Originally Posted by mam4.6

I was at the same place you are. Bought my X, spent money on it totally resealing the engine to get rid of oil leaks, then BAM, timing chain guide failure. Put in a used engine. Seemingly I'm always wrenching on it, replacing this here, getting rid of squeaks there. But I like it to much to sell it. I agree you'd definitely be better off driving it awhile before selling to get your money back out of it.

Also, wheels and headlights can't be figured in on maintenance money, unless you had bent rims, cracked headlights, etc...