What deal should I make with the Shop?

[It_s-Me]

@sandcastle_176492

My car is a Prius 3 2012 150,000mi. My mechanic said the engine is full of carbon, and the cylinder head gasket has failed. Estimated cost of repair is $3,200. Car was worth $5000 at the beginning of the year, then I spent $2,000 repairing several things, and now it will cost $3,200 more to repair it.

@sandcastle_176492

and currently there is another unbilled $4,000 of repairs done to the engine.

@sandcastle_176492

I bought this from a dealership for $10k

You should have quit repairing when you were ahead, you shouldn’t have spent that $3,200 last time.

That $3,200 last time should have been used as a down payment.