I have a 2003 gmc savna that I bought to turn into a camper van for summer adventures. When I bought it I knew the transmission was bad and needed to be replaced, which the previous owner had a new (used) transmission in the back as well as a new alternator and water pump. I had it towed to a mechanic in the city I bought it in (1.5 hours away from me) and they keep finding more things wrong with it to the tune of 5k+ to get it running. I paid 2.5k for the van. Issues: rear brakes aren’t good, brake cable isn’t good, rear shocks are leaking, leaky rack and pinion, bad seals, battery, upfront ujoint, misfire cylinder 7/8, bad transmission, bad torque converter, and suspected bad fuel injectors and water pump. Do I call the junkyard and pay off the 1.1k I’m in already for the mechanic? I can’t tow it my city as I can’t store it anywhere and bought it when I had money and space. I have seen no paperwork, just told over the phone this is what they found and found more today after they were going to try to test drive but had barriers. I have not talked to the mechanic face to face, only over the phone. I am a young dumb girl who got star struck by a dream and found a money pit
I had a similar experience with a '94 Geo Metro.
Ended up just selling it to the scrap yard.
Lost money was lost. I called it a “stupid tax” - as in, a tax for being stupid enough to try to save a broken down has been with a seized engine… which i got because I was poor and couldn’t afford anything better. Stupid.Is it rusty? Honestly I’d say keep going with it if it isn’t rusty. Like frame rot rust.
I’d dump it if you can’t do any work yourself.
Peddle.com will give you something
I’m Canadian 🙃 we don’t get cool things