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Yeah. Been awhile since I've posted about her POS 2000. Probably since the old site. Tried to get her something newer but she is weird and partial to about everything that she's had for more than 3 months. So I basically fix shit when she comes home from school. Today was a big day. Blend door actuator. If you've ever dealt with one on a personal level you know they a bitch. Made a little tiny funnel to lube up the cable from the engine bay and let it seep. Got as small as I could and turn upside down and inside out to get under the dash and swap that SOB. Now we back to hot hot and ice cold in that old ass machine. I give her credit for sticking with a 3rd gen Yota as tuition aint cheap. Feel free to bomb me for her rolling in a 2000 4Runner but she literally doesn't want anything else. Weird I know.
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Nothing wrong with an older ride, almost always cheaper to keep her..
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Man, you ain't kidding. It was $3000 like 3-4 years ago. I'm in the plus column and a little blessed that she's a nut.
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She don’t have to push a button to keep the engine running at red lights. That’s another Bulldog point of pride. ???
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Mrs. JC had a 2000 4Runner a while back, it was a great vehicle, never had a single problem with it. That generation of 4Runners were great vehicles. If you maintain them they will run forever.
Those 4Runners were the thing to have for girls at Georgia in the early 2000's.
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Still have my '97 F150 bought new in December of '96. Now has 273K miles on her. Even with replacing the transmission at 192K after pulling trailers full of furniture and antiques with it it's first 15 years, it is much cheaper to operate than buying a new one.
Payments were $450 something and with the exception of the transmission replacement year I've averaged spending less than a payment per year on repairs.
Transmission replacement was really a bargain too. Had a friend who was a mechanic at a Ford dealership bought me a new transmission with his his employee discount and installed it at his home garage for under $2200. Would have been
nearly 5K at the dealership.
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(12-17-2024, 09:06 AM)Replying to Rogasingingdawg Still have my '97 F150 bought new in December of '96. Now has 273K miles on her. Even with replacing the transmission at 192K after pulling trailers full of furniture and antiques with it it's first 15 years, it is much cheaper to operate than buying a new one.
Payments were $450 something and with the exception of the transmission replacement year I've averaged spending less than a payment per year on repairs.
Transmission replacement was really a bargain too. Had a friend who was a mechanic at a Ford dealership bought me a new transmission with his his employee discount and installed it at his home garage for under $2200. Would have been
nearly 5K at the dealership.
I got rid of my 2000 Expedition back in September. It had 297,000 miles and still ran perfectly. I pulled boats, trailers loaded with furniture and loaded it down with everything imaginable and it never protested at all. I was very particular about fixing anything that broke and I still probably didn't spend $500 a year on average on it. The most expensive repairs I had were putting an entire new front end in it, replacing the blend door and replacing the intake manifold (twice). Everything else I did to it was things you would have to do on any vehicle. I put 190,000 miles on it in 12 years and my net cost of ownership (cost to purchase + total repairs - revenue from sale) was around $9000. I don't know how I could have come out much better.
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(12-17-2024, 09:16 AM)Replying to JC-DAWG83 (12-17-2024, 09:06 AM)Replying to Rogasingingdawg Still have my '97 F150 bought new in December of '96. Now has 273K miles on her. Even with replacing the transmission at 192K after pulling trailers full of furniture and antiques with it it's first 15 years, it is much cheaper to operate than buying a new one.
Payments were $450 something and with the exception of the transmission replacement year I've averaged spending less than a payment per year on repairs.
Transmission replacement was really a bargain too. Had a friend who was a mechanic at a Ford dealership bought me a new transmission with his his employee discount and installed it at his home garage for under $2200. Would have been
nearly 5K at the dealership.
I got rid of my 2000 Expedition back in September. It had 297,000 miles and still ran perfectly. I pulled boats, trailers loaded with furniture and loaded it down with everything imaginable and it never protested at all. I was very particular about fixing anything that broke and I still probably didn't spend $500 a year on average on it. The most expensive repairs I had were putting an entire new front end in it, replacing the blend door and replacing the intake manifold (twice). Everything else I did to it was things you would have to do on any vehicle. I put 190,000 miles on it in 12 years and my net cost of ownership (cost to purchase + total repairs - revenue from sale) was around $9000. I don't know how I could have come out much better.
Recently bought a nicely appointed 2021 F150 XLT. Wish it had auto folding mirrors, but has everything else. Almost 20 mpg. Hoping to keep until I die.
