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Have you seen the prices of new cars lately?

It's like getting a second mortgage.

Even used cars are selling for more than they cost new a few years ago.


That's why I'm obsessed with making my current vehicle last as long as humanly possible.


Most people think "maintenance" just means changing the oil every 5,000 miles. Haha That's a joke. I am talking like rebuilding the engine, transmissions, and drive train. Replacing rusted body panels, and welding up and reinforcing rotted out frames.

At the farm we have made vehicles last past 50 years and over a million miles

Why make payments on new, buy junk and rebuild it at a 3rd of the cost of new. You got a bent frame! Fixable! You have a Rotten rusted out frame! Fixable! Blown engine or transmissions! Same Fixable!

Nothing is it fixable unless it looks like this


When it looks like this. Then it's too far gone to save
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That's what I did with my last car, aka Lola. She was a 2011 kia sportage and I made her last for 180k miles. She was good to me, but bad breaks with a bad parking light and bad sparkplugs forced me to get rid of her. Miss her everyday 😭😭😭
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@GohantheThird New brakes all around (if you do them yourself) 800 - 1000 dollars USD, Spark plugs 30 bucks, Parking Light, (simple fix unplug the light🤣)
@HumanEarth That's what I said, but ultimately I just decided it was easier to let her go 😭😭😭
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Our snow plow truck is a 1974 Chevy square body Chevy with a inline 6 and still running on points

@HumanEarth gorgeous!