# Should we repair our 15 year old cars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** oil, repair, brakes\ **Created:** [March 27, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-we-repair-our-15-year-old-cars/84352 "2014-03-27T00:51:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DriverAtLarge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@DriverAtLarge](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DriverAtLarge)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-we-repair-our-15-year-old-cars/84352/21 "2016-12-23T16:50:36Z")
I agree. After age and weather oil leaks are going to happen. If you’re not making any payments on these cars that’s $$ in the bank every month. You’ve got two good makes, an Acura and a Toyota, and they are both built to last 250K at least. The only time I have gotten rid of a car is when it needed catalytic converter and exhaust system repairs that could potentially cost more than what the car was worth. The last car I replaced needed catalytic converter repairs (the car had 3 - did it need just one or all 3? I didn’t even find out. I knew it needed one for sure and that would be at least $500.) Plus it had a bad, slippy steering rack ($800) and needed rear struts ($500). Plus it burned oil like mad. I had to add a quart every 10 days. And the transmission was starting to get slippy. I would keep both those cars. If you maintain them, garage them if possible, and fix things when they break, you’ve got many more years of life in those cars. ---
**Author:** ![mazda\_protege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mazda\_protege](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mazda_protege)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-we-repair-our-15-year-old-cars/84352/22 "2016-12-28T01:56:41Z")
but you have a garage with tools and a hoist right? ---
**Author:** ![mazda\_protege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mazda\_protege](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mazda_protege)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-we-repair-our-15-year-old-cars/84352/23 "2016-12-28T01:59:52Z")
**You guys do know in cuba they are still driving cars from the 1950s right?** ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-we-repair-our-15-year-old-cars/84352/24 "2016-12-28T02:45:10Z")
tydomtestudeer, you do know how old this thread is, right? [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-we-repair-our-15-year-old-cars/84352.md?page=1)