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Originally Posted by lsmalley
I bought my car in 12/2005 with 174k. It's now 12/2016 and it has 410k. I have every single work order receipt up until about 2007-2008. I'm sure in those 2 years I spent more than what I originally paid ($3300) for the car. Since I became a diy'er about 8-9 years ago I don't think I've spent over $2500 in car parts. Even if I did, 235k miles and 11 years later was definitely worth it. I used to curse my car too and really get stressed over any problem that I had with it (search some of my earlier posts when I first joined), but since I began to do the work myself, I can't imagine getting rid of this car. I think if the op had the know how and time to do the work himself I bet that $6500 in repairs wouldn't be more than maybe a fourth of that.
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Ismalley your mileage is truly something.
I agree with you 100%, in 100k miles I have spent around £2000 in parts and probably saved over £6000 in labour from doing things myself. You do form a bond with your car during that time.
If the op was doing it himself he would have saved a bomb, however that doesn't excuse MB of doing a shoddy job in the late '90's.
