# New transmission

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-transmission/51386>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** suzuki, samurai\
**Created:** [July 6, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-transmission/51386 "2010-07-06T20:20:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![amsmsm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/57b2e6/32.png) [@amsmsm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/amsmsm)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-transmission/51386/1 "2010-07-06T20:20:08Z")

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Is it worth putting a $1400 transmission in a 2002 Suzuki station wagon with 140,000 miles?

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**Author:** ![realbinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@realbinky](https://community.cartalk.com/u/realbinky)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-transmission/51386/2 "2010-07-06T20:45:20Z")

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Samurai or wagon? Samurai was a tiny SUV, never a wagon. You tell us if it is worth it, how is the rest of the car?

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**Author:** ![Jeffmw05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@Jeffmw05](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeffmw05)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-transmission/51386/3 "2010-07-07T00:36:56Z")

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In accounting a repair like this adds on to the life of the machinery, and isn’t treated like an expense. These are called “extraordinary repairs.”

It’s either 1.4k for a new trans or 10 - 20k for a new car.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-transmission/51386/4 "2010-07-07T00:51:59Z")

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Probably only if you’re planning on driving it for a long while longer. This is a pretty quickly depreciating vehicle and so in terms of resale value, recoving the cost of the repair is probably a toss up. But it’s also a perfectly nice car with a known history, so if it’s in otherwise good condition and you want to keep it, go for it.