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My 10+ yr old Yaris is leaking some fluid (I forgot which), and the dealer said it would be $1k+ to fix it, I didn't know if I could even sell it for $1k, so I
by yongjik 3y ago
My 10+ yr old Yaris is leaking some fluid (I forgot which), and the dealer said it would be $1k+ to fix it, I didn't know if I could even sell it for $1k, so I said forget it. Thankfully the car is holding up valiantly, but if the leak becomes worse there's a very good chance I'll just throw it away because fixing it is not worth the value of the car.
So.... one might even say my 10+ year old ICE car is just a useless paperweight. One would be exaggerating, of course, but exaggeration seems the name of the game.
- ComputerGuru 3y agoYou are free to take your Yaris to any independent mechanic to fix that leak for a fraction of that price, probably with the option of using aftermarket parts to boot. The tech lock-in for EV batteries must not be underestimated.
- tzs 3y ago> My 10+ yr old Yaris is leaking some fluid (I forgot which), and the dealer said it would be $1k+ to fix it, I didn't know if I could even sell it for $1k, so I said forget it. Thankfully the car is holding up valiantly, but if the leak becomes worse there's a very good chance I'll just throw it away because fixing it is not worth the value of the car. I don't understand why you are comparing the cost of fixing it to how much you could sell it for. Shouldn't you be comparing to the cost of replacing it?