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ach60 
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 Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 8:14 pm Post subject: Re: The car's engine is on it's way out. What should I do? |
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I kind of believe 200K is close enough to end of life.
You can get the short block from the dealer for $1900.
Drop the motor, pull the heads, have a complete valve job done on the heads,
put them on the new short block, and reassemble.
The long block is $6500, but you can get cheaper "low Mileage" used JDM engines.
But to me used engines are just cores waiting to happen.
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sb001
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:26 am Post subject: Re: The car's engine is on it's way out. What should I do? |
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| Local new car dealer is painting 20 year old Hondas in house and putting them on the lot for $10K ,and getting it. You own the Suby and it's serviceable, case closed. |
This is what I don't understand, stories like this of used car prices being bat&*^* outrageous and people actually paying it.
Just a little perusing the intrawebs will still find you a decent deal, if you don't mind perhaps having to drive a ways for it.
Here's a good example-- this one is 5 hours away from me, but a good enough deal to make it worth it:
https://www.shottenkirktoyotaweatherford.com/inven...8f3227944/
Has the 3.6, all the bells and whistles, not too high mileage. Look around folks!!!!
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:31 am Post subject: Re: The car's engine is on it's way out. What should I do? |
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| sb001 wrote: |
| Manfred58sc wrote: |
| Local new car dealer is painting 20 year old Hondas in house and putting them on the lot for $10K ,and getting it. You own the Suby and it's serviceable, case closed. |
This is what I don't understand, stories like this of used car prices being bat&*^* outrageous and people actually paying it.
Just a little perusing the intrawebs will still find you a decent deal, if you don't mind perhaps having to drive a ways for it.
Here's a good example-- this one is 5 hours away from me, but a good enough deal to make it worth it:
https://www.shottenkirktoyotaweatherford.com/inven...8f3227944/
Has the 3.6, all the bells and whistles, not too high mileage. Look around folks!!!! |
Many folks have no interest in the search. They want to travel as little as possible, bleep bloop the bank transfer on their phone, and go home with a nice car.
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calvinater
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:48 am Post subject: Re: The car's engine is on it's way out. What should I do? |
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Click and Clack always said it was less expensive to repair the car you own ,then buy a new used one.
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sb001
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: The car's engine is on it's way out. What should I do? |
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Many folks have no interest in the search. They want to travel as little as possible, bleep bloop the bank transfer on their phone, and go home with a nice car. |
Agreed, and those people are more than welcome to get snookered on a deal. My point was simply that a blanket statement about used car prices now being nuts is not accurate- there are still decent used car prices around if you look.
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Manfred58sc
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: The car's engine is on it's way out. What should I do? |
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I'm sure parts of the country are easier on the wallet than others. I'm not sure many people will drive 5 hrs to look at a car. Buying locally has always been the cornerstone of used car sales, for good reasons ( knowing your community, having trusted mechanics evaluate the car, etc.). 5 years ago I would not even consider dropping significant money on a used car at 200K. Now I advise all my customers to hang onto what they have as long as possible to avoid a huge, new car expenditure.
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