I think my camry is finally at that point now.
I no longer drive the camry, I gave it to my parents to drive. Its worked great for them in the past 4-5 years. Couple minor 24 hour breakdowns but nothing too serious.
Just to sum up the car.
-96 camry, had a salvage title when i bought (now has about 150K)
-needs exhaust work and CEL on cat eff.
-rear suspension is gone.
-rear quarter is starting to rust out bad
-leaks at rear main seal (2qts per month/800 miles)
-some power windows dont work.
Last 5 years i've done.
- radiator, coolant
- front brakes
- front axles
- timing belt, valve cover gasket and serp belt.
- distributor
At this point with all things said i think this car is worth $1000. To fix that rear main seal should be like $500 and to get it emissions ready is another couple hundred in parts. Car doesn't need to see emissions til 2016. Oddly enough the car starts and drives every single time.
Time to let this go right? In my head i've pretty much confirmed it, i explained to my parents that its time to get a newer car. Maybe use it for this final winter and call it quits.
I no longer drive the camry, I gave it to my parents to drive. Its worked great for them in the past 4-5 years. Couple minor 24 hour breakdowns but nothing too serious.
Just to sum up the car.
-96 camry, had a salvage title when i bought (now has about 150K)
-needs exhaust work and CEL on cat eff.
-rear suspension is gone.
-rear quarter is starting to rust out bad
-leaks at rear main seal (2qts per month/800 miles)
-some power windows dont work.
Last 5 years i've done.
- radiator, coolant
- front brakes
- front axles
- timing belt, valve cover gasket and serp belt.
- distributor
At this point with all things said i think this car is worth $1000. To fix that rear main seal should be like $500 and to get it emissions ready is another couple hundred in parts. Car doesn't need to see emissions til 2016. Oddly enough the car starts and drives every single time.
Time to let this go right? In my head i've pretty much confirmed it, i explained to my parents that its time to get a newer car. Maybe use it for this final winter and call it quits.
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