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240 in crisis 200

posted by  3peat on  Sun Mar 3 12:00 CST 2013
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Unless your grandson has had one of these vehicles before, I believe it will always be seen as a money pit to him. On one hand, these cars can be very expensive to repair. On the other hand, it you can keep up with the maintenance, they will literally run forever.

Via the Magliotti brothers (of Click & Clack, "Car Talk" fame), the yearly national average on used car repairs is $1,500. Whether it is this vehicle, or the Miata, those will always be the facts with either one. In fact, the Volvo will be higher as it is a higher end vehicle.

After 13 years and 242K put on my particular '90 245, my average costs are as such:
- first 6 years, $1,900 in average maintenance costs
- second 7 years, $2,200 in average maintenance costs.

This is all via an outside mechanic as well, which is drastically more expensive than doing the work myself.

Including the $4K cost to purchase the vehicle 13 years ago, my cost per mile on the vehicle presently is at .13 a mile. That's a hard figure to beat.


1990 245 w/363K






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