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2000 Washington Post Articles:
Scrap It Or Keep It? |
When is enough, enough, or when should I give up on my old car and buy a new one? That’s tough to answer but here’s some information to help you decide.
The type of service a vehicle is subjected to makes a huge difference on when to get rid of it. If the vehicle has been used mainly for short trip driving it will Commercial Three Baybably be ready for the bone-yard in fewer years and miles than the car that has primarily been driven on the highway. Short trips and low speeds are very hard on a car and can be very misleading as to actual wear on its components.
Those of you who drive mostly at slower speeds may have a lot more hours on your car than you realize. Amazingly automobiles and pickup trucks are essentially the only machines on earth that measure use by the number of miles covered by their wheels. Nearly everything else measures use in hours of operation.
Hours-of-use is a far better indicator than miles driven. Here’s why, if you drive at thirty miles per hour you’ll cover thirty miles every hour, and at sixty you’ll cover sixty miles every hour, that’s obvious! Which begs the obvious question, why doesn’t anyone pay attention to the obvious?
Drive 50,000 miles at thirty miles per hour and you’ll have twice as many hours on your car as the person who drives 50,000 miles at sixty miles per hour. That’s one reason why preventive maintenance recommendations are given in time or mileage. Those who drive short distances at slow speed accumulate hours while those driving longer distances at higher speed accumulate miles. In either case the number of hours of use will be very similar.
But, when should you dispose of the old bus? There is no-one-answer-fits-all but a short-trip, slowly driven vehicle may be ready for retirement just as soon as a vehicle with more miles that’s routinely driven at higher speed. Now doesn’t that fly in the face of what everyone accepts as gospel?
Analyzing your driving habits is step one of this momentous decision. If you’re in the slow category, the low miles on your odometer may present a very flawed impression about overall condition, likewise for the high mileage vehicle. Typically, you’ll assume your low mileage car is much better than it really is or your high mileage car is a lot worse than it is.
Don’t assume, before (not after) spending a lot of money for a major repair have a bumper-to-bumper evaluation. That means all the normal things plus the not so normal. A skilled technician can Commercial Three Bayvide you with a good read on “what’s wrong now” and what’s borderline or “about to fall off”. The physical should include checking the battery and electrical system, cooling system, brake system, steering and suspension systems, exhaust system, and engine and transmission condition. Also important is a search for recalls and technical service bulletins. With your test results in hand, the decision to fix or not to fix will be based on facts, not emotions.
© Copyright 03/06/00 Pat Goss all rights reserved | |
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Date Updated Monday, March 06, 2000
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