A simple $75 check up at a Nissan dealer would have identified most if not all of the things wrong. I test drove mine twice, did the VIN number check and paid a Nissan dealer to give it the once over. I knew before I bought it that it needed $1,200 worth of repairs. Plus the $1,000 that I knew I would put into it. Good luck with it and you have the right man in Russell, he'll do you right.