What does that mean exactly?
To run a car to the ground.
Our cars are getting old. About a year ago before they both hit the 100k marks we wondered if we should get new cars and trade them in. We decided to run them to the ground.
Now we are paying for repairs that are getting into the hundreds of dollar range. We took the van in about a month ago to replace some timing belts and other stuff so we can run it to the ground. As I was paying for the expensive work; the repairman said,
"Oh yeah, in about a 3-4 months, you will need to bring it back for this, this, and that."Is he trying to make an extra buck, or do we really need to do those repairs to run it to the ground. Now one of the doors is acting fritzy and Tate has removed interior fabric from the van.
The neon needs the same timing belt replacement procedure, which is about half of what it is worth. Now what???
Yet, hundreds of dollars is cheaper than thousands of dollars. Right??? I have no idea. . .Do we wait for the cars to choke out their last breath, with smoke coming out of them. If I knew when they would die, it might making running them to the ground easier.
3 comments:
No buy new cars! Of course I'm not one to talk driving around my 18 year old car, but we can't afford it otherwise we would be at the car lot today.
I loved this post. What does that mean? We keep saying the same thing about our van. But, it is 5 years old, and I am done. Maybe I should vacuum it more, or stop eating in it. Is that actually strawberry? It looks like she is tipping!
Yikes! maybe you could buy a horse and buggy- at least the horse has potential to replace itself after it has been 'run to the ground.' My goal is to keep our cars working for about 10 years.
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