Hey Scotty, so i ship with the army soon and I recently bought an 2000 s-10 gmc jimmy with a 4.3l v6 vortex and 4wd, it also has 190000 miles I bought it for 1900, besides needing new brake pads I’ve had cheap fixes and my hood and drivers door need to be realigned . I was curious if I should make it a project car or if u should just scrap it entirely? My brother in law a mechanic has looked it over also and said i could fix it up if I’d like.
If it runs and drives and it's not rotted out with rust, why not? Don't get carried away, it's not going to be a collector's item, but that little Jimmy is built much better than any consumer grade GM vehicle nowadays. Don't scrap a car if it drives fine and is only cosmetically deficient. Beaters with heaters are ALWAYS worth something.
beaters with heaters 😆 so true
My Ranger's my beater with a heater, now it's a fancier beater with a heater and A/C after my repair job. Haha.
should just scrap it entirely?
No way.
You got it for next to nothing. Those were good vehicles.
As long as the engine & tranny are strong, and it doesn't need major work then I would keep it.
I mean if it works and runs why would you scrap it? That vehicle is anyways better than all the junk that GM makes now.
What you might want to do, since used truck prices are at an all-time high - have your brother in law fix it up and sell it while you're deployed. Then, when you're back, take those bucks and put that money into a daily driver or a project car that strikes your fancy.
There's no percentage in letting a car sit, deteriorate and depreciate, paying for insurance and license fees.
Yes, this.