Opinion: Fix or Sell?
03-14-2013, 06:34 AM
#21
Former Powerstroker
03-15-2013, 03:50 AM
#22
Mugicinal Engineer
No - I love paying $2,000 a month to those greedy scumbags at kaiser for health insurance that hardly gets use...
Health care should not be a for profit industry. But we got to keep corporate welfare alive and spend a trillion dollars a year for a bloated defense complex. For what we've spent on Iraq and Afganistan we could have paid for public healthcare and rebuilt every road and bridge in America... Which would you rather have? A strong infrastructure and free healthcare or a increasing hate for our country, dead soldiers and obscenely rich defense contractors?
Health care should not be a for profit industry. But we got to keep corporate welfare alive and spend a trillion dollars a year for a bloated defense complex. For what we've spent on Iraq and Afganistan we could have paid for public healthcare and rebuilt every road and bridge in America... Which would you rather have? A strong infrastructure and free healthcare or a increasing hate for our country, dead soldiers and obscenely rich defense contractors?
Last edited by Stone Roots; 03-15-2013 at 03:55 AM.
03-15-2013, 03:56 AM
#23
Mugicinal Engineer
Actually many already do because you can buy generic brand pharmaceuticals in Mexico far cheaper since most low income families can't afford the extremely high cost of health coverage.
03-15-2013, 04:05 AM
#24
Hell yeah I want government healthcare. We are the only industrialized country without it and the US consistently ranks lower in all health indicators. The "healthy people" report (goals) congress puts out every 4 years is a joke. We never meet the goals.
Now if the damn insurance company's don't get to write the program (Medicare part D). It will be a positive direction.
A community is only as healthy as its weakest members. ERs will stop being used as clinics and bankrupted family's will drop.
Sorry rant over.
Now if the damn insurance company's don't get to write the program (Medicare part D). It will be a positive direction.
A community is only as healthy as its weakest members. ERs will stop being used as clinics and bankrupted family's will drop.
Sorry rant over.
03-15-2013, 07:49 AM
#26
Former Powerstroker
And by the way, most of the reform was a good thing. Its just the free insurance part. Guess now in the us our new transmissions will be 6 grand too.
03-15-2013, 09:01 AM
#27
03-15-2013, 09:02 AM
#28
Former Powerstroker
03-15-2013, 05:28 PM
#29
So... Back on topic. I'm in a very similar situation as the OP only my truck has about 60K fewer miles on it, and I'm still on the original engine.
I've already forked out quite a bit on necessities like U-joints and rotors (which are brutal at the register for 7-luggers, and the cheap[er] ones don't last), and aside from the surprises like the starter, the radiator, and the coil-packs, I too am in need of a trans rebuild - along with ball-joints, tie rod ends, & new shocks, and the front pinion seal is leaking, and might as well do the bearing, right? ...that's only a $150 part, but while I'm spending the $, and the pumpkin's open for the labor anyway, I might as well get the limited-slip unit rebuilt, and since the axles are out, new seals & bearings there @ $70x4, and then I'll have a little money for fun stuff ...maybe. It's pretty tough to think about brand-loyalty when $10K can get you a pretty sweet used Hemi, and you've got that much in catching-up to do with your Ford.
This stuff adds up quick, but I'm convinced that if I just keep at it, I'll have a reliable & good-looking effie. In the mean-time, I've put the little trim pieces on hold, and I'm looking for deals on hub upgrade parts, and fixing what I can, and saving money for a down payment in case I can't.
The cheapest way I know to get a rebuilt trans into my F150 is to pull the trans myself, buy the torque converter & rebuild kit, and call around the transmission shops and see who will do a "bench-rebuild" for cheap & honor a warranty on it. It's only ~6 hours of labor to R&R the transmission, and around here a bench-rebuild runs about $400, so including good quality parts & all, I can have mine done for under $1,500 if I can work the system just right.
Brutal truth: You can pay $X/month to finance a newer truck or pay $X/month maintaining yours (unfortunately, I'm stuck doing both, but...) that belongs to you. There is hardly any money in the truck the way it sits. If you enjoy it, then continue to fix it & enjoy yourself; like I said, I'm convinced that one day I'll have a pretty nice F150 if all goes well. Aftermarket upgrades = total loss when sold on the vehicle as a whole. Most folks are like me & want a vehicle as close to stock as possible so it can be modded it to suit personal flavor. If you want to get the most money out of your truck, you'll need to part it out. ...and uh, those are leather seats you got there, huh?
P.S. Obama-care does suck.
I've already forked out quite a bit on necessities like U-joints and rotors (which are brutal at the register for 7-luggers, and the cheap[er] ones don't last), and aside from the surprises like the starter, the radiator, and the coil-packs, I too am in need of a trans rebuild - along with ball-joints, tie rod ends, & new shocks, and the front pinion seal is leaking, and might as well do the bearing, right? ...that's only a $150 part, but while I'm spending the $, and the pumpkin's open for the labor anyway, I might as well get the limited-slip unit rebuilt, and since the axles are out, new seals & bearings there @ $70x4, and then I'll have a little money for fun stuff ...maybe. It's pretty tough to think about brand-loyalty when $10K can get you a pretty sweet used Hemi, and you've got that much in catching-up to do with your Ford.
This stuff adds up quick, but I'm convinced that if I just keep at it, I'll have a reliable & good-looking effie. In the mean-time, I've put the little trim pieces on hold, and I'm looking for deals on hub upgrade parts, and fixing what I can, and saving money for a down payment in case I can't.
The cheapest way I know to get a rebuilt trans into my F150 is to pull the trans myself, buy the torque converter & rebuild kit, and call around the transmission shops and see who will do a "bench-rebuild" for cheap & honor a warranty on it. It's only ~6 hours of labor to R&R the transmission, and around here a bench-rebuild runs about $400, so including good quality parts & all, I can have mine done for under $1,500 if I can work the system just right.
Brutal truth: You can pay $X/month to finance a newer truck or pay $X/month maintaining yours (unfortunately, I'm stuck doing both, but...) that belongs to you. There is hardly any money in the truck the way it sits. If you enjoy it, then continue to fix it & enjoy yourself; like I said, I'm convinced that one day I'll have a pretty nice F150 if all goes well. Aftermarket upgrades = total loss when sold on the vehicle as a whole. Most folks are like me & want a vehicle as close to stock as possible so it can be modded it to suit personal flavor. If you want to get the most money out of your truck, you'll need to part it out. ...and uh, those are leather seats you got there, huh?
P.S. Obama-care does suck.
03-15-2013, 06:49 PM
#30
You US guys dont understand how low these trucks are worth up here,I dont know OP's financial situation but if it were me I'd trade it in.Im currently looking for a full 4 door truck and looking at all the offerings from Ford,Dodge,GM and Honda (yes im not a brand loyalist)My truck is near showroom condition with under 100,000kms and im having a hard time swallowing what the values of these truck are,weather it be a fully jammed XTR or an STX.Only reason im even thinking of selling is because I have 2 car seats in my truck and the split doors and interior space isnt working for me anymore.
His 04 at most is probably worth 6 grand tops and to throw another $4000 into a 9 yr old truck isnt worth it IMO
Most places are offering me between $10-12 for my 08!
His 04 at most is probably worth 6 grand tops and to throw another $4000 into a 9 yr old truck isnt worth it IMO
Most places are offering me between $10-12 for my 08!