- #MAZDA PROTEGE CAR SOUNDS LIKE NO MUFFLER HOW TO#
- #MAZDA PROTEGE CAR SOUNDS LIKE NO MUFFLER DRIVERS#
So to be honest I don't think you'll get anywhere close to book value for the car. I tried to get $2k private sale but only got $1000). I sold it 2 years ago for $1000 (this is also what the dealer offered me as a trade-in value. I won't buy Mazda again because of the quality problems I had. Fixed three times (third time no cost, at the dealership). I had this car, and I had no end of problems with the brakes. Posted by saeculorum at 8:12 AM on Septem If you find that acceptable to save money, you should do that. Your reaction to my suggestion should give you an idea what you want to do - if you find that horrendous, you should start saving up for a new(er) car.
#MAZDA PROTEGE CAR SOUNDS LIKE NO MUFFLER HOW TO#
Plan all trips with the possibility you might have to ditch your car in some junkyard in New Jersey and figure out how to get home. However, that's not too hard to do - just get AAA coverage (or equivalent) or save up for the inevitable towing bill. My personal opinion is that any car of that age should be assumed suspect and you should make plans for eventual failure. Keep it and drive it up and down the East Coast?
Are you more interested in saving money or saving your sanity? However, cost-beneficial does not mean sanity-beneficial, since you have to accept the cost of those repairs as part of the cost of driving and you have to deal with taking care of those repairs. I'm generally of the opinion that it's always cost-beneficial to keep a car and maintain the car until the cost of maintenance exceeds the value of the car. Further, most people overestimate the value of their car with the Blue Book by overestimating condition. The Blue Book value of the car isn't really meaningful you can only sell your car for what the market will bear. If you assume competent buyers (not always the case), it's not really possible you can sell your car and buy a different one of better age/mileage/reliability. Have you gotten any feedback from your repair place about these sorts of things? None of those things really bug me (except for the fact that you're replacing single tires - be careful with that with differing tread depths!), but I do realize that everything adds up. I've found that most mechanics are generally honest, especially to people that are obviously not driving a new-model luxury car. posted by vilcxjo_BLANKA to Travel & Transportation (19 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favoriteįor what it's worth, if you ask a mechanic you trust about the condition of a car like yours, they'll usually give you an idea of whether they think the maintenance is just due to the age of the vehicle or if the vehicle is dying. Should we ditch it? Keep it, but confine it to short trips? Keep it and drive it up and down the East Coast?
We could buy another used car for a little more than that, but it would be of similar age and mileage we believe. Ideally a third car would be in good enough shape to drive between Boston and DC 2-3 times per year, because that would save us some airfare.īlue book value of this car is about $2860.
#MAZDA PROTEGE CAR SOUNDS LIKE NO MUFFLER DRIVERS#
There are four drivers in our family, soon to be five, so it would be convenient to have another vehicle, but the two adult commuters have reliable cars without this one. It is burning oil now and the garage would like to replace the valve cover gasket, the spark plugs, and the oil pan. Last year it got a sway bar link, front and rear engine mounts, and another tire. During 2013 so far this car has had two brake calipers and one rotor replaced, rear shocks and struts, and one new tire, along with a wheel alignment.
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