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Other Discussion / Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion
« Last post by froggie on Today at 09:35:49 am »It looks like my car-specific alternate user "a3" is done adding TM mileage. I've tracked my travels in my 2015 Audi A3 since I bought it 5 1/2 years ago. It finishes with 6573 TM miles from the 92,000+ miles I put on the car. Its engine failed last week with only 101,000 miles on the car, and it's becoming clear it doesn't make sense to repair (which would require an engine replacement).
Not sure what I'll do next, as I wasn't planning financially for a car replacement any time soon. I hate car loans in any circumstance, but when interest rates are what they are, it's especially unappealing to go much beyond what I could put toward a car from savings.
I ran into a similar problem 2 months ago. Where I was looking at a car 23K miles past warranty and $2500 worth of bushings, bearings, and tie rods (amongst other repairs). A week befire I was supposed to drive to Florida. My wife commented that it “sounds like a car payment to me”.
I drove out of the dealership with a car lease. Didn’t like the idea of a car payment again, but options were few.