Hello and thank you for taking my question.
I have put an eye-watering amount of money into a 2008 Dodge Caliber (complete suspension system was a safety hazard and the tires have been changed) with 146,000 miles on it. It now has a new issue that it needs a new fuel injector and o-rings. The reason why I kept it alive for so long is because I wanted to have a clunker because my job location wears my cars out (lots of dust and potholes). I also wanted to avoid buying another car (which I eventually did) because the car buying process is not great.
Now the car is sitting in my lot. I'm not sure what the best thing to do is - do I try to sell it to someone in the condition that it's in? Do I try to sell the parts? Do I take off the tires and try to sell them? Do I completely scrap it? Is the job repair it needs small enough that I can do on my own?
Please help!
Fuel injectors and O-rings don't sound too bad but that car is a junker. If you can get it running I'd do so and get what you can for it. Otherwise it's parts or scrap.
Sorry to say but in my experience those cars were pure crap. if you can fix it enough to drive it, you may want to consider selling it for whatever you can get for it or donating it to a charity for the tax break.
