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Ask your neighbors what vehicles they drive, and then get their repair, finance, and depreciation costs. -share this info with your family, and then keep the 240. 200

posted by  FitzFitzgerald on  Tue Jul 6 16:44 CST 2004
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I'm with Evan on this one. My brother recently bought a "gently" used Dodge Caravan from a friend of the family (who was tired of it and the warranty is now expired). So far, the transmission has been changed 5 times (most of them under warranty) and replaced each time with a new tranny. I'm hoping and praying that the existing unit will keep going save my brother some serious headaches and $$$, but I'm not expecting it to. Maybe I'm not as current on disposable technology as I should be, but I thought transmissions were supposed to last more than 20,000 miles...

As far as $$$ per mile, I doubt you will find a more cost effecient vehicle to own than the existing 240 that you have. Assuming that you're not behind in your service schedule, you've got a lot of healthy and safe miles ahead of you. The resale value of the vehicle is worth about one moderate/$$$ trip to the dealership for repairs on a newer vehicle (that's out of warranty).

God bless,
Fitz Fitzgerald.
--
'87 Blue 240 Wagon, 241k miles.






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