I have a 1997 Ford Taurus with 102,000 miles on it. The brakes need to be worked on (and were a year ago - yes, same problem) My air conditioning started acting crazy end of summer and the defrost/heat for the front isn't working (not good with all our rain lately). Just the brake work last time, and an oil change, cost me over $500 for parts and labor (and I don't think it was a ripoff, except the oil change was too much.)
For a time, too, it was having difficulty shifting (it's an automatic) and the odometer/speedometer is tempermental now.
Any suggestions? Is it time? I know some cars are prone to certain problems. Know any particulars about this one?
Thanks in advance!
cork2006-10-27T14:55:50Z
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97 TARUS OVER 100K MILES... 500 ALREADY SPEN.. MIGHT AS WELL INVEST A LITTLE MORE TO GET RUNNING OOG.
1500 BEST YOU GOING TO GET AND YOU PUT 500 IN SO YOU ONLY RECOVER 1000. LET A TRUSTED MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT.. NOTHER 500 MIGHT GET YOU ANOTHER TWO GOOD YEARS.
We have a 1993 Ford Taurus. We regularly keep the oil changes & such up on the car. Recently, our A/C went out, but we know a good mechanic who may be able to "plug it" for us, the heat/defrost works. I would suggest u find a good, reliable mechanic (mine is a good, Christian man). Ask some ppl u know who a good mechanic might be & take the car into him to get his professional opinion as to whether it's salvagable, or if u should look into buying a diff vehicle.
We had to replace the brakes & get new tires--that's part of owning an older car, but overall it runs good--no major probs since we keep up on regularly scheduled maintenance.
if you need two cars just to run around then fix the old one so that the one with 7K can "hold" its value longer, (lower miles) the problem is that with 3K you will barely buy a better car and you will need to sink money into it eventually but putting 3k into the engine for your old car essentially insures that you will have very few problems with it in the future. never "upgrade" a car that you allready have (unless it is a not too expensive audio system *ususally* no more than $500 and you can take it off when you sell it) "upgrading" the other car will never pay off as cars are always money loosers unless they are clasics the question is why do you need a new engine a car that is less than 10 years old, do you change your oil regularly etc?
use it as a trade in... I had a 1998 Honda that kept giving me problems, I spent over 1,00 fixing it and then the next week I was in a car accident, I ended up getting 6k from my insurance company... I'm sure you will get at least 3,000 as a trade in. Dealing with a bad running car is way too stressful... just replace it now before u have more problems...
Change to a newer car.All parts of all cars have time limit,similar to rubber in wipers,tyres,fuel pump...etc.So, the more you use the parts,that is the car,the faster you should change them.It reaches time where you consume too much energy,time & money to replace the used parts.AT that time,you're better off without that car,isn't it?So, by buying newer car,you are actually saving money,time,and energy.