Replace tranny vs. buy new car

[Mdbtyhtr]

Go to Gear Box in Mechanicsville, they are good and fair. You may not need a trans at all, you could have an electrical problem like a throttle position sensor or similar part that does not require a complete rebuild. You can get used rotors, not suggested, and pads at Advance cheaply.

All else fails, sell your horse and get a new car!

Scott

 

[glhs837]

If it were not for the recent flush, I might go with the TPS possibility, but I'ma pessimist)

 

[lovinmaryland]

Read the requirements for keeping that 10yr 100k warranty real close on the Hyundai.
We made the mistake of buying one a few years back just to go to and from work. Got rid of it before the year was even up. What a POS that thing turned out to be.
And, during a repair at the dealership, I caught them driving it around picking up parts from a body shop for another job they were doing.
I did on that day make the guy driving it to get the parts walk back to the dealership. I took the car back from him on the spot before he had a chance to slide a new bumper for another car into our backseat.

Really? We have owned 3 of them now and had 0 problems with them until well after they reached the 125k or so mark :shrug:

 

[EmptyTimCup]

I have a 1995 Saturn SL 2

mom bought it for $5000 I believe in 2004 .... 99k miles


trans seemed to slip a little between 3rd and 4th ... ok no biggy

drove it another 2-3 yrs eventually had the Trans rebuilt / replaced @ AMMCO - yeah I know - for $ 2000

I bought it for $ 2000 2 yrs later

several more yrs and 25k miles later car has 168,000 now .... I would probably pay to have the motor replaced if it blew up next week ..... cheaper than 5 yrs paying a new car note .... the car is pretty sound still .....

 

[Ponytail]

Fix car at a reputable shop, not your brothers husband or whoever worked on it before.

If you can't afford to fix this one, you'll be in much worse shape starting out upside down on your loan for a new/newer car where your insurance premiums will also be higher.

Fix what you have. You shouldn't have any problems getting that car over the 200,000 mile mark, if you take care of it.

 

[lnmarsh]

Fix car at a reputable shop, not your brothers husband or whoever worked on it before.

If you can't afford to fix this one, you'll be in much worse shape starting out upside down on your loan for a new/newer car where your insurance premiums will also be higher.

Fix what you have. You shouldn't have any problems getting that car over the 200,000 mile mark, if you take care of it.

Yea I ended up getting the tranny replaced.

The place that did the flush was actually the dealership

Its getting fixed right now actually... ironically, my cousin is fixing it I totally forgot he had his own shop. He primarily does work on big diesel engines, etc., but he's always done all the work on his own vehicles. Considering his 1997 Jeep has 316,000 miles on it and it runs beautifully, I trust him with my car