I have noted before that we are selling a 98 F-150 that my son was driving.
I just did a quick calculation of what we have paid in repairs during our time with it. Ouch! We bought it in Sept 05 so have had it almost exactly 4 years. It had about 100K miles on it when we bought it. It now has about 145K miles - so about 45K miles in 4 years which equates to somewhere close to 12K per year or about 1K per month. Not really excessive. We paid, without taxes, about $12,500 for it and now have it for sale for about $6K so in round numbers, $1500 per year in depreciation. But, we have spent about $7500 on repairs not counting things like oil changes and air filters etc. It has had all of the usual stuff such as brakes, starter, alternator, shocks, ball joints, tires etc. About half relates to a new clutch so without that it might not be so bad. Also, apart from the clutch, almost all of the work has been done by us so it is only parts cost that I am talking about. Somehow that seems expensive. Now to the sort of part - a reference to Mercedes. I bought my 115 300D in July 05, so again 4 years ago. I only drive it in the summer and I have put about 11000 miles on it so far. I bought some bits and pieces from Rusty, but most of them have not yet been installed - new belts, glow plugs, filters etc. I have trouble with the AC that I have not fixed and it needs a few other things done so it may not really be a fair comparison but I really have done almost nothing but change oil once each year and put fuel in. Randy _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
