FarmerDenise
Out to pasture
big brown horse sure hope you weren't in it at the time.
When do you replace your car?
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The trick is to be mechanically inclined. If you can't figure out what is wrong you can pay a mechanic to diagnose it. Then do the wrenching yourself. Wrenching is pretty easy, it's the diagnosis that's hard.
We have a 99 Suburban in great shape that we put about 2000 miles per year on. The other car is a 2008 Grand Caravan that is my company car. I put about 46k a year on it. Trade it in at 50k for a new version. We use it for everything along with me doing my job in it.
We have a 99 Suburban in great shape that we put about 2000 miles per year on. The other car is a 2008 Grand Caravan that is my company car. I put about 46k a year on it. Trade it in at 50k for a new version. We use it for everything along with me doing my job in it.
big brown horse
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I was, and so was my daughter when she was 2 yo. She was thrown 100 feet still in her car seat (because the seat belt button was pushed in by (angels) the impact)!! She landed in a patch of mud which was very soft and escaped with minor cuts to her head. My coworkers called her rocket baby! It was a miracle that she wasn't harmed. I just ripped my dress trying to climb out of the wreckage.FarmerDenise said:
It was a bronco that hit us...very foggy and he didn't see the 4 way stop sign. I am not kidding, the car was litterly torn in half, it was WILD. When they towed it, they had to chain it back together!
Sorry off topic...
freemotion
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Holy carp! 
justusnak
Almost Self-Reliant
We are supposed to replace our vehicles!??? :/ Back in 96, we still lived in Alaska...hubby bought an old 1985 GMC, 2 wheel drive, 3/4 ton pickup. Now, let me tell you, this thing is a rustbucket. When we moved back to the lower 48....he towed that thing behind a U Haul. Just couldn't leave " his baby" behind. Its had 2 motors, 3 carburators, U joints replaced 3 times, front end work several times...and...he still drives it today. I told him, when he passed away...Im gonna prop him up in the seat, with a big smile, and bury him in it! He laughed and said..." Promise?" :/ He will NEVER part with this old truck....guaranteed! I call it the "red headed B" I cant drive it...I cant see over the steering wheel! Thats ok, I have my S10..and her and I go everywhere together! 
Beekissed
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If my car starts to have one or more major~ costly~ repairs each year, I start weighing the pros and cons. Two years of that and I start looking at what money I have to spend, the current status of my income flow and make a decision.
big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
My answer is simple. When repairs begin to be 1/2 as expensive as a car payment (on average) then its over for the car.
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We keep them until they just won't go anymore and then try to do what we can to get them to go again.
Right now we have:
1976 Ford PU 6cyl. (not running...needs something to do with the motor, DH is looking for the part.)
1982 3/4 Ton PU Over 200,000 miles needs new power steering
pump.
1981 4 door 1 Ton Dually PU Over 250,000 miles on second engine
needs transmission
1996 Chevy 1 Ton Dually PU Almost 200,000 miles on second
engine
1985 Chevy 1/2 Ton Diesel PU Over 250,000 miles
Just had transmission rebuilt. Traded work for house cleaning.
I really miss my 4 door truck...it is the next thing fixed.
Jean
Right now we have:
1976 Ford PU 6cyl. (not running...needs something to do with the motor, DH is looking for the part.)
1982 3/4 Ton PU Over 200,000 miles needs new power steering
pump.
1981 4 door 1 Ton Dually PU Over 250,000 miles on second engine
needs transmission
1996 Chevy 1 Ton Dually PU Almost 200,000 miles on second
engine
1985 Chevy 1/2 Ton Diesel PU Over 250,000 miles
Just had transmission rebuilt. Traded work for house cleaning.
I really miss my 4 door truck...it is the next thing fixed.
Jean
Aidenbaby
Lovin' The Homestead
I keep my cars until the cost of repairs is WAY more than the value of the vehicle.
I have only owned one other car than my current two. It was a 1984 Dodge Aries. It was "donated" to a parts pull place. Mind you, this was after I tried to replace the carburator for the SECOND time in a year.
We have a 1999 Ford Escort ZX2 that hubby drives to work and it still gets around 35 miles to the gallon after 100,000 miles. I (well, my father) put the first miles on it when I bought it brand new in 1999. I learned to drive standard on it, too. I love that little car.
We also have a 2008 Chevrolet Uplander. It gets 17.2-17.6 miles to the gallon (I guess that's normalish for a minivan). We bought it used for a steal, approximately $15,000 when the original purchaser paid $25,000, and it had 18,000 miles. It is almost fully loaded but does not have leather seats or a sunroof. It does, however, have just about every other feature a full-time mom could use/need including DVD player, child mute button (okay, not really) and backing sensor. We will probably own it until it croaks or if I ever find a diesel minivan (I want to use biodiesel).
When I met my hubby, he had a Nissan pickup. It ended up being donated to Cars for Kids when it threw a rod. Before that, it leaked radiator fluid into the passenger compartment, the heater didn't work (in Colorado that is bad) and air conditioning consisted of
I have only owned one other car than my current two. It was a 1984 Dodge Aries. It was "donated" to a parts pull place. Mind you, this was after I tried to replace the carburator for the SECOND time in a year.
We have a 1999 Ford Escort ZX2 that hubby drives to work and it still gets around 35 miles to the gallon after 100,000 miles. I (well, my father) put the first miles on it when I bought it brand new in 1999. I learned to drive standard on it, too. I love that little car.
We also have a 2008 Chevrolet Uplander. It gets 17.2-17.6 miles to the gallon (I guess that's normalish for a minivan). We bought it used for a steal, approximately $15,000 when the original purchaser paid $25,000, and it had 18,000 miles. It is almost fully loaded but does not have leather seats or a sunroof. It does, however, have just about every other feature a full-time mom could use/need including DVD player, child mute button (okay, not really) and backing sensor. We will probably own it until it croaks or if I ever find a diesel minivan (I want to use biodiesel).
When I met my hubby, he had a Nissan pickup. It ended up being donated to Cars for Kids when it threw a rod. Before that, it leaked radiator fluid into the passenger compartment, the heater didn't work (in Colorado that is bad) and air conditioning consisted of
