Is keeping a car 50 years frugal?

 It's going on 47 next year. should I keep it? What if I buy a ford and
they go under. warrantee, parts service?
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Let's see, you have a 47 year old car, and you're worried about warrantees,
parts, and service on a new(er) car?  Whatever happens, the parts and
service situation would have to be easier than it is for that 47 year old
car.

 

Lou wrote:

Not necessarily.  Fewer -- LOTS fewer -- things to go wrong with the
older car, and you can fix them yourself.  If you break an outside
mirror you can just screw on a new generic one (or one from a wrecking
yard).  You don't have to disassemble the dashboard area (a $400 job 10
years ago).

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Cheers,
Bev

 

warrantees,

Well, I don't have any interest in doing maintenance and don't know much
about cars, but I don't see why you'd have to disassemble the dashboard to
screw on a generic outside mirror on any car.

 Lou wrote:

You don't.  Any car that has a nice joystick that controls the outside
mirrors has something -- probably a cable -- running from the joystick
to the mirror, to which it is soldered.  This cable passes through the
works on the dashboard -- the AC, radio, etc.  The $400 was the Caddy
dealer's quote to replace that cable due to the need to remove all that
stuff to get at it.

Her 1988 Caddy uses the same system.  I am really careful about
adjusting the mirrors.

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Cheers, Bev
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