I prefer to repair rather than replace, but sometimes you get really punished for it. Try to replace the heating element in a dryer, or the circuit board in a f

I prefer to repair rather than replace, but sometimes you get really punished for it. Try to replace the heating element in a dryer, or the circuit board in a furnace. The costs are so high you might as well replace the whole thing. On the other end, my car is designed to make it easy to replace components, and they're cheap, too.