# Buying a rebuilt car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, maxima\ **Created:** [October 28, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-rebuilt-car/108999 "2017-10-28T22:40:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-rebuilt-car/108999/41 "2017-11-03T03:04:38Z")
Before writing any checks, take it to an inde transmission shop, pay for a pre-purchase assessment of the transmission. If you’ve never been to a transmission shop before, ask the shop where you get your cars fixed which inde transmission shop is the best in the area; i.e. which would they take _their_ car to for a transmission problem? ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-rebuilt-car/108999/42 "2017-11-03T03:07:07Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > the guy was a flipper and mechanic He was probably telling the truth about being a flipper, but lying about being a mechanic Any guy who has watched a youtube video showing you how to do a pad slap calls himself a mechanic nowadays 👨‍🔧 > [@Barkydog](#): > > the engine runs a little rough, probably just needs a tune up Sure . . . he probably already did a tune up and realized the engine needs FAR more than that, to solve the problem. But he’s not telling you that part 😼 ---
**Author:** ![lesabre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/lesabre/32/17221_2.png) [@lesabre](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lesabre)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-rebuilt-car/108999/43 "2017-11-04T16:08:50Z")
_emphasized text_ when young and foolish I bought anything that ran and looked good ,if I got a year out of it I was happy. . now older and wiser I want 2 things to work on any car new or used and Thats steering and brakes [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/buying-a-rebuilt-car/108999.md?page=2)