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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MikeyEl" data-source="post: 842649" data-attributes="member: 12238">All of this is true and i know the clutch should only be around 600, but like i said if it's more than the clutch, if i really messed something up in the tranny or engine or something I just don't see it being worth putting into a car that still needs body and paint work done. I don't have a suitable garage, equipment or experience for DIY painting or body work and i hear laser red is an expensive color so im figuring at least 2k for that as the gran prix was 1500 for paint and very minor body work. I'm just thinking that at a certain point money wise it's going to be smarter to look for a new car that doesn't still need me to dump money in for that stuff. While i see the point that a new to me car would have hidden problems i'm sure this car still has some problems just waiting for me to fix one so another costly one can pop up. It's been like that since i got the car and i really didn't mind because it gave me the chance to learn how to do the things myself that could be accomplished in my driveway, but the problems got more costly and the car had more time parked for each one as they came, which was fine because i had a back up car but like i said that car won't be here for much longer and i can't have a car that is down for more time and needs more money each month like this car has been. Looking at it's patterns i just think if it gets expensive on this repair with the pattern this car has had it'd be time to move on. Without the discounted parts my moms fiance used to get i see this car becoming a money pit. It's already needed a mass airflow, water pump, serpentine belt, a pulley that was a bitch to get (ford wanted to sell me a $200+ assembly if i recall correctly), a distributor, brake lines, and brakes. Without the cheap parts, extra car, and him teaching me how to do most of those in our driveway it would've cost me at least double what i've put into it and i would've been without a car to get to school and work. While i know just as much can go wrong with another car something tells me more will go wrong with this one in the future. But buying a new car would only come into serious thought if this gets really expensive to fix this time.So let me ask what price would be too expensive to fix a car you paid $1500 for that still needs laser red paint and body work?</blockquote>