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[bohdi]

Holy cow that's a lot of TO-DO's. I wouldn't have a paitence to deal with all that.

Me neither!

jamesmason1, fwiw it's already on its second alt. in the last 18 months.

A grand a year on maintenance sounds about right. That is if I actually did all the things I should as opposed to the bare minimum.

BTW, filled the steering with some stuff called Lucas oil "stops power steering leaks". Seemed like something I would see on a late night Speed TV infomercial, but low and behold, the leak stopped. If that doesn't hold, I'm going to try a combination of Gorilla tape and bubble gum...

 

[Mystique97]

He said on average.

In terms of repairs and maintenance, I put well over 4K into my Maxima last year (unexpected repairs FTL ), and $600 this year so far (brakes/rotors/tires/oil). I find it hard to believe you had so little into your car unless you just drive the thing less than 15K miles a year.

This year my maintenance items all came in May and June, around 95K miles, and given my annual mileage I consider his estimate an accurate one.

Well on my 3 vehicles on average I'm probably gonna be close to the 10K mark a year the Escort being driven the most. Shoot when my sister had this Escort she didn't even put $1K a year into it and she drove it all to beat hell! She went through 2 timing belts and water pumps in it and a radiator, thats the worst it got since she had it for the 7 years she had it.(it has 145K miles on it) In your case I would expect near $1K a year if you drive 15K miles a year.

 

[bohdi]

It's down to about 20k miles per year, down from 25k. I stopped roadtripping with it.

 

[Pen_Two]

If a car could ever be Emo...this is it.

 

[SVTED]

My problem beats your problems. My engine is shot so the car doesn't start. Can't beat that :nonono:

 

[Mystique97]

My problem beats your problems. My engine is shot so the car doesn't start. Can't beat that :nonono:

Actually I know someone that had their Mustang GT stored for the winter and in spring he went to start it and it wouldn't start, and couldn't figure it out....beat that one.
Not sure if he ever got it running. onder:

 

[clcell2]

There is room for debate on my estimate of $1K per year for maintenance for an older car - some time ago I recall reading an estimate of $750/yr based on some analysis, but that estimate is old, so I added some extra to the estimate.

Clearly maintenance costs can vary significantly from year to year, and from car to car. Even if some might argue that the $1K figure is high, that underscores my original point - in terms of dollars/cents, even at $1K/yr, maintaining an old car is cheaper than a new one.

Still, for most people, regardless of dollars/cents, there comes a time....