Beaters often cost another 6-7k in maintenance just to run three more years. Planned obsolescence has been standard in car manufacturing for 20 years now.
unironically, my truck is my toolbox... whatever fits in the steel box behind the seat goes in there, everything else gets tossed back there however i can fit it.
Depends on the beater car. If you go the cheap car route, you'll need two cars, because one car will just stop working every once in a while and you'll still need something to drive while it's being repaired, even if you're the person doing the repairs.
While tools aren't expensive, you'll at least need a garage/someplace to work and the time to diagnose and work on whatever car isn't working. Depending on what's happening in your life, that might not be possible. The canbus code readers make finding problems so much easier, cars now are much easier to diagnose and fix than ever.
I've gone the beater route for cars to save money and spent far less than new(er). You can fix most problems with a cheap car, it comes down to having the time to do the work, a place to wrench on your car and having a spare car for when rockauto needs 10 days to deliver your parts.
That's if the parts you buy are a) the right parts and b) last. Just put a whole new front end under my truck. Dealer's parts guy told me that if the parts failed in the first 10k miles, they'd replace them free. The parts they replaced had over 100k miles on them. Still took them three tries to get me the right wheel bearings.
Yes, they do. If you can find a 1k beater that would last 3 years without thousands in repairs you are in a unicorn market. Most beaters that actually run are at least 5k today.
😂😂😂😂 you don’t even know how cars are designed anymore do you? This is such hilarious boomerisms. Tell you what, let’s take a 2005 Toyota Camry, how many tools do you need for it?
Beaters often cost another 6-7k in maintenance just to run three more years. Planned obsolescence has been standard in car manufacturing for 20 years now.
That's true. Unless you're doing DIY repairs with junkyard parts then maintaining a beater doesn't really work out in the long-term.
Doing my own car maintenance? In my garage? Attached to the home I bought for 75k in 1983?
Boomers are the worst generation in history, and it’s not close.
A lot harder to do even basic vehicle maintenance when you live in an apartment.
That's even assuming your building provides parking.
See comment my comment below. Having a cheap car means you need to have a place to fix that car/store tools/etc.
The more I think about it, a cheap car in working order is more of a luxury/flex than it looks to be on the surface.
unironically, my truck is my toolbox... whatever fits in the steel box behind the seat goes in there, everything else gets tossed back there however i can fit it.
cant find shit otherwise, lol.
Depends on the beater car. If you go the cheap car route, you'll need two cars, because one car will just stop working every once in a while and you'll still need something to drive while it's being repaired, even if you're the person doing the repairs.
While tools aren't expensive, you'll at least need a garage/someplace to work and the time to diagnose and work on whatever car isn't working. Depending on what's happening in your life, that might not be possible. The canbus code readers make finding problems so much easier, cars now are much easier to diagnose and fix than ever.
I've gone the beater route for cars to save money and spent far less than new(er). You can fix most problems with a cheap car, it comes down to having the time to do the work, a place to wrench on your car and having a spare car for when rockauto needs 10 days to deliver your parts.
That's if the parts you buy are a) the right parts and b) last. Just put a whole new front end under my truck. Dealer's parts guy told me that if the parts failed in the first 10k miles, they'd replace them free. The parts they replaced had over 100k miles on them. Still took them three tries to get me the right wheel bearings.
No they don’t
Yes, they do. If you can find a 1k beater that would last 3 years without thousands in repairs you are in a unicorn market. Most beaters that actually run are at least 5k today.
Learn how to fix it yourself you lazy piece of shit
😂😂😂😂 you don’t even know how cars are designed anymore do you? This is such hilarious boomerisms. Tell you what, let’s take a 2005 Toyota Camry, how many tools do you need for it?