Thread: 2000 Grand Prix, in garage for 3 years after a front collision.....repair it?

It all depends what you want to do. Are you attached to that car and want to keep that car, or could you care less if you had some other car. That is what it really boils down to, what do YOU want.

Originally Posted by cheatah faheatah

It's worth what it's worth to YOU. So there are no wrong answers.

Yes, that is true. This and GT2000's question really got me to think about how much it is worth to me....and I would rather save money. If its going to cost a lot to bring it back to life, I must let it go, sucks that I don't like anything else on the market but such is life eh

Someone mentioned earlier that I could always buy another one and he is right but if I don't keep mine I will probably get a boring "reliable, long lasting" Toyota....

Originally Posted by GT2000

It all depends what you want to do. Are you attached to that car and want to keep that car, or could you care less if you had some other car. That is what it really boils down to, what do YOU want.

Yes, this is the key. Let me parse this out a bit......

First I believe(or used to believe) in buying new and keeping it until the wheels fall off.....had this car since 2000.

I say I love the car but I love saving my money more...I'm frugal. If I were not recovering from a 13 month layoff and took a pay-cut and the car didn't have lingering issues( (a) transmission hard shifting and (b)engine randomly turning off while driving but starts right back up, (c) I think power steering liquid leak ), I would have fixed it . It just always concerned me that I could spend $2000 on the body work and still have possible mechanical expenses.

Actually let me back up, If Grand Prix were still on the market, the plan would have been to buy a brand new one and I probably would have done that by now. After the accident, I focused more on new car shopping because I just don't trust someone else's used car. Since I ended up traveling for work, I think I came to appreciate not taking on a $25K new car loan and the car I've been getting around with is a 2000 Nissan(bro's car, bought same year as mine) so I now appreciate and see value in buying an older high mileage car. That's really what makes me consider fixing my car as opposed to buying someone else's car for the same amount....cos at least I know mine.

So yes, if I had a way to buy another similar car that I can trust...I probably wouldn't be thinking about this car at all. Whew, very long winded but I had to get honest with myself.

The general consensus is to let it go, and I already felt that way last week and even more so now that I've pondered GT2000's question.