It's always going to depend for me on how new/used the car is. With this Contour, I knew from the start that there'd be stuff that needed to be done and I took those opportunities to tweak it here and there. I wouldn't have the same desire to do so with a new(ish) car, assuming that it wasn't spitting parts out or otherwise falling apart. Heck, one big reason that I've been thinking of letting my Contour go is just to get something with warranty coverage, but since I fully own the Contour, I might as well stay with it and zero payments until I don't have a choice anymore.
