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new engine or new car?
Posted on 10/25/14 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 10/25/14 at 12:27 pm
I bought a 99 GMC jimmy for 2 grand about a month ago and I guess now the engine is blown and can't be fixed. It has 140k miles on it, with a new transmission and new brake cylinders. Should I pony up another 2 thousand for a new engine or just cut my losses?
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Posted on 10/25/14 at 12:30 pm to RexfordW
You poor Baw
Posted on 10/25/14 at 12:33 pm to Traffic Circle
quote:
New car
Posted on 10/25/14 at 12:34 pm to RexfordW
New engine. Unless someone will give you what you have in it.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:12 pm to LT
new engine-
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:26 pm to RexfordW
New engine.
You can make a lot of repairs for what a new car costs.
You can make a lot of repairs for what a new car costs.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:39 pm to RexfordW
For $2K, new engine, you know it'll run well.
Buying another $2K vehicle is another gamble. At least with a new engine you could sell the jimmy for more than scrap later on.
Buying another $2K vehicle is another gamble. At least with a new engine you could sell the jimmy for more than scrap later on.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:44 pm to RexfordW
New engine.
The cost to repair a vehicle is almost always, like 99.9% of the time less than the cost of buying a different vehicle.
The cost to repair a vehicle is almost always, like 99.9% of the time less than the cost of buying a different vehicle.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 1:56 pm to RexfordW
You will get no hot arse next year at LSU with a '99 Jimmy...sorry.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 3:01 pm to Huey Lewis
I am in that 0.01%
Posted on 10/25/14 at 3:10 pm to RexfordW
You can scrap it for a grand. Then go but a late 90s jeep.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 3:11 pm to RexfordW
New engine
Posted on 10/25/14 at 3:18 pm to RexfordW
that block doesn't cost that much. A 99 Jimmy? Is that the 3.8 or the 4.3?
But that truck has a low resale value, and after the engine you will be upside down on it. A 90'S Blazer/Jimmy is in that "$1000 car realm"
But that truck has a low resale value, and after the engine you will be upside down on it. A 90'S Blazer/Jimmy is in that "$1000 car realm"
Posted on 10/25/14 at 3:40 pm to RexfordW
quote:
new engine or new car?
With a new car you get both!
You're welcome!
Posted on 10/25/14 at 4:13 pm to RexfordW
I tend to agree on just fixing what thou have but you may have bought a lemon. It would stink to keep throwing good money at something that will keep having problems. Often when old cars start breaking down the rate of breakdown only increases.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 4:30 pm to RexfordW
What engine and what exactly is "blown" about it? I've seen people panic about replacing an engine for a major oil leak that turned out to be a $15 oil-pressure sender that failed inside.
This post was edited on 10/25/14 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 10/25/14 at 4:39 pm to RexfordW
Short bock for the short bus
Posted on 10/25/14 at 4:42 pm to RexfordW
Bail.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 5:56 pm to RexfordW
Please give more information about how much you paid for it and why you think the engine is blown. That engine should've lasted longer than 140,000 miles
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