If we take out of the equation the convenience, reliability (sometimes), better fuel economy, safety, new car pride then really the answer is never. So lets say you have 84 Toyota Corolla, its worth about $800. It needs new brakes ($300), it needs a new water pump ($200), the heater fan doesn't work ($100). Lets say you fix all those things so it safe, convienent and reliable. It cost you $500. Maybe you don't need anything else for the rest of the year. Maybe you have a big ticket item to repair like the transmission, on this car its going to be max $1,500 for a rebuild. Lets say you did all this in your current driving year, so you had to spend $2,000 on a car only worth $1,000. The value of your car only went up because you did few maintenance repairs, it doesn't mean you will now be able to sell your car for $2,800 after you did the repairs. All it means is that you will be able to drive it for another 40,000 miles without many worries other than oil changes which you have to do on a new car too. So you just spend $2,000 on your 24 year old car and everyone said "why didn't you just buy a new car?" So lets say you wanted to buy a new car. Lets say you wanted to buy another Toyota Corolla so your 2009 base Corrola is $15,995 and if you finance that over 48 months (if you can even get financing these days) at 6.5% your monthly payments are going to be $379.32 for a total cost of $18,207. So within 1 year you have no repair cost just oil changes but you have to put out $4,551.84 in payments and you vehicle probably depreciated $1,000, so a real cost of approx $5,551.84, but from a cash stand point $4,500. Used with a big repair item in 1 year: $2,000 New with payments only, not including depreciation: $4,500 So if we look at it from a numbers point of view a new car will never be worthwhile (remember I said from a cost point of view). Remember also, that we just did s big ticket repair item on your car too, normally you should look at expecting to pay $500 a year in repairs on an older import car. Some years maybe nothing but oil changes and some years $1,000. Occasionally things will happen at the same time (radiator, fuel pump, brakes) and you will ask yourself this question over again and it will always be no, its not worth buying a new car. Find a good mechanic who will tell what you need to fix now and what can wait. JohnnB
Yes, you could rent it to make pool repairs. This would be rather impractical, however, because you would have to pay $50 - $100 for a single repair every time you needed to rent the equipment. It would be more practical to either drain the water during repairs or to have someone trained do it.
The more you pay for repairs, the longer it will last and the farther it will go. Common sense, honestly. who knows
Assuming you can afford a second, that might make sense, depending on the condition of both cars, and depending on how much you're willing to spend on repairs. The decisiion comes to this, "Do I want to buy a second car, spend that money, and worry about insurance and repairs for two cars, or do I want to use one car and repair it?" It's your choice in the end.
It is more accurate to say that the constellation Virgo was imagined in the sky, rather than that it was put there. Early astronomers or astrologers were trying to make sense out of the rather large number of stars in the sky.
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There are different kinds of tire repairs and most want to actually see it before giving you a price. It qould make more sense for you to go there, or at least phone them and ask for details.
Make more sense please!
utility expense, repairs & maintenance, overhead expense, supplies
cause it had repairs in 1990 to make it more strait.
it makes more sense that it would be width rather than height.
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