With the economy in complete disarray and people losing jobs or taking jobs that pay less than before makes decision making all the more important. Credit is harder to come by and money in general is ‘tight’ to say the least. Especially for a new car as opposed to a rebuilt transmission.
My experience has taught me that when one has a transmission failure, and you see a rebuilt transmission in your crystal ball, a common reaction, is a knee jerk reaction, “I don’t have the cash to repair this, I think I’ll buy a new car. No down payment, no cash out of my pocket.â€
Unless your car is really old or a complete piece of junk needing many more expensive repairs, I find this type of thinking very ’short termed’. Most likely fixing the car is in your best ‘long term interest’.
What I mean to say is that would you rather buy a new car for $10 grand or $20 grand or $60 grand and be mired in a loan for 5-8 years or spend considerably less and either owe nothing or something like $1500.00 to $3000.00 for a replacement transmission?
FYI..Buying a strangers used car can be the worse thing that ever happened to you, since you never know what is really wrong with it or the problems that are causing the car to be sold.
There are several choices in replacement transmissions available:
#1. Second hand or used transmissions.
#2. A rebuilt transmission, which by the way is the same thing as a remanufactured or reconditioned transmission, contrary to what some rebuilt transmission suppliers say..
My wife and I both drive what is called an ‘older vehicle’. I drive a 1988 GMC 1 ton pickup that is flawless running and looking, I bought it new. My wife drives a 2000 GMC Safari van that we bought new. Why do you think we still own them, one thing is they are payed for and insurance is less expensive for ‘older rides’. But the real success is my undying loyalty to preventative maintenance like changing the ATF using the correct and best ATF synthetic available.
Simply put, I stay on top of every possible maintenance item on the vehicle. This includes cooling system maintenance and most everything on the vehicle including things that have nothing to do with an transmission. Both vehicles are good to go to Alaska tomorrow if need be (3000 miles one way from Florida) because I never put myself in a compromising spot, if I even think there is a problem, it gets looked at and fixed. It is a lot less costly than breaking down on the road and paying a ransom to tow your car to a shop in the middle of nowhere that you never heard of.
The math is simple $2000.00 beats $20000.00 or more any day, that is a no brain-er. You can feel good and very smart that you went to GotTransmissions.com and talked to a rebuilt transmission specialist about solving your transmission problem. We also encourage you to scope the whole GotTransmissions.com Blog for more helpful information.
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