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1 year ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)2 children
That’s why I paid my mechanic friend to rebuild my engine at 150,000 miles rather than sinking money into a new car. Yes it’s old (20 years old to be exact), yes it’s nothing special to look at, but I own it outright and it doesn’t spy on everything i do, and its manual transmission.
1 year ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)1 child
150,000 is low mileage if you buy an old Volvo. These 2.3l 4 cylinder engines produce just over 110 HP, but they last forever. [Even if you tune them up to 1000HP and build a racing tractor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yHl24QynOM).
Yeah, I would’ve waited to do that but I had enough money at the time to have it done and didn’t want to wait until it became a problem I couldn’t afford to deal with. It’s a Honda, runs pretty good but my transmission broke, it would not go into 5th gear so I figured while my buddy was replacing the tranny, he might as well rebuild the engine, gaskets, seals, water pump, all that stuff, seemed like a good time to do it.
I wish I bought another Toyota instead of the Honda before prices skyrocketed on used cars. I’ve had great luck with the 2 Toyotas I owned in the passed, over 200k in both cases (250 on my geo prism), and the only reason I got rid of them was because of rust issues, not because they ran bad.
1 year ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)2 children
I have two older vehicles, and one is a manual. The mileage is so low, I’ll likely be able to use them the rest of my life, and pass them on to a loved one.
I wish I bought another Toyota instead of the Honda before prices skyrocketed on used cars. I’ve had great luck with the 2 Toyotas I owned in the passed, over 200k in both cases (250 on my geo prism), and the only reason I got rid of them was because of rust issues, not because they ran bad.
Gives some incentive to take care of it instead of running it into the ground.