Is my car worth fixing?

Sounds like you have already got your money's worth out of this car. You have to look at cost to fix vs. the value of the car vs. its expected useful life after repairs. I think you're close to the end of the road for this car. Find a good car with payments you can afford and you will be much better off than trying to fix this one.

You can't buy much of a car for $500. You sound a bit like you want to justify a newer car rather than get by.

There is nothing wrong with wanting a new car, but financially it does not make sense to do so if you can get in good running order for $500. There should be another 75,000 to 100,000 in tha told Regal before you will need to junk it out.

its better to buy a new or used car. The new car cost much more than used. As with new cars, you required, by law, to purhchase FULL-COVERAGE insurance not liablilty. The used cars you can purchase liability. So i reccomend you get a another car that has all the working accesories and no engine problem. Also make sure it has low mileage. Low Mileage means better life of the car's engine.

You will only be throwing good money after bad. Once you fix the problems you are already having, surely another will appear. Better to have a car payment than waste your money on a car you will have to continually put money into anyway.

Id pay the 500 to get it fixed unless you like a 300 to 500 a month car payment then on top of that youll need full coverage insurance while you have a loan out on the new car.

your car's not all that old, but it has WAY to many miles on it! It must be in pretty good shape mechanically, if it's only going to cost $500. to fix. If that's it then i say fix it. Even if it only lasts you another year. You'll have that much more time car note free! Enjoy it while you can, your time is coming soon, to have to buy a new one.

That estimate is just plain low.

Time for a different car. At that kind of miles, it has lived a long and fruitful life, and pouring more money into it is not feasible unless you just plain LOVE the car... but not for practicality's sake.

junk it. you could easily put 2 or 3 thousand into it and end up with a 500 dollar cars.

the idle proble is most likely the IAC Idle air controller valve that will fix the idle proble I assume is has a 3100 v6 engine and those are famous for not living must past 180,000 miles so in retrospect it might be time to look for another vehicle and take your to one of those places that give like 5000 dollars push pull or drag it in sales.

sounds like it is time to move on...this one sounds used up. the 93 Regal is a good car...but pushing 200k....i think i would invest my money in something a little newer