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Not trying to stir any pot by bringing up a car question!! But I do need some advice...
Dh and I do not know what to do about The Impending Move. The military will ship one of our cars for free. We are shipping our suburban-- the main family car.
Dh has been driving my dad's old Nissan this year-- we borrowed it when dhs other car (Camry) was in the shop for a while (after an accident) and we thought the insurance company was going to total it. After a month they decided not to total it, so we had 3 cars. We kept the Nissan, which dh drives, and "bought" it for $5, with the understanding that if we were stationed stateside we would buy it, and otherwise return it to him. My dad loves that old Nissan it's like a 1998 stick shift little car. It's amazing. We had to replace a broken axel and it only cost 1200$!!!!! Simple cars are the best. But I digress... Anyway, we will return that car to my dad this summer. So no need to ship it anywhere or sell it.
We kept the Camry as an extra car, for people to use when they visit, and for dd18 to drive if she ever gets licensed.
So my question is about the Camry-- it's a 2002, has 170,000 mi, the A/C doesn't work, but other than that it's a good car. It has some rust and some body damage from one of dhs crashes. (He opted to just knock the dent out himself vs pay $4500 for it to be fixed when the kbb was only $2500).
Should we pay to ship this car to hawaii? It will cost $800-1000 to do that. Or should we attempt to sell it and buy a used car in HI? Craigslist shows a lively market of selling used cars from all the military who are transferred and figure it's a better deal to sell the car vs ship it to the states.
I just don't know what to do...
Do NOT want another car loan right now, as we are just about to pay off the suburban and I'd like to build some cash equity in our "car fund" lol. But I don't want to waste $ shipping a car to HI that will just die as soon as we get there. It could last another 100,000 miles--- but ugh. Car work!!
WWYD?
Dh and I do not know what to do about The Impending Move. The military will ship one of our cars for free. We are shipping our suburban-- the main family car.
Dh has been driving my dad's old Nissan this year-- we borrowed it when dhs other car (Camry) was in the shop for a while (after an accident) and we thought the insurance company was going to total it. After a month they decided not to total it, so we had 3 cars. We kept the Nissan, which dh drives, and "bought" it for $5, with the understanding that if we were stationed stateside we would buy it, and otherwise return it to him. My dad loves that old Nissan it's like a 1998 stick shift little car. It's amazing. We had to replace a broken axel and it only cost 1200$!!!!! Simple cars are the best. But I digress... Anyway, we will return that car to my dad this summer. So no need to ship it anywhere or sell it.
We kept the Camry as an extra car, for people to use when they visit, and for dd18 to drive if she ever gets licensed.
So my question is about the Camry-- it's a 2002, has 170,000 mi, the A/C doesn't work, but other than that it's a good car. It has some rust and some body damage from one of dhs crashes. (He opted to just knock the dent out himself vs pay $4500 for it to be fixed when the kbb was only $2500).
Should we pay to ship this car to hawaii? It will cost $800-1000 to do that. Or should we attempt to sell it and buy a used car in HI? Craigslist shows a lively market of selling used cars from all the military who are transferred and figure it's a better deal to sell the car vs ship it to the states.
I just don't know what to do...
Do NOT want another car loan right now, as we are just about to pay off the suburban and I'd like to build some cash equity in our "car fund" lol. But I don't want to waste $ shipping a car to HI that will just die as soon as we get there. It could last another 100,000 miles--- but ugh. Car work!!
WWYD?
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