![]() ![]() I also have not bought a car battery in over 10 years now since I learned they also can be fixed to new!Īnyway.this post is not just agreeing here Hondo Boguss, but I am also hoping to inspire you! Maybe you can find some way to not have to spend what you think you might have to so some of that silver can stay with you. I never have had a car payment, always bought used cars, done my own work when I could, and I am sure after these 34 years of owning cars that an absence of monthly car payments has been a good part of why I have been debt free (except house mortgage) for most of that time. Official dealers are not necessarily your friend for saving money on large repairs. I had a used transmission with low mileage installed for 850.00 this last summer and, in the same car, am having a 50K used engine currently installed for 1250.00 When fixing something, I make sure to do a job meaning I won't have to fix it again for a long, long time.Įven when it's the transmission or engine, since I don't have the means I shop around with local recommended PRIVATE mechanics. I spent a total of 30.00 by cutting out and replacing a section of pipe myself. Last spring the Ion's exhaust system had come apart b/c the bracket holding a pipe to the catalytic converter had rusted through - I was told 900.00 by the mechanic b/c everything needed replacing. Problem and it never has locked up again.ģ. I removed the bolt holding the caliper's front end, sprayed in WD-40. I was told front calipers and rotors needed replaced (therefore brake pads as well) b/c a caliper was locking up. Instead of paying the mechanic 1200.00 to replace the whole exhaust system of my kids' car, I used 5.00 to buy high temperature JB weld putty and filled the crack in the exhaust manifold. Three times in the last 7 years I have been told I would need to spend $$$$$ for repairs.ġ. Since people preserve classic cars, I feel I can do the same starting when I get them :) ![]() ![]() Also look up alternative (but good) fixes on youtube. It just takes some common sense thinking and tinkering. I agree it is a lot less expensive to fix a car than replace it. My cars are an Ion from 2008 and a Pontiac G6 2006. ![]()
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