I appreciate your opinion on the maintenance items, but I plan on keeping the car. It is midnight blue (original factory paint that takes a nice wax) and the interior is almost perfect. Everything works: climate control (I have the receipts to prove it), all the lights, cruise, you name it. The car has been looked after and garaged.

Now, it probably is worth $600 as a generic high mileage car. However, it has more value to my wife and me. For instance, what would be the cost of its replacement? And, frankly I don't buy high mileage cars. I buy well-maintained very low mileage cars, maintain them and drive them until they really fail.

As a 64 year old engineer, I have been a gearhead all my life, starting with a 1950 flathead V8 Ford (at 14 years old) through numerous English sports cars to now owning three German cars.

Again, I appreciate the technical advice..........

Brent