Thread: When does a car become hassle than its worth?

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Finish your apprenticeship and you will have free wheels for life.
I know it won’t help in the short term but hopefully it gives you something to look forward to.

Originally Posted by Lore

I agree with @Nibblet

If you don't need it everyday to get you from A to B then you're not under the pump to fix it overnight. Spend an evening on youtube and figure out what you need, order the parts and buy the tools. Remember that almost everything on an old vehicle is bolting and unbolting things and it's easy. Righty loosey, lefty tighty.

The main expense will probably be the tools and the time spent getting the knowledge but if you invest in them, instead of paying someone to do the work for you, they'll last your lifetime.

I'm with these guys. I like the old mid 90`s stuff and earlier stuff. Easy to work on and you have to 'drive' them. I have couple of old subbies at home and just love maintaining them. Give everything a good cooling system flush and full lube and check over. After that the just run, and run, and run. 400,000km is nothing for those engines if looked after. Everything is fairly easy. If you don't know how to do it when you start you know when you're finished.