New Car or Keep Putting $$$ toward repairs

[Anonymous]

I did a quick google search and apparently, the Pilot can have suspension issues early. Dealers get a bad rap because they’re expensive and sometimes do work proactively or unnecessarily but in my experience, the work itself has been good. Also, they’ll use quality parts. Having said all that, since you’ve already had all the work done, I’d keep your car. You don’t say if there are other non-maintenance issues but I would guess your repairs bought you many more years of use.

I would look at trying to find a good independent auto shop though.

[Anonymous]

What are the additional repairs you are considering at the moment

[Anonymous]

I’m surprised by this. My odyssey is a 2018 and hasn’t even been in the shop once. Only has 70k miles though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised by this. My odyssey is a 2018 and hasn’t even been in the shop once. Only has 70k miles though.

Not even for oil change?

[Anonymous]

Dealer is trying to gaslight you into trading it in so they can make even more money off of you.

My 13 year old Honda with 140k miles that gets regularly driven on gravel roads has needed exactly one of the repairs you listed in its entire lifespan.

[Anonymous]

Once you have to start paying for repairs, I find the repairs never stop. Not only are you pouring money into a car with little value, you’re wasting your time and risking being stranded.

[Anonymous]

For perspective, we have a 2010 Mercedes and have spent about 6k in repairs total and it has 150k miles on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once you have to start paying for repairs, I find the repairs never stop. Not only are you pouring money into a car with little value, you’re wasting your time and risking being stranded.

This has not been my experience at all.

OP keep your car and pay for the repairs. I think a lot of people think you only need to pay for gas in cars no they need upkeep oil changes and sometimes parts replaced. This is not a deal breaker. Think of all the money you're saving on loan interest alone.

Repair the cars.

[Anonymous]

Me thinks you are getting ripped off by dealer

[Anonymous]

You're being taken advantage of.

What are these $6,000 worth of "repairs" on a car that's should be just out of warranty? What did they repair?

You got ripped off.

[Anonymous]

This is surprising since Hondas are typically very reliable vehicles.
In fact that is the core reason that Hondas co$t more than domestic and even Korean counterparts.

What were/are the repairs that you mentioned??

[Anonymous]

You hit something..