I took my wife's van in for service today. It needed an oil change and I also knew one of the window motors needed to be replaced so I was expecting a big bill. But then 2 days ago, the check engine light came on. I know many different things can cause that.
Turned out that two sensor banks were bad related to emissions. So the sensors and the emissions stuff all needed work. Also needs spark plugs, rear brakes and a couple of other things. All together, the work would come to over $2,000.
The van is a 2000 and has about 140,000 miles. I think putting that kind of money out at this point is going down a costly slope. I wasn't expecting to keep it much past 150K anyway. I just thought it would make it through the winter at least.
So time to start hunting. I'll scour the web this weekend. We'd like another Sienna but I don't know if I want to spend that much, especially since my car is even older and we don't know when that'll die.
Time for a "new" car :(
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Happy car hunting.
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You might want to ask the mechanic if he sees anything else major that may be up for repair soon. If there's nothing, then that 2 grand may be money well spent.
A Toyota should last much longer.
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I procrastinated doing anything about the van for a few weeks and finally took it to a new independent mechanic. They checked everything and they were able to replace the window motor and take care of the stuff that caused the check engine light to come on for a grand total of $540. That was an amount I was willing to spend. So we had the work done and everything has been fine. So no "new" car for us quite yet.
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