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Car Talk
On National Public Radio there is a show by two brothers from Boston called Car Talk. One brother points out that if you buy a new car and set aside $600 (this is some time back so I would go with $1K) a year for repairs you should be able to go forever. This means fixing things as they arise. Sometimes people defer some work until the car is not worth fixing. You need to build up the fund while the new(er) car is running well, when you need a repair, even a $1k transmission some years on you have the funds already. And this has worked pretty well for me. Older Honda Civic kept running 11 years, replaced engine & gearbox with rebuilts , gave it to older son who ran it for 4 more years and finally died when a tree fell on it. Another car (Ford Taurus SHO) I had from new for 11 years & 150K miles and it saved me in an accident, only needed clutches.
Now the other brother says a new car every 3 to 5 years for reliability & safety.
There you have it, the testimony of two experts.
On National Public Radio there is a show by two brothers from Boston called Car Talk. One brother points out that if you buy a new car and set aside $600 (this is some time back so I would go with $1K) a year for repairs you should be able to go forever. This means fixing things as they arise. Sometimes people defer some work until the car is not worth fixing. You need to build up the fund while the new(er) car is running well, when you need a repair, even a $1k transmission some years on you have the funds already. And this has worked pretty well for me. Older Honda Civic kept running 11 years, replaced engine & gearbox with rebuilts , gave it to older son who ran it for 4 more years and finally died when a tree fell on it. Another car (Ford Taurus SHO) I had from new for 11 years & 150K miles and it saved me in an accident, only needed clutches.
Now the other brother says a new car every 3 to 5 years for reliability & safety.
There you have it, the testimony of two experts.