Repair/restore... or fuc it and buy new.
 

With spring coming and me starting in a new job that will increase my travel drastically im left with a question. My Mr2 has seen better days and is likly looking at a few grand worth of maintainance and repair. Its paid off and im beginning to get into a situation where i can save some money in decent quantities. Leaving me to ask, do i fix up the old girl and put maybe $3,000 into it. Or do i take that 3 grand and the trade value on my car and purchase a new vehicle?

As of now i need a new:
Windsheild
Ac compressor
Front wheel wells (plastic inserts)
Suspension
Brakes (minimum of pads rotors are ok)
interior trim (stereo surround)
stereo (old one died since it was from a car involved in a wreck)
tires
Heater blower

Not to mention just general up keep for things such as the T tops, and engine. Paint is still in decent condition as are the seats and most of the interior. Its a daunhting list to say the least, which is why im considering a new vehicle.

[img]http://www.movv.com/prvupload/uploads/mymr21.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.movv.com/prvupload/uploads/mymr22.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.movv.com/prvupload/uploads/mymr23.jpg[/img]

So what say you gf1 members.

Being an automotive and mechanical retard, I'd sell and get something else. I wouldn't be able to do the work that needed to be done.

get something else

Nu car.

new

Keep it. Unless you need something with more room for your new job. Mr2's are nice cars and you dont see them that often. Would you fix it yourself? I would say the most expensive item on your list is tires, The most difficult to do would be windshield, maybe suspension depending on what you need to do.
I say fix as much yourself as possible. Dont buy new, go to a junkyard and get the best looking used parts as possible. Itll save you HUGE amount of money. ONly things I would buy new are the break pads, windshield(unless you find a good used one you can get out in one piece), suspension(again depending on what you need), and of course tires. I would put the cost of everything at $1,000 just becuase tires cost so goddamn much. If you do the work yourself and use used parts then you could cut that down a couple hundred.

Buy a Jetta.

Keep it.

Is ALL of that neccessary? Are they just worn out or completely done? How much is the car worth?

new car

^ happy:

ban:

ROFL

Tyres arnt actually that much. Wheels are expensive, but if your just looking at getting new tyres it should be fairly reasonable.

Most of them tasks you should be able to get from a scrappy or off ebay.

you could get all those interior and engine parts / suspension parts from a junkyard for 400 $ total, and 1000 $ worth of labor.

and another 200 for decent all season tires.

So 100 dollers to save an awesome car... WELL worth it. beer:

Car blue books for around 5000 mint.

Absolutly mandatory work is actually very little. The car only has about 129,000 on it. INSANLY low miles for living in Seattle where the average is 100,000 in 3 or 4 years. Ive seen 2004's with 120+.

Most of the stuff is just annoyance kinda shit. like the windshield, and not having the stereo. Engine maintainace, suspension, and brakes are top of the list with 1000 being the estimate on the suspension alone. The minor shit i can do myself, but i have a shop that will do the rest and have cut me some deals in the past.

Concensous seems to be sell the thing though... so i'll let this continue for a bit.

Sell it and get a '73 Duster instead.

with the 340?

it depends on how much money you have to make on necessary repairs. if you get a new car, sell this one, dont trade it in. once you sell it, go get a new/used corolla or camry.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA sedan... HHAAHAAH. I've pretty much vowed never to own anything with 4 doors again after my Maxima.