...when it's not worth it to keep fixing your car?
I drive a 2000 Mitsubishi eclipse. I love it. It's fun to drive, the hatchback gives me tons of space to haul stuff, it's cute, etc. But I just got a quote (from my mechanic that I love and trust and is very reasonable) for nearly $800 worth of work.
At what point do I decide "not worth it", and go buy a new car? This is the first car I've ever had--I bought it used for $6000 in college, and have driven it for almost 6 years now.
I have the cash saved up for a new (used) car if I need it, but it's tough to swallow. The price range of cars I'm looking at is $12-15k, which is an awful lot of money when my car only has 93k miles on it...
I drive a 2000 Mitsubishi eclipse. I love it. It's fun to drive, the hatchback gives me tons of space to haul stuff, it's cute, etc. But I just got a quote (from my mechanic that I love and trust and is very reasonable) for nearly $800 worth of work.
At what point do I decide "not worth it", and go buy a new car? This is the first car I've ever had--I bought it used for $6000 in college, and have driven it for almost 6 years now.
I have the cash saved up for a new (used) car if I need it, but it's tough to swallow. The price range of cars I'm looking at is $12-15k, which is an awful lot of money when my car only has 93k miles on it...