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Sometimes it is hard to offer impartial advice. This site just make it that much more difficult!! lol That is a good thing, but the problem is this: A customer has a 2001 hyundai Accent that she drives all over the state. She is older and depends on me to keep the wheels turning.
The Accent has had a prior incident that resulted in the engine being over heated, this has led to seals, gaskets going bad abnormally soon, and now the manual 5 speed is getting really noisy, more than bearings, gears too.
This woman has a sponsor that wants advice about whether to fix this car or to replace this car, and this has came up because I advised the woman that to fix her car at 300K miles I would prefer to install a used engine and transmission with a lot less miles. Her shifter is worn out and needs replaced. Her original suspension and steering stuff are still working but not for long. I advised this woman that a replacement car might be in order for her and her car could be sold to someone needing a few years of mostly in town travel such as a college student car, with only a transmission replacement.
Now the controversy..her sponsor is willing to spend around $1200....not enough to rejuvenate her car completely, but enough to buy a lower mileage economy car. I advise against hondas, toyotas and subarus because it costs more to keep these cars on the road than it does to keep Mazda's, Nissan's, metro's, sprint's and uh Festiva's on the road. I feel that this site has unduly influenced my advise , I mean now I have to explain to some Duramax driver why a car 10 years older than the car on the chopping block might be a good choice!! Thanks guys!! lol
Any advise??
Edit...to further muddy my mess my son just put his Festiva for sale without the seat belts and door latch fixed...not detailed yet dawg gone it!!
The Accent has had a prior incident that resulted in the engine being over heated, this has led to seals, gaskets going bad abnormally soon, and now the manual 5 speed is getting really noisy, more than bearings, gears too.
This woman has a sponsor that wants advice about whether to fix this car or to replace this car, and this has came up because I advised the woman that to fix her car at 300K miles I would prefer to install a used engine and transmission with a lot less miles. Her shifter is worn out and needs replaced. Her original suspension and steering stuff are still working but not for long. I advised this woman that a replacement car might be in order for her and her car could be sold to someone needing a few years of mostly in town travel such as a college student car, with only a transmission replacement.
Now the controversy..her sponsor is willing to spend around $1200....not enough to rejuvenate her car completely, but enough to buy a lower mileage economy car. I advise against hondas, toyotas and subarus because it costs more to keep these cars on the road than it does to keep Mazda's, Nissan's, metro's, sprint's and uh Festiva's on the road. I feel that this site has unduly influenced my advise , I mean now I have to explain to some Duramax driver why a car 10 years older than the car on the chopping block might be a good choice!! Thanks guys!! lol
Any advise??
Edit...to further muddy my mess my son just put his Festiva for sale without the seat belts and door latch fixed...not detailed yet dawg gone it!!
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