When do you dump a car

[attrapereves]

When do you sell a car?

I'll sell a car early if it's already having major problems and the warranty hasn't expired.

If it's been reliable during warranty, but starts having more problems and the bills are more than the value of the car, I'll sell.

Sometimes I get bored. In this case, I'll sell.

My old Mercedes started having problems, more than what the car was worth. I sold it.

 

[Natesriv]

I traded in my 96 Riviera for the Sonic. It needed power steering pump & rack. And upper intake manifold gasket... I'd had her for 8 years so I was ready for something new...But I miss it now.

I had an Si I still owed about $3600 on and sold it back to Carmax for $5k... just got bored with it.

I had a Pontiac Sunbird Turbo GT which if it would have NOT been a POS I might have kept longer. But it literally had it's last breath as I pulled into the dealer lot to trade it for my 95 Contour (almost as bad a POS as the Sunbird as far as reliability)

The Sonic so far has been pretty reliable..not 100% but has never left me stranded. I've 3.5 years left of payments...I'm not sure I'll make it that long...there's always another new car to be had!

 

[sonic_braaappp]

i just sold my cobalt ss and got the sonic rs, but it wasn't because of anything like that. cobalt was approaching 9 years old, sitting at 103,xxx miles, daily driven racecar that pissed a lot of people off. i've put more time and money into that car than what most people would, and i hated to sell it. My brother desperately needed a car, but doesnt have the credit to take out a loan for one, so i sold him the cobalt for payoff ($5300) and he's making payments to me. car is still in my name until he pays it off, JUST in case he tries anything funny between here and now. granted, i doubt he will because he's my brother, but i handle business transactions the same no matter who it is. but since he took over the payments, i took the opportunity to get something brand new with a warranty, and to get me out of the fast lane for a bit lol. thats why i sold my car. still runs like a champ though

 

[xsonicLTZx]

Had my 92 Prelude Si up till I got my first sonic, which was 2 years ago...my Honda had over 300k and 2 motors...it was 20 years old ran strong but the little issues started to add up more and more, spent more time fixing it and lost interest...still love that car ;-p

 

[ahtoxa]

I mainly sell cars because I get bored with them. I have car ADD.

 

[Jcordo93]

I usually only sell if I get bored with it as well. I try not to sale any of my old cars.

 

[rdss]

Why wouldn't you use the same thread you created on a very similar topic?

http://www.sonicownersforum.com/forum/off-topic-lounge/14844-how-long-do-you-keep-cars.html