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I just saw a chart about how much the average person spends on car repairs after 100,000 miles and my jaw dropped
I was reading a report from a consumer group last week, and it said the average cost for major repairs on a car that's crossed the 100k mile mark is around $2,500 a year. I found it on their website while looking up something for my own truck. That number really got to me because the popular advice is always 'drive it until the wheels fall off' to save money. But looking at that stat, plus my own experience with my crew's vans needing new transmissions and suspension work right around that mileage, I'm starting to think that advice is wrong for a lot of people. It's not just about the repair bill, it's the downtime and stress when your only way to get to work or the store is suddenly in the shop for a week. Has anyone else crunched the numbers and decided it was actually smarter to trade in before hitting that high mileage mark?
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nguyen.lily2mo ago
Wow, I totally bought into that "drive it forever" idea too. But seeing that number and remembering my own repair headaches makes it seem like a trap. Maybe trading up before the big bills hit is the real money move.
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jennifer8332mo ago
Right? The repair bills sneak up on you.
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karen_sanchez492mo ago
So how do you even know when it's time to trade it in before the big stuff breaks?
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