Id spend the $2600. New cars are just horrible

and she's pressuring me to sell. We put $4,500 into it for a new sub-frame 2 years ago, so another $2,600 on top of that would be over $7,000 in two years.

Plus, it's starting to rust out.

Yeah, its time to bail

50 thousand is still a pretty low mileage vehicle. What are you looking at (and getting) in another used vehicle? At what price? (and without any guarantee that the 'new' ride doesn't have a few issues? - and at least as many miles?)

Yeah, that's a lot of money to stick into an older vehicle. But the advantage is - you kinda' know what you have when you're done. Rather than just guessing with another purchase.

In addition to post #5, the gas struts on the rear tail gate gave way a few years ago and the door crashed down, shattering the rear window.

I'm soon to be 68. Wife is 66.

By my way of thinking, this new one might be our last car.

The thing is just falling apart body wise. Seems to be something new every week.

time anyway.
Tires, brakes, an alignment. $2600.00 ÷ 15 = $173.00 per year. Sounds pretty reasonable.

I'm very happy with my Kia Niro Hybrid, which gets close to 50mpg. Drives nice, very practical, and room for a full size spare (not included) in the EX trim .

Just got off the phone with 2 dealerships, one local, and one about 1.5 hours away in Syracuse.

Asked them to run 4 scenaarios:

1) Purchase out the door price

2) Lease including taxes - $0 down.

3)Lease including taxes - $3,000 down

4)Lease including taxes $7,500 down

10,000 miles/year

I hope you get a good deal and will love yours as well.

had to do the timing chain 2 years ago.. $4000 Yikes!!! but she's running great.

That said, I'm ready for something newer with a few bells for this old lady..

Toyota and Honda are very reliable and lots of mechanics know how to work on them.
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I've had a Corolla. a Camry, and a Tundra and loved them.

I love Hondas too.

Problem is, they're too damn expensive, and the Hyundai's have a better warranty.

I have an Hyundai Elantra now (wife has a Subaru that has all of the problems)...I love the Elantra.

Just got a call from a local dealer. I have not met this guy in person yet. I'm still waiting for the quotes from Syracuse.

He quoted me some lease prices, including tax. His prices were lower than what I calculated on their website. It may have helped that before he quoted me, I told him that I was also getting pricing from a Syracuse dealer.

If I can get $8k for my two current vehicles, and use that cash for a down payment, I can get a lease for around $200 a month for 3 years with a residual value of $19k.

I talked to the guy a long time. The guy sounded like he was in his 30s. He made a comment about how all the young guys he works with give him a hard time. I said "But you sound young". He said "I'm not". I asked him how old he was, and he said "I don't want to tell you". I said "Now you have to tell me". He said "I'm 78 years old, and the only thing I don't do anymore is chase women. Well, I chase them, just not as vigorously".

We got started on the right foot, so I hope I can work out a deal with this guy.

It probably also helped that he started selling there the week my first cousin (who is locally well loved) retired from the place. So, we shot the shit for about an hour on the phone.