Black_Sunshine
Active LVC Member
Everyone,
I purchased this car from a friend several years ago, and have loved it as a fun, low-cost commuter vehicle. I had another friend who had a car lift that helped me repair the transmission, alternator and other items as they went bad.
Last week, the transmission slipped out of gear and won't go back in. It won't go in either Drive or Reverse. Unfortunately, my friend with the car lift is building a new house, and his lift and other repair tools are in storage. I have no place at my house to drop in a junkyard transmission, and with my son also needing a car, I really don't have the budget to pay for a large transmission rebuild or new transmission install. I do have a newer Nissan truck, so its not critical to have this car. The options I see for myself are as follows:
Option A - donate the car to charity.
Option B - put the car up for sale as un-drivable. What could I get for the car? $500?
Option C - sell the car to a junk yard. What could I get for the car?
Option D - send the car to scrap metal. What could I get for the metal? Would it cover a towing fee?
Option E - Pay a mechanic $1,000 to drop in an $800 junk yard transmission, with no warranty on labor. If the transmission is bad, all I can do is return it.
Option F - pay a mechanic to either do a rebuild on the transmission, or drop in a remanufactured transmission. I see this option as costing well beyond $3,000.
What would you do?
I don't know if its an option to offer the car for sale on this forum, but I'm open to offers if you send me a PM.
I purchased this car from a friend several years ago, and have loved it as a fun, low-cost commuter vehicle. I had another friend who had a car lift that helped me repair the transmission, alternator and other items as they went bad.
Last week, the transmission slipped out of gear and won't go back in. It won't go in either Drive or Reverse. Unfortunately, my friend with the car lift is building a new house, and his lift and other repair tools are in storage. I have no place at my house to drop in a junkyard transmission, and with my son also needing a car, I really don't have the budget to pay for a large transmission rebuild or new transmission install. I do have a newer Nissan truck, so its not critical to have this car. The options I see for myself are as follows:
Option A - donate the car to charity.
Option B - put the car up for sale as un-drivable. What could I get for the car? $500?
Option C - sell the car to a junk yard. What could I get for the car?
Option D - send the car to scrap metal. What could I get for the metal? Would it cover a towing fee?
Option E - Pay a mechanic $1,000 to drop in an $800 junk yard transmission, with no warranty on labor. If the transmission is bad, all I can do is return it.
Option F - pay a mechanic to either do a rebuild on the transmission, or drop in a remanufactured transmission. I see this option as costing well beyond $3,000.
What would you do?
I don't know if its an option to offer the car for sale on this forum, but I'm open to offers if you send me a PM.