-Jack-
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- City, State
- Atlanta, GA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '97 Mountaineer
She has been a good truck.
She has gotten me everywhere I have wanted to go and never complained
She's been through hell on the hottest days
She's plowed through snow and danced over ice in the coldest of cold
She climbed the highest peaks with a boat strapped to her back
And she did it all while keeping her passangers safe
Goodbye old girl...
My 97 Mounty just reached 160k on the clock. So far she's been relatively hassle free and only needed basic maintenance. But, I think she has reached the end of her economic life.
How much do you spend on a old truck before you sell it to get whatever value is left? It is worth it to patch it up with band-aides at several hundred dollars a pop as things come up?
She's going to need new tires and shocks. Which I imagine will total to $900.
I think there is something wrong with the transfer case. I have the exact same problem as described in this thread http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92078&highlight=clunk+hit+gas which cost the owner $800 to fix.
I know I have a leak somewhere in the AC - I had to recharge the system twice last summer.
I could fix these things and hope that nothing else breaks but the reality of it is that things will continue to break until I am fed up with it. I think I know what to do. Its time to trade her in for something newer but I hate to do it, I hate having to pay a car note, but I want something with low miles that will last a while...
Goodbye old girl.
She has gotten me everywhere I have wanted to go and never complained
She's been through hell on the hottest days
She's plowed through snow and danced over ice in the coldest of cold
She climbed the highest peaks with a boat strapped to her back
And she did it all while keeping her passangers safe
Goodbye old girl...
My 97 Mounty just reached 160k on the clock. So far she's been relatively hassle free and only needed basic maintenance. But, I think she has reached the end of her economic life.
How much do you spend on a old truck before you sell it to get whatever value is left? It is worth it to patch it up with band-aides at several hundred dollars a pop as things come up?
She's going to need new tires and shocks. Which I imagine will total to $900.
I think there is something wrong with the transfer case. I have the exact same problem as described in this thread http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92078&highlight=clunk+hit+gas which cost the owner $800 to fix.
I know I have a leak somewhere in the AC - I had to recharge the system twice last summer.
I could fix these things and hope that nothing else breaks but the reality of it is that things will continue to break until I am fed up with it. I think I know what to do. Its time to trade her in for something newer but I hate to do it, I hate having to pay a car note, but I want something with low miles that will last a while...
Goodbye old girl.