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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby
Its more about finding the time for me to DIY some of the "easier" stuff that I can get done in an afternoon - In the last 2-3 years I've only done very very minor stuff, belts and tensioners was one of them, other than that just oil changes and a fuel filter change just for the hell of it.
Once you get "caught up" on maintenance items especially the kind that you do once every 6-8 years or maybe once in the lifetime of the car (OFHG for example) you'll be bored because you'll have nothing to do and luckily no car payment to make. Even a modest $300-400 a year payment (and that is modest by todays standards) on a newer car plus the higher insurance has you at an easy $4k a year - the items you mentioned will cost $600 plus your time to replace and you won't need to do anything for quite some time afterwards but keep it clean  |
Yeah, my list is tallying around $800 in parts currently. Unfortunately I still have other items that need to be addressed (suspension arms/bushings, Brake Rotors, passenger CV axle), but these are the current pressing items..
I can't complain they are all wear items, and at 196K miles, I can't fault BMW..
And like you said, anyway you slice it, its alot cheaper than a new car payment.. As long as nothing major goes wrong 100 miles later (knocking on wood). But that's always the gamble with keeping an older vehicle going, even a good one..
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