Advice: Replace A/C vs buying another honda?

[ecogabriel]

In short, private party seller or auction, not retail or KBB bs. On that topic, I find that edmunds dot com is much more realistic for stating values, at least in this area anyway.

KBB seems grossly overpriced, Edmunds seems just right

[ecogabriel]

this is a great point that I completely neglected. ty.

somewhat of a W-A-Guess. but here's what's keeping me from saying 5+ years, 280k miles...
- pretty much any wreck will total it...my fault or not...if the damage is something other than paint and dented panels and has to be fixed to drive the car, the insurance payout leaves you hanging. this happened to my first honda (91 accord) a few years ago.
- its 25 yr old car, more stuff will have to be replaced...motor mounts, suspension, wheel or axle problems and I'm facing another tough decision...because I don't have the time to work on it myself.

True, any wreck would mean totalling, but not every wreck would actually DESTROY the car. If it were for that, my Civic would have been a goner 3 years ago when my wife was rear-ended. I got as much money from the insurance as I could manage, and fixed it - not as well as I would have liked it but good enough for the trunk to close right. Car still running beautifully, getting close to 40mpg highway.

Well maintained, those cars are close to indestructible except for the occasional idiot in your way, or the occasional idiot behind the wheel driving it to the ground.

Want to know how well the engine is? Perform an OIL analysis,

http://www.blackstone-labs.com/?gcli...Fc-a7QodyzUt0Q

[MessyHonda]

keep the car you dont have to pay.