- At what point does a car become not worth keeping?
- Posted by dizzy
On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 03:35:29 GMT, "Nirodac" <nirodac@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Why does he keep the pile of crap?
I suppose he'll buy the same brand again, in the hopes they've
"finally" gotten their act together (after 100 years of being in the
car business).
- Posted by geoff_m@bigfoot.com.DELETE.nospam
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:15:52 GMT, "Crunchy Cookie" <LSC400@Yahoo.com>
wrote:
rust, worn disks, clutch, etc. In themselves, these repairs don't cost
a lot, but they add up, and this is the trap. Your motor blows up, it
is easy to do the maths and look at the value of the car vs cost of
repair, but the small ones sneak up on you.
I have been going through this exercise with a Nissan station wagon,
290,000km of hard living as a reps car. Now getting tired, and using a
bit of water (can't find where it is going) and oil. Looked at
replacement, and decided that we will baby it along for another year
when finances shoudl be better. If it fails WOF inspection, or a
repair I can't easily fix comes along, it's gone.
Our TOyota Corolla has 240,000 kam, one spot of rust, 180psi across
all 4 cyls and runs like a watch. Just done the clutch, which was the
first non-maintanance item for a fair while (last was the cambelt).
The original energiser car.
Geoff
- Posted by Nirodac
It's not all the manufacturers fault.
Paint problems, yes, an issue with the manufacturer, I've seen this across
all lines including Toyota.
Engine failure, Well if you don't put antifreeze in a car, in Canada, you'll
be replacing the engine.
Transmission; If you think you can go from forward to reverse (and reverse
to forward) without stopping the car in the middle, may I suggest you get
friendly with the manager of your local tranie shop, he may give you a
frequent visitor discount.
Exhaust systems that aren't used much in damp climates, tend to wear
(corrode) faster.
And going from 60 to zero in a short distance, will wear the brakes.
The point is, it's how the car was maintained and driven that makes a used
car a good buy, or a good bye.
"dizzy" <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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- Posted by Tegger®
George Macdonald <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> spake unto the
masses in news:g35i40dqncid3qfgsvi755ssn4lpq75cg8@4ax.com:
Where does this idiocy stop?
Eventually they will end up making so many regulations and directives that
cars will be too expensive for all but the government and the richest among
us to own. Hey...wait a minute...
Am I the only one who thinks the ultimate goal of bureaucrats is to twist
the world back to a medieval model of masters and serfs?
That's the problem, isn't it? They're trying to make the world *feel*
safer...to THEM. *They* passed a *law*, therefore everything *must* be all
hearts and flowers and much, much better than before.
Any consequences or losses that come after that can be spun with the right
statitics and political mumbo-jumbo. And offsetting behavior that results
in *no change* in the death curve? Well, we'll just ignore that minor
point.
--
TeGGeR®
