-=> Quoting Don Dellmann to Peg Dietrich <=-
 DD> My personal opinion would be to keep it as long as it runs well and
 DD> everything works.  Continue with routine maintainance, normal repairs
 DD> (brakes, exhaust, tune-ups etc.).  At 100,000 miles, I would say
 DD> anything that comes up that's less than three or four hundred dollars,
 DD> keep going.  If you get something major (i.e. transmission failure),
 DD> scrap it and walk away, you've gotten your money's worth out of it.
 Hello Peg,
 Don has a good outlook on this dilemma.  I "budget" $1000 a year for 
 maintenance on my "beater".  It's an 89 Dodge Shadow with 140,000 on
 it.  Last year (97) it ate a power steering rack and a head gasket which
 took care of it's budget.  As I've kept the car up (wife was the first
 owner) it's worth it to maintain the car and keep it.
 We considered selling the Dodge when we bought a new car in '96.  I 
 figured that with 108,000 a used Dodge isn't worth that much, so we
 kept it as a third car.  We dropped the insurance back to a limited
 collision policy and let my Mustang sit in the garage.  I got a discount
 on my Mustang insurance, as it became a "leisure" vehicle.  So it
 costs *very* little extra to have the Dodge on the road. 
 You and your husband might want to consider this option: Keep the Capri 
 until something major blows up (give it a reasonable budget) and
 let one of your newer cars "take a break".  The third car is also
 a blessing when both of you work and one car is in the shop.
 
                          Regards, 
                        Craig Klingel
... "Hey, my butt is getting wet..."-- T-Top Owners Everywhere
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