Replacing my old vehicle with an old vehicle

Ed Haywood said:
It's not always the engine and transmission that gets you. It can be the other little crap. Air conditioning, steering, brakes, suspension, power seats/locks/windows, etc etc etc. Death by a thousand cuts. At some point it's just not worth it. A car with 200K miles and a new engine is not a zero miles car.
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Depends on the vehicle

On a Range Rover with more buttons and switches than the shuttle sure

In a 99 F150, not much wear and tear stuff, manual sliding window doesn’t care about miles, nor does much of the vehicle, ball joints and struts and all ain’t that expensive ether or hard to install
 
455 Bravo Uniform said:
What’s funny is that I’ve become oil-change-central for family vehicles since I’ve retired. I loved working on cars until I was time limited due to work and family - it would be a frustrating anxious rush - now it’s fun again. Brakes on my daughter’s car replaced last week.
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Going into work early to change to oil on the F550. 13 quarts on the 6.7.

The dealer takes all damn day. I taught my sister how to change her own own oil. She asked if I could for her. That was my only condition. Did the rears on my 2012 GMC last week. Rotors and pads are easy. But GM decided to go back to drums on the rears for some unknown reason. Haven't done drums since the Legends car days. Those were fun cars.
 
Like the OD color, and WILLYS on the hood. Honors the trusty steed for generations of soldiers. Good purchase!
 
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Yes its new, yes its electronic and yes its made with a lot of plastic, but it IS a Jeep and in my mind its one of the few exceptions to my aversion to new cars. I think the jeep is consistent enough with its original form that its far from the disposable design and build quality of anything else. Good buy IMHO. Thats a vehicle you can pass down through generations and its got enough of an enthusiast following that the aftermarket will keep supporting it if the OEM ever gives up.
 
Arrived yesterday. It’s very clean. Great condition.

I had a weird feeling when I pulled it into my garage. Imposter is replacing my trusty steed. I don’t like it…

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Ed Haywood said:
It's not always the engine and transmission that gets you. It can be the other little crap. Air conditioning, steering, brakes, suspension, power seats/locks/windows, etc etc etc. Death by a thousand cuts. At some point it's just not worth it. A car with 200K miles and a new engine is not a zero miles car.
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To me, as long as the frame and most of the body are rust free, most cars are still good cars that are worth keeping on the road.

If you fix every fault with a car as it comes up, you'll never wear it out. Sure, there are times when many things need repair at the same time, and it can seem expensive and overwhelming. It is still far cheaper, especially these days, to keep an older vehicle running and driving, than replacing it with a new one.

It's much easier and cheaper for someone that is talented mechanically, to keep their own older vehicle in top shape, than it is paying a shop to do it.

Steering and suspension parts are wear items that get overlooked by too many vehicle owners. Having to replace them does not mean a vehicle is worn out. Personally, any vehicle over 100k miles needs a thorough steering and suspension inspection, and replace worn components. So many of the used vehicles I've bought in my life, the first thing I've done is spent a day doing ball joints, bushings and tie rods because they were worn. The parts are typically cheap, but so important to the safe operation of the vehicle.
 
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