Someone recently pointed out to me, "It's more affordable to pay for a repair, even if it exceeds the value of the car, than to take on a $700-$1000 monthly payment for a new car over the next five years-or pay for a used car at a ridiculous interest rate for the same duration." It made sense to me, and hopefully, it offers some perspective in today's world.
I like that you road test the cars . Here in the area I live . They write up what you tell the service writer and they fix that pull it out of the bay and you pay and leave more than one time have I had to go back because it was doing the same thing I brought it on to be fixed . I have a hard time finding a shop that you can trust.
Love your work style Kenny and your videos. I like how you said you were road testing the vehicle somewhere in Mexico and a few minutes later you said it’s rare to see a snow plow truck in NC. Love it. Weather is nice right now I San Antonio Tx.
That’s 13300 miles. There must be a way to change the settings in the centre display to show in miles. On the Canadian cars there’d be km where the mi is.
yeah, we have miles on outside of speedometer and kilometers on inside its just printed on speedometer we had a guy at work who said we can't switch to kmh for road signs nobody would know how fast they were going I told him all speedometer have had both since way back in 1970s or so
It's likely a canadian vehicle because of the km/h outside. You're right about the odometer, majority of vehicles probably have the capability to switching the odometer unit of measurement.
K so it's in the CVT class, don't step on it hard or you blow the trans. Looks like Cdn vehicle but odo is set in miles on switch. Guess it's a US immigrant . Maybe been stuck in too many snow drifts in Cda. Hell on ATs, I know from experience.
Good morning brother Kenny. It sure is beautiful country where you were driving. I was at peace just riding along. I do agree with you that given the year and condition of the van as you described it, it is likely time to get rid of the van. Great job and great video. You're excused for the interruption with the sneeze.
That part of NC used to get snow. I remember when I85 around Durham got 20" and shut it down for a while because there weren't enough snow plows around to clear it.
So I had a 2005 Ford Freestyle which ran great. No leaks, engine good, transmission good. It had a flywheel that was missing teeth. My mechanic said that it was not worth fixing on my car due to the labor cost. He also said it won’t get better, may stay the same or get worse. His recommendation to me was drive it until you can’t. I did drive it a little longer got worse and traded it in and got another car. $200 trade in, had 238,000 miles on it.
Did you check the motor mounts? A bad mount can tug on the shift lever and result in your symptoms! My dad's Buick drove well as long as you did not accelerate or hit the passing gear. One motor mount later all fixed!
Always a hard decision. But if you have had the vehicle for a while and it has been well maintained, sometimes putting a few thousand into it is better than putting the same amount into a used vehicle of unknown quality. Tough call.
@@iFixJunk mine too. I had to make a decision just today on an $800 radiator/ recovery tank for a 2010 Dodge Journey that I am probably going to gift to my daughter. I choose to spend $800 on a paid for vehicle vs accepting $300 from a junkyard. But that $1,100 swing would not get much on a different car. I hope I don’t regret the decision. But it is possible.
Receiving bad news and a technical recommendation, disposal and replacement is a technical recommendation too, from a trusted professional allows you to make decisions with confidence. I often have to deliver bad news for a living. Clients just want to be sure. I recommend and implement solutions too. That car in that condition could still be a good enough car for a while. Only slipping in first? Drive sedately and you won't notice. You'll save on gas if you putter around, 4.2 litres!. If it doesn't slip in the top gears then it's still good for road trips. The customer still has time to prepare for replacement. Giving that heads up is good service! No one likes grim surprises. (I can't imagine how it must feel to be a medical Dr delivering bad news)
I tell people this after an initial inspection or a drive and they act like that isn't an option the majority of the time. They ask what to do and I make my best suggestion with no gaurentees. They say, "you're the mechanic, so I trust your opinion." Okay, then why didn't you listen when I said to sell it instead of the hail mary option? I had a problem like this with a Mazda mpv minivan and it was corroded connectors on the transmission signal receiver thinking the car was in neutral under hard acceleration. I was able to clean off the connectors and it hasn't had the problem again.
That's what a junk yard is for! Pull a yard trans and slap it in. But mechanics won't do squat any more but charge $250 an hr to throw chinese junk parts bin at a car and refuse to use junk yard oem parts which would save a customer thousands.
