If you bought a new car, what would the total of car payments, increased cost of insurance and so forth be? Compare that to the total you have spent for a similar period of time for the Benz. I am pretty sure the old Diesel will come out smelling like a rose even after spending the bucks to have the AC fixed.. Mine do every time I do the math. Funny how wives complain about maintaining an inexpensive reliable car, but never complain about $400-$500 car payments, because it is the same each month.
Counter that by setting up a transportation budget of say $300 a month in a separate account. As it accumulates, you will have the funds to pay for repairs and even replacement cars, and can show it is less expensive that a new hunk of detroit or nippon iron At 08:13 AM 9/6/2007, you wrote: >If you love the car I would fix it. You cant buy another one for that >amount. > >--- >Kaleb C. Striplin >Cox Auto Trader >730 FSBO Supervisor > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:57 PM >Subject: [MBZ] Fix or Sell? > > > > The AC manifold hose in my 83 300 DT is leaking. It was rebuilt once > > before, so my trusted indy recommended a replacement if I want to fix it. > > The total bill will be in the neighborhood of $800-900, with parts from > > Rusty. > > I don't know if I should proceed this route or cut my emotional tie and > > sell the car. I've owned this baby for 3 years and have put many hours of > > labor (and a fair amount of money) into it. From stem to stern, the new > > items that I have put in include the following: radiator, radiator hoses, > > oil cooler, thermostat, fuel injectors, manual fuel hand pump, > > transmission lines to cooler, alternator, brake lines, shocks, front crank > > seal, all door vacuum valves as well as in the trunk and by the fuel door, > > front seat cushions, tires, front windshield, headlights, and climate > > control panel. When replacing the door vacuum valves, I also Dyna-mat all > > the doors. Put in new speakers front and rear. New CD player. And of > > course, Mobil1 throughout. > > The car runs great and has been very reliable, with 230K. The only thing > > that does not work is the trip odometer which failed about 2 months ago. > > The AC manifold hose repair is beyond my capability, so I will really > > need to shell out for this job. At this point the wife is asking how much > > more money we will need to spend on the car and I really can't answer her. > > I hate to say to her that this is really the last big-ticket item, and > > then the next day something else comes up. If I decide to sell, how much > > should I ask for, recongizing that it's worth a lot more to me than the > > potential buyer. > > Any words of wisdom from the list will be appreciated. > > David > > 83 300 DT > > 230K > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. > > Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Loren Faeth _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
