Just bought new tires for one of my older cars, and I must say that tires have gone up in price since I bought the last set for that car. The car's older, so I have to take into consideration whether I intend to drive the thing as many miles as the tires supposedly will last. I did a Craig's List search for my car and found that people are listing half the price I paid originally! Last I checked Kelley Blue Book, the expected owner sale was much less. Seriously, who is willing to fork over $ when there's no guarantee the thing will start after a week?
I looked up the "going" price on my other car and its book value is laughable. It's been a dependable car considering that I've had things replaced when they needed done. I had a new computer put in this past fall which means that I'll drive the car until it's DEAD for I'll never re-coup the cost of it and the tires I got a couple years back.
Call me crazy for having three cars, but as long as they are running and a repair is less than a couple months' worth of car payments on a new model, then I'm keeping it.
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