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Paid $800 to fix a burnt valve on my 2005 civic
The shop said it would be cheaper to junk the car, but I did the math and the body and frame are still solid. Two years later and I have put maybe $200 more into it, has anyone else kept an old car running way past its book value?
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finleyw9917d ago
...'cheaper to junk it' is what my uncle told me about my '99 Camry with 280k miles. I've spent more on welding patches for the floorboards than the car's worth, but hey, at least the radio still works and the heater blows hot air... sometimes. Last year I dropped $400 on a junkyard transmission and did the swap in my driveway with a buddy and a six pack, felt like a real backyard mechanic for about ten minutes until the alignment went out.
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garcia.laura14d ago
Ngl, that Camry's got more stories than most cars on the lot.
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the_jana17d ago
Oh man, this totally changed my thinking. I used to be the person who'd tell my friends "just get a new car, it's not worth fixing" when their beater hit 200k. But you swapping that transmission in your driveway with a six pack? That's the kind of stuff that makes a car yours, you know? My old Honda had a duct tape patch on the intake hose for three years and I was weirdly proud of it. Your Camry sounds like it has a soul, even if the alignment is wonky and the floorboards are see-through sometimes. I get it now, it's not about the money, it's about the story.
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