[Shotimes] To junk or not to junk?

[Ron Nottingham]

Owned the car for 8 years, and needs everything? Sounds like you didn't keep
the car up. Seriously, if you put all the money in the car it needs to bring
it back, you will never recoup your expenditures. The SHO will always have a
low resale. On the plus side, however, you do know what is wrong with your
SHO, and if you can do most of the repairs yourself, it could save you allot
of $$$. Buying a used car is a gamble, unless you buy one with a very well
documented service history (preferably from a reputable dealer or garage).
Remember, when buying a used car, you are buying someone else's problems.
Nobody goes out to their old car, puts a couple hundred to a couple grand
into it only to trade it in.

Ron N. - Dalton, GA
90 SHO
89 325i
"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <SyckoJayy@aol.com>


> Hello all,
>       I own a 93 red atx which I love to death but its falling apart.  The
transmission is on its way out, I need struts all the way around, both
quarters are rusted out along with a spot on the trunk, the car has 129k on
it and the engine prob has about 60k on it(it as a salvage engine) and it
has a valve or head gasket leak along with a noisy power steering pump,
Also it takes me about 5 months for my front rotors to warp.  I need tires
all the way around.  Thats the bad and heres the good.  The engine does not
smoke at all and runs very strong the red paint is still very bright and I
love the car, I have owned it for 8 years.  My question is.....is the car
worth fixing?  As it looks now it's gonna be about 3k-4k to fix to restore
to its previous luster.  I have been looking at a 95 mtx supercoupe for
about $6500 and that has 65k on it and is in excellent condition.  My
question is what would you do in my position?  I am going away to school in
the summer and I need a goo!
> d car I can just pay cash for and be done with it.
> thank you in advance