Mechanics charge $100+ an hour, and it racks up fast. Even the time spent learning how to fix the car yourself would be more efficiently spent working overtime to save up for a more reliable car.

My first car was $500, I’m speaking from experience.

https://www.driverside.com/common-car-problems/kia-spectra-2002-3669-7679-0

Weird...not deal breakers for me. Ask about oil change schedule, how frequent it was done, &c

I used to buy junker cars and fix them up when I was younger. If you don't know cars don't buy one that will for sure need repairs even if they are minor.

Absolutely agree. I slowly built up my collection of tools over years. Now I have the tools I need to do 98% of everything on my vehicles. If you have more time than money, it's priceless to learn how to work on your own vehicles. It's pretty easy now with YouTube, when before YouTube you'd have to search tons of forums to learn. @Jacob if you have tools and are willing to put some time and research into it it'd be worth a shot.

(as long as there's nothing huge that's mechanically wrong with it)

@Jacob I bought two Mercedes 300sd’s for $500. I rode them until they were done, then I had Kars4 kids pick them up

I ended up with over a $1000 in tax rebates on just one car

Most common problems are super easy with the right tools. Very worthwhile skill to have.

This trans fluid is still good, right?

♻

I’m changing all of it but thought that was funny 😂

Keep that tranny fluid, mix it 50/50 with mineral oil and it's a really good penetrating fluid.

Or kerosene. It's like a lubricating penetrating fluid.

That’s some haggard tranny fluid

Some background info: bought this 94 Camry early November for $900. 283K miles at the time, 287 now. Replaced timing belt, water pump, motor mounts, and fixed two leaks already. Shifting is rough when engine is cold so figured I’d flush it for good measure. Yikes.

Good thing you did, it’s turning into syrup.

It’s crazy how camrys can keep running with so little maintenance

@Evan Have you since been redpilled on Kars4Kids?

Kars4Kids [...] is a United States based 501(C)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to fund educational, developmental and recreational programs for Jewish youth and their families.
Donations to Kars4Kids benefit Oorah (Joy for Our Youth, or J.O.Y.), a national organization with a stated goal of addressing the "educational, material, emotional and spiritual needs of Jewish children and their families", and whose mission, according to CharityWatch, appears to be "to persuade secular Jewish families to take on a more Orthodox Jewish lifestyle."

i.e. they use profits from donated cars to fund trips to Israel for jewish kids

Plus their musical adverts being a crime against humanity. It just started playing in my head writing this...

I like to think about it as them giving me a g for a car that didn't run.

Live and learn 😉 it's good you got a g out of it

At least in the commercials, they're hiding what they do with the money.

It's hard to argue with "donate your car to help kids in need"

I probably could have gotten the same price had I taken it to an auction house event.

Not that I know anything about auctioning a car. I only say this because that's where the G comes from, you get a rebate for the price the car is auctioned off at. So maybe you can bypass Kars4Kids.

And donate elsewhere

@DeusVolk How's that tranny fluid change working out?

Well, nothing has gotten worse yet. Still needs to warm up a bit before it shifts smoothly.

If it was to get worse, you would probably know by now.

Not a bad sign...

I’ll be putting 80 miles on it tomorrow, hopefully that cleans it up more.

New place is 4 miles from my work and school so haven’t done much driving I guess.

Nice.

Bicycle gentiles: https://m.pinkbike.com/news/authorities-seek-suspected-bike-shop-scammer-in-california.html a friend sent me this.

tfw the Landcruiser 70 will never be released in America

#arabspringtruck

They still make them in Portugal and Japan for MENA and the pacific islands/aus respectively.

They're somewhat modernized now and beautiful...

Anybody interested in doing a gambler500 or 24 hours of lemons in maybe 2020 or 2021?