That's it. I officially hate my car. I bought my '95 Duratec in May for $1600. To date,I have almost $9000 in repairs and mods (mostly repairs) into it. The starter is getting replaced next week. $255 + labour. That's gonna hurt. Alternator will ne the next big thing to go,as it's like the last thing left to replace before I've literally replaced every part on the car.
Why? I bought the car with every intention of doing a complete strip down and rebuild. Well,with everything that went wrong with it,I found out what a [censored] the Duratec is to work on. I can't stand working on it. There's no room. Nothing is easy. Every job I've had to do I've run into big problems that have had the car off the road for days at a time. I'm sick of it. I'm literally throwing money into the wind with this car. If I turn around to sell it I'll see what,maybe a thousand bucks for it. MAYBE. 293 000km,crappy paint,mismatched trunk,no fuel door. The car looks like ass. I decided not to build this car because of how expensive things have been and how hard it is to work on,so I bought the Zetec.
The Zetec is a helluva lot better to work on,but it's pricey too. I've priced out a motor build,with a supercharger,suspension,rims,paint,brakes,interior work,paintwork and bodywork and I'm totalling over $24 000 to make the car the way I want it. NOT WORTH IT. For that kind of money,I can go out right now and finance a brand new Chevy Colorado 4x4. I don't have room for two vehicles,I don't have time or money for two vehicles,and I'm turning 20 in a matter of weeks,and I'm already on my 8th car and the amount of money I've spent on cars in the last 4 cars could have just finished paying off a brand new car by next year. How sad is that? I think it's pitiful.
I'm fed up with buying shitbox cars,throwing money at them and turning around to sell the cars for nothing,or scrapping them. I think it's time I get myself a vehicle less than 5 years old,something new,reliable,practical and most imporantly,with a warranty. I would rather be making payments of $300/mo for a vehicle,rather than have paid $1800 for a car and spend $300 in repairs each month. All the repairs come suddenly and unexpected,that's what kills me,and I never have the money on hand.
With a new car,I know how much I have to pay a month,and I can budget for that,unlike unexpected repairs that seem to pop up with my car every other day.
Don't get me wrong,I love Contours still.....but mine is a piece of crap. I'm on my 3rd Contique right now. I own two of them right now,my Zetec is now for sale,and the Duratec I'm hoping will die very,very soon and give me good reason to buy a new vehicle sooner. I miss my '98 Mystique,but Zetec + ATX just don't mix.
Anyways,I'm done rambling,I'm just annoyed. I think it's the cold weather and the snow making me pissy. Or it could be the fact I went out for lunch at work yesterday,locked my keys in the car at the restaurant and had to walk back to work in the freezing cold,call CAA after work,wait for a tow truck,have the guy break into my car,and then this morning,go out at 5am to leave for work to find my locks frozen and I couldn't get into my car.
I just love Canadian winters.
