Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 13:32     Subject: invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
$6500 is about 1 year of car loan payments. If you can get a year out of it and still have a van to sell, you are ahead.

I would shop around on the repair costs, that sounds high.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 13:25     Subject: Re:invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get a second opinion from a reputable mechanic. $6500k sounds fishy.

-Signed Fellow Honda Owner


It’s probably the dealer dealer trying to rip them off.
You don’t take your van in for service at Honda do you??? Mistake.


+1. We took our BMW to the dealer recently and were told we needed $2200 in repairs. Took it to an independent mechanic and were told we only needed an oil change.


.....because you own a bmw....
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 11:14     Subject: Re:invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
Anonymous wrote:I would not invest that much money in a used car. I would buy a three year old used car coming off lease from a reputable dealer ideally certified pre-owned with 25,000 miles or less. You will pay about 60% of a new car price.


Yes, this. I would never buy a new car.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 11:01     Subject: invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
OP - you can't be that gullible. Think about it... This is a win-win situation for the dealer. Either they rip you off with repair or they will sell you a brand new car. Oh, by the way, they also make money off your trade-in car.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 09:08     Subject: invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
You are getting ripped off. Get it checked by an independent shop with good reviews.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 08:38     Subject: invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
Anonymous wrote:At 100K, there are some big maintenance items, such as timing belt (or at least there used to be). But, I bet, they are looking double billing for labor. Basically, the same disassembly and reassembly is required for different problems. They look it up in the book, and treat it as independent items. But, in reality, they will do them together, and pocket the difference.

Find a good reputable mechanic. We had a 4K estimate on a 2011 subaru that, after finding a new place, dropped to 1.5K.


We just had our 2010 Honda Odyssey timing belt done at a local mechanic and it was about $650?
Other than that we had to change our an air conditioning relay which was 20 bucks.

Never go to the dealer
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 08:32     Subject: Re:invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
Anonymous wrote:I would not invest that much money in a used car. I would buy a three year old used car coming off lease from a reputable dealer ideally certified pre-owned with 25,000 miles or less. You will pay about 60% of a new car price.


For a Honda this is totally false. You will pay 95% of the new price for this.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 08:28     Subject: invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You should find a new mechanic.


X2. A 6 year old Honda shouldn't need anywhere near that amount of work.


+1. We have a 2002 Honda Oddessy and doesn’t need that kind of work.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 07:47     Subject: Re:invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Get a second opinion from a reputable mechanic. $6500k sounds fishy.

-Signed Fellow Honda Owner


It’s probably the dealer dealer trying to rip them off.
You don’t take your van in for service at Honda do you??? Mistake.


+1. We took our BMW to the dealer recently and were told we needed $2200 in repairs. Took it to an independent mechanic and were told we only needed an oil change.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 07:41     Subject: invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
Anonymous wrote:At 100K, there are some big maintenance items, such as timing belt (or at least there used to be). But, I bet, they are looking double billing for labor. Basically, the same disassembly and reassembly is required for different problems. They look it up in the book, and treat it as independent items. But, in reality, they will do them together, and pocket the difference.

Find a good reputable mechanic. We had a 4K estimate on a 2011 subaru that, after finding a new place, dropped to 1.5K.


Thank you for this info. I'd never thought about why those dealer bill estimates were often higher than our local repair shop that's done great work for us for 15 years.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 07:39     Subject: Re:invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
Anonymous wrote:I would not invest that much money in a used car. I would buy a three year old used car coming off lease from a reputable dealer ideally certified pre-owned with 25,000 miles or less. You will pay about 60% of a new car price.


+1 but I'd make sure it was a "no smoking car"---no lingering odors that they tried to cover up.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 07:37     Subject: invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
At 100K, there are some big maintenance items, such as timing belt (or at least there used to be). But, I bet, they are looking double billing for labor. Basically, the same disassembly and reassembly is required for different problems. They look it up in the book, and treat it as independent items. But, in reality, they will do them together, and pocket the difference.

Find a good reputable mechanic. We had a 4K estimate on a 2011 subaru that, after finding a new place, dropped to 1.5K.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 07:08     Subject: Re:invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
Anonymous wrote:Get a second opinion from a reputable mechanic. $6500k sounds fishy.

-Signed Fellow Honda Owner


It’s probably the dealer dealer trying to rip them off.
You don’t take your van in for service at Honda do you??? Mistake.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 06:56     Subject: invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
My 2004 Honda has never had more than a few hundred dollars of repairs a year. Get a second opinion for sure.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2017 06:22     Subject: Re:invest $6K in a 2011 Odyssey for maintenance or buy a new one?
Get a second opinion from a reputable mechanic. $6500k sounds fishy.

-Signed Fellow Honda Owner