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 Re: Here's one for you-A Dodge 1500
[Re: Devil Horse]
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04/15/15 10:32 PM
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2k seemed high to me but then again i dont know since ive never been a part of a repair like that.
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Re: Here's one for you-A Dodge 1500
[Re: redchevy]
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04/16/15 11:35 AM
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That stinks, but it's the cost of doing business. The repair isn't as expensive as buying a new truck, but he's also still got an 11 year old vehicle. Hate to dump that kind of money into something that isn't worth much more than that. I hear people say stuff like this all the time, but in reality it is almost always cheaper to fix the old one if the goal is simply reliable transportation. To me the only shame is he burned 2k on a head job when he could have likely gotten a full top to bottom rebuilt done for 4k or less and bought a brand new motor for 5. He ended up getting a valve job and a new head gasket for 2k. Agreed, but I was just saying that at some point you reach a level of diminishing returns. In the short run, it's always cheaper to fix the old one. In the long run, it might have been cheaper to get a new (or new-to-you used) truck.
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