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Just about paid as much to maintain my car as i did to buy it!

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danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: protokatie on October 26, 2009, 06:22:49 pm ---I have never paid more than 700 dollars for a car in my life, and have never put more than 400 into a car I owned. I basically buy 300-400 dollar clunkers and run them into the ground. I resell them for the cost of the maintenance I put into them. I get a good year out of a clunker, and luckily I know enough to fix most basic problems on my own (Alternator belt, tie-rod connector, etc) And although I do not posses a timing gun, I can mess with a distributor usually by sound and a little trial and error (Timing it to just under the point I get preignition when pushing the engine hard).

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Hehe. I recall you saying something like that before. My dad was the same. Pay a few hundred bucks, after a year or two when it was in a really bad way, he'd drive it to the wreckers and leave it there!

Other cars i've had i would tune myself by ear (taught by the best of course) and do quite a lot of the work myself, i even rebuilt a couple of motors. But VW motors are a bit funny about those sorts of tuning methods, so i prefer to take it to a VW mechanic. The latest was a tune up in combo with fixing the steering. Other things i do myself. I replaced the handbrake cables earlier this year for instance...

daywane:
I hope you replaced the tie rod before it fell off.
I had one fall off in a truck hauling a Uhaul trailer  :scared
Drivers side tire kicked to a left turn on the interstate and started wheel hopping on me.  :scared

I am like most of you. I have never had a new car. I used to pay no more than $500.00 for a car, I have now raised the funds to $4,000.00
$4,000.00 will buy a VERY nice car or truck

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: daywane on November 11, 2009, 05:24:05 pm ---I hope you replaced the tie rod before it fell off.
I had one fall off in a truck hauling a Uhaul trailer  :scared
Drivers side tire kicked to a left turn on the interstate and started wheel hopping on me.  :scared

I am like most of you. I have never had a new car. I used to pay no more than $500.00 for a car, I have now raised the funds to $4,000.00
$4,000.00 will buy a VERY nice car or truck

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My golden rule is to always pay cash for a car. I have actually owned a new car (and paid cash) but it was for a courier business. Was nice to drive something with a working airconditioner for a change though  ;D

DaOld Man:
Ive only bought two new vehicles in my life. But I have never bought a cheap ($400 or less) auto that didnt bite me in the arse.
Just love that "new car smell".

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