So I bought this 2001 Infiniti for $4k, even though it blue booked at around $3,100. Kind of sucked but was extremely well kept, service records etc... I was in a hurry and needed a vehicle after a friend totaled mine. 2 weeks left to finally get nationally registered as a Paramedic and I absolutely needed a reliable vehicle. I did not want a 13MPG vehicle but I needed one now.
As soon as I get on the highway to drive home it starts shaking like mad, felt like I was going to wreck. Take it in, right off the bat $1,200 estimate. Say give me a day or two. Then the fire happens. I cannot lose my only wheels/home for 3 days in a shop so I wait.
Driving up to look for a house check engine light comes on and it feels like it's going to blow up. Barely make it to a shop. $1,200 for some coils, new plugs etc. Had to do it.
Going back down, check engine light again. Take it in, needs new solenoid and some other doodad estimate $350.
All this for a gas hog I didn't want in the first place. Needed it for my paramedic licensing which now due to the fire and relocating I could not complete anyway. 3 years and over $20,000.00 not including gas and side certs of my life wasted. Not only can I not get nationally registered after all the schooling and training, but I find out I don't get the AA degree out of it I was supposed to because I technically didn't finish. Oh yeah, and received the bill of what I still owe them. Not even a single college credit.
Anyway, sorry ranting... So right now i'm $5,200 into a car that blue books for $3,200 max, and it still needs all the other work. What should I do? Scrap it? Complete loss? Who would even buy it for blue book when it needs $1,550 in work still? Do I really go to $6,750 into a car that's worth less than HALF of that?
FML....
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