Bottom line is you have a 10+ year old vehicle. Maintenance and worn parts come with the territory. These are heavy vehicles that can perform. The stresses on its most basic components get taxed regularly.

I believe that with every vehicle there comes a point where you spend a bunch of money replacing basic elements in hopes of getting another relatively trouble free 80-100k miles.

I just got rid of mine at 100k because I was off extended warranty and felt any trip to the mechanic was going to be $2k to get it back up and running.

Negative equity doesn't help. I am sure you won't make that mistake again. It is a downward spiral.

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