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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had this issue with a 2003 Odyssey.  I opted not to put the $3500 into a car only worth $6000k (had 115k miles on it.) I thought about replacing it, but i put a lot of miles on my car (22k/year) wasn't convinced I wanted to drop that kind of money to have the car another 4y or so.[/quote]

I'm the above poster who put 2500 (rebuilt transmission) into my Acura.  My car was worth about 4500 at the time. However, I did not look at it like you. My alternative was a new car would have cost me 35K...so my decision was 35K or 2,500.  That transmission has gotten me another 120K miles and 6 years, with only a timing belt change and a tire change....so that transmission "saved" me $32,500 and I essentially squeezed another full life out of my car.

Now, it's time for the car to go because frankly I'm sick of it.

There is more "value" in a car than the KBB value, the value is how long will the car last and prevent you from dripping 35K in cash or coughing up a car payment for the next few years of a few hundred dollars a month?

IN that time we've fully gutted our kitchen and basement, which would have been used on a car otherwise.  I love my new Wolf range better than a new car.[/quote]

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