Farewell to my car, and Gencon question revisited.

[hwango]

I took my car in for some repair work today, and they reviewed what else is wrong with it...and it's not worth doing the work they had planned to do. I might need a new transmission ($1800). I might need a new catalytic converter ($400). I definitely need $600 of ball joints, sensors, and other junk. The car is probably worth less than $2000, though, so it makes more sense to bid farewell to the Engine of Doom and get another car.

This puts new emphasis on the whole Gencon or Not question. Do I not go because it's several hundred dollars that I should save for a car, or do I scramble like a crazy person to assemble a porfolio of doom and head to Gencon because more than ever I need to get going on this Artist as a Career thing, and this is a useful step?

Also, this means I'm once again open to suggestions for a good, reliable car to replace my dying lump of garbage.

Comments

[tankhangen.livejournal.com]

My 2 cents, I would advise against the VW, or any used VW for that matter. You may get one and it might be fine, but more then likely it will have problems, expensive problems. I am basing this on my own experience with thousands of used cars, and my brother in law always advising against the used VW for anyone looking for a car. He is a mechanic with 20+ years experience. Not to sure what to recommend, the only advise I can really offer is no matter what, even if it means letting a car get sold to someone else, take the potential car to a good garage and have them check it out. I have shopped in the $2000.00 or less market a lot, and the bad news is it really hit or miss when you are looking at cars that old.