No diesel hijacks! :fork_off:
Thanks for the responses so far. Some spirited opinions. 2-2 keep verus junk with good arguments both sides. Some comments and further thoughts...
-yes, comfortable with injector risk. can get professionally cleaned for $109 every 20K, can maybe last 50K before failure again?
-no intention to get a new car w/i 2-3 years unless we had to. she wants kids and a big house so she knows a Toyota Sienna is years away.
-I concur with the depreciation argument someone gave. If all she need is basic transportion, and will keep the car for 3-5 more years. A $14K mediocre used car will depreciate more than the cost if flipping the engine, IF it the flipped engine would make it 3+ more years.
-she just needs basic transportation, no lifestyle issues.
- no rusted floorboards, heck chicago only gets like 5 snows a season these days, also stored outside, so no heatup/colddown issues with corrosion
-no trans slipping at all and fluid changed once at least in the last 60K that I know she's had it.
I just can't get past the depreciation cost of getting another car. I already decided if my 102 motor or trans ever went south, gauranteed i'd get rebuilts, but this is not my car.
Thanks again for the responses so far.