r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 10h ago

SMH Thoughts on this?

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u/truemad 9h ago edited 8h ago

This is only possible in states with dry weather. Try having a nice, reliable 23-year-old car in the Rust Belt. Salt Belt.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 8h ago

I'm in Minnesota, I've had cars well over twenty years old. They weren't nice but they were reliable that's why they're twenty years old instead of breaking down at five or ten

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u/Mini_Assassin 6h ago

I'm in Canada, so similar weather. My first car was an 06 Honda Accord that died in 2024 from engine failure at 300k.

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u/dazed489 3h ago

Just had a new engine put in my 06 accord wasn’t all that expensive

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u/Mini_Assassin 3h ago

I was quoted $8000 for a new engine. The car was worth $4000, and I only had to spend $1000 to buy it and get it road worthy. Plus the car had several other issues besides the engine.

Gambling on replacing an engine that may or may not have significantly extended the life of the car before something else broke was not something I was interested in.

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u/dazed489 3h ago

Holy shit ball. $1000 labor plus whatever the engine cost