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Originally Posted by Alfisti

Thought you guys may lean this way, i cannot do the work myself so yeah will need to factor in labour costs. I searched long and wide for a boring, reliable vehicle with under 100km on it and you want about $20k for a 1 or 2 owner, clean vehicle about 8 yrs old. It's cheaper to keep her.

I don't see anything on the to do list that would terrify me to be honest. Yes, rusted bolts would be a pain to deal with, but that's not your problem if you're paying for a mechanic anyway (assuming they do book time).

Cars are so expensive now that a Japanese car with 100k+ miles is no longer peanuts (ie sub 10k). I honestly don't see $6k worth of work, unless you want to start dealing with making the car look aesthetically nice again.

So if I were in your shoes, I'd just repair it and drive it to the ground.