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Old 09-26-2004, 11:44 PM
suginami suginami is offline
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Originally Posted by earossi
So, if I don't fix the problem, my car is basically not worth much. If I do fix the car...........I will have put around $2500 into a car that was only worth about $5000 to begin with. Then there is always the possiblity that after putting $2500 into the car......that the problem returns!
Yep, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. Still, I think you'd be better off fixing the car. Even if you spend $2,500 (which seems like a lot), you'd still have $2,500 of equity in the car.

Without the fix, you'd have to find a real sucker to buy a car in poor running condition.
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