things, but am tired of fwd..
and the fact that the trans was changed means, to me at least, that its an auto

Having owned a P10, I agree, they are great cars. But with the prices asked by some sellers, you would think these were as well known as Mustang GTs or Camaros. And the last time I looked, the aftermarket was starting to fade on these.

To me, these were/are true sleepers, but sleepers that weren't ever discovered.

Yeah, I figured a "changed" transmission probably meant an automatic, too. Having owned an Integra with automatic I'm often tempted to say "oh puck" and buy another G20, even if I have to settle for one with automatic.

I also had a P10, nothing but good things to say about it. I'd do anything to find another P10 with a manual in it. Drive it until the wheels fall off...

transgo sells a shift kit for the automatic

Hotlanta strikes again...Oh Noes...I can haz a want

integraguy wrote: I'm often tempted to say "oh puck" and buy another G20, even if I have to settle for one with automatic.

Dear god no...Manual or nothing. My 99P11 is super fun... once you get some speed behind her. Shes a fat, understeering, over-appointed pig of a sedan. She handles well for her girth tho, and is VERY quick to sprint once youre above 50 or so. Now, mines an autotragic. I figured a way to instal a resistor in the trans control that allows it to stay in gear longer, so it revs higher and shifts faster. Even this doesnt help that much. The autos are geared very poorly - off the line, P11s are dog slow. A manual with a lighter flywheel and some mild work in the head (91/92 intake cam, some advanced timing and 93+ octane) help a lot. Toss in the riciest CAI you can get a hold of, and you really start to feel the difference on the butt dyno. The weird beam axle out back responds poorly to much of a drop in ride height - the way its set up, you start to have a different track out back than you do up front....like an old Nova that was hit in a corner, and now looks like its driving sideways because the frame is borked out of square- same thing. SR20 aftermarket was hit HARD by the invasion of the chinese knock-offs - a lot of good tuning companies significantly scaled back the support of the motor, if they didnt pull out all together. Big names are still supporting it some, but the little guys are all but gone.

Shes fun, comfy, and reliable, but takes some massaging to get any real performance gains. She looks good tho, from pretty much any angle, and its pretty easy to make her look even better. If you want a decent, fun, comfy, reliable, daily family sedan with sporting pretense, this may be the car for you. An auto-x demon that you can drive to work, she is not - at least not without spending some bucks to get her there.

4cylindrfury...

your description of the acceleration of an auto G20 sounds somewhat like my experience with an auto Integra. Builds speed slowly and once moving above 50 can usually hold speed. And having owned a B18 equipped Civic with a manual transmission I feel that the difference in transmission is a BIG difference.

As far as a G20 feeling heavy, I always told myself they were SOLID feeling, versus say a Civic's almost tinny feeling. You had the impression that Nissan built the car to last unlike a similar Sentra that was built to a price.

G30s are almost affordable now, on my budget, but the smaller 20 will always get a second glance from me when I see one on the road.