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Originally Posted by Top_Ghia
Today I priced up and engine repair on a large Korean SUV that has overheated and destroyed the engine.
To build an engine with genuine parts (they don’t sell long motors) is around $35,000 for parts alone. Or you can buy a reconditioned engine for $15,000. What do you do? You throw a $20,000 car in the bin, that’s what you do.
This is becoming normal. Once a car is out of warranty it’s on borrowed time. Any major failure or accident and it’s simply not viable to repair it.
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A far cry from the days of getting an exchange long motor fitted to your Holden/Falcon/Valiant 6-cyl for $1,000-$2,000 driveaway, isn't it ?
Dr Terry