Keep and fix? Bash and trash?

[AndyA6]

Easy...do you like the car??????? You keep the car you do the repairs and have fun. O'wise......

[WhipE350]

Eltren, if you do decide to fix'er up and don't mind putting used shocks on let me know, I have ones I took off at 53k miles. The fronts are already off and boxed up and ready to ship. I'm changing mine cause my roads are bad, I just got the car in Nov and because I just felt like changing them, I also enjoy working on the car. From tests I did on the used front ones they seem to have a ton of life left. The rears are coming off shortly and if ok I'd like get them to somebody also. I originally posted them for $60 plus shipping but really if I can help someone out and your roads are descent heck you can have'em for shipping.

I did the front pretty easy but had to be creative. The rear should be harder. I think a shadetree can do them .

Oh they came off a 2000 'S', I think that is a match.

[thstone]

Dude, keep it! For less than $1,500 you can fix it up good as new and have a $50,000 sports car for a tad over $10K.

[Jaxonalden]

DUDE! The car is 11 years old with only 68K on the clock, that's an average of just over 6k a year...sounds like a good deal, low use car. The items you mentioned are normal wear and tear items, get 'em fixed and enjoy the car.

P.S. Eltren, you might want to get another mechanic if he told you the car needs plug wires. Our cars run individual coil packs on each cylinder, no wires.

[Dale_K]

Put some tires on it. My 100k mile 2000 S that I bought a couple months ago would shake the wheel a little at highway speeds. One of the fronts was cupped. New tires make a big difference and don't cost very much.

[blue2000s]

I agree with Jaxonalden, find a different mechanic. Aside from the plug wire comment, he's giving you bad advice.

[demick]

When a mechanic tells you it's time to get a new car because it needs struts and plugs, it's time to find a new mechanic. Those are just regular maintenance items. Next he might tell you to sell the car rather than investing in 9 qts of synthetic for an oil change.