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[flowerbug]

i wish i had a place to work on car and keep it... so much of the wear and tear on my car is from having it sitting out in the sun/rain/snow/whatever and the biggest expense of keeping it is the constant costs involved in repairs that i could do if i had a better place to do them.

i could probably figure out body work, repaint and 90% of what needs to be redone now for a lot less than i'd have to pay someone else to do it, but without a garage to store it in it's not worth the investment. i just don't drive it enough to make it worth keeping. still has a lot of miles left on it for someone else...

 

[seedcorn]

BUT.......have you seen the prices on the trucks equivalent big red? I have a 2006 Chevy Silverado HD, its a 4 door 4 wheel drive, completely loaded, very nice truck. Transmission starts slipping @180,000 miles. I take it to my guy, he quotes me 2500.00 for new torque converter install, good price. Just for S--ts and giggles, I Cruz the Chevy dealership yard-------$40,000.00 for a truck with everything that mine has or is equal to. No thanks, my trucks not perfect, but I can buy a lot of transmissions for 40,000$, plus it sits In the yard most of the time, I drive my little beater Nissan every where I go.

Vehicles are the largest money pit most people are paying on-you never really own them as there are always bills to pay-insurance, repair, gas, oil, tires, etc... so instead of driving vehicle people can afford, they drive vehicles they can make the payments on-unless they get behind, laid off, fired, have to pay for vaca, new boat, etc.

 

[seedcorn]

i wish i had a place to work on car and keep it... so much of the wear and tear on my car is from having it sitting out in the sun/rain/snow/whatever and the biggest expense of keeping it is the constant costs involved in repairs that i could do if i had a better place to do them.

i could probably figure out body work, repaint and 90% of what needs to be redone now for a lot less than i'd have to pay someone else to do it, but without a garage to store it in it's not worth the investment. i just don't drive it enough to make it worth keeping. still has a lot of miles left on it for someone else...

Have you invested in a car cover? Takes some of the weather issues away. They are cheap.

 

[majorcatfish]

a good truck gas or diesel are very expensive...yup cheaper to put a tranny in.

 

[thistlebloom]

Have you invested in a car cover? Takes some of the weather issues away. They are cheap.

Or even one of those tent structure carports. We've used those for the tractor and quad. You have to keep the snow removed or they can collapse under the weight, but for a couple hundred bucks it's a handy storage place and the covers have lasted about 4 years before they need replacing or covered with a new tarp.

Not the classiest solution, but it works for our budget.

 

[flowerbug]

Have you invested in a car cover? Takes some of the weather issues away. They are cheap.

20+yrs too late. if i ever get a new car and don't have a garage for it i will be very interested in a full armored drive in body bag for cars. that would also need to protect against insecticides, goats, beer bottles, falling power poles and dragged power lines, flying rocks, , hail, mice, hornets/wasps, car keys and wheelbarrows...

all of these things have happened to this car over the years. would be nice to have a cover that you could lay on the ground, drive on it, and then zip it up. ... would be hard to deploy in the winter, but i think i'd still do it...

[edit, forgot tornado]

 

[flowerbug]

if i stay here longer term i will have a garage space. if i go someplace else we'll see what happens...

 

[seedcorn]

20+yrs too late. if i ever get a new car and don't have a garage for it i will be very interested in a full armored drive in body bag for cars. that would also need to protect against insecticides, goats, beer bottles, falling power poles and dragged power lines, flying rocks, , hail, mice, hornets/wasps, car keys and wheelbarrows...

all of these things have happened to this car over the years. would be nice to have a cover that you could lay on the ground, drive on it, and then zip it up. ... would be hard to deploy in the winter, but i think i'd still do it...

Never too late. Protect what you have.

 

[flowerbug]

Never too late. Protect what you have.

i'm selling it now.

 

[Nyboy]

I have not added up what amount I put into my truck. My thought a good truck is abound $40,000 I don't have anywhere near that into truck yet. This truck I intend to keep for life.