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The car I had before was a 1992 Toyota Tercell. It was running strong with 160,000 miles on it. Somebody hit me and I had to replace it with another car (the Contour). Note one thing. Other than brake pads, new tires, and oil changes, I paid NOTHING to fix the Toyota.



So? I know people with '95 Contours with 200,000 miles on them who haven't done anything but that either. And I know people with relatively new Tercels that are gigantic moneyholes too -- does that mean that "Tercels Suck" or that "Tercels are Garbage"? No, it doesn't. It's one case out of thousands.

Bottom line is your Contour was garbage. As a whole they generally are not.

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And as for being handy with repairs, that's all fine and dandy. However, people have to do what makes them money. By performing additional duties at work, I can easily up my pay. (In fact, I paid cash for the Ranger, with several thousand left to pay student loans down). I'm not going to spend hours trying to fiddle with a bad car when I could spend that time making money doing what I've best at.



This is true, but who takes time off work to perform preventative maintenance on their car?

Last time I checked I don't get paid after 5pm or on Saturday or Sunday anyhow. So it doesn't matter what I do, I'm not making money at it. Are you going to tell me that you spend every waking moment making money?


Saying that you don't work on your car because the time is more valuable to you doing something else -- like playing with your kids, or even just sitting around enjoying your weekend, is one thing. But not working on your car "because it takes time away from making money" doesn't even make sense unless you're some sort of workaholic freak.

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