# Will a Chevy Malibu require unforeseen repair costs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 13, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/will-a-chevy-malibu-require-unforeseen-repair-costs/77972 "2013-03-13T11:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coco\_Beans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Coco\_Beans](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Coco_Beans)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/will-a-chevy-malibu-require-unforeseen-repair-costs/77972/21 "2013-04-01T11:25:09Z")
I just want to thank everyone who’s actually contributed advice to my questions and concerns. I appreciate some of your concerns and advice to my situation but I’m not stupid or blind, I won’t naively buy a vehicle I don’t know anything about (hence the 3 months it’s taken me to make a decision). I’ve looked at many cars and many SUV’s, I’ve done a lot of research on repair costs and upkeep; I’ve also crunched my numbers and decided what I could afford and what I couldn’t. With the money I’ve saved up, got from the settlement, and from my taxes, I’ve figured out my final number to spend. The amount of $ I spend in gas already (mom’s huge truck is a gas hog) won’t be changing if I get an SUV and the pluses of having one out way the concern for gas usage. Therefore I have decided to get an SUV, unless I happen upon a small car in the meantime, I can actually make a lil $ driving the carpool for my friends kids, which would help with gas $ and some. In the morning I am going to test drive a white Nissan Xterra. It’s exactly within my price range and probably less. But b/c of the weekend I haven’t been able to get any info other than a price. I’ll find out in the morning! [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/will-a-chevy-malibu-require-unforeseen-repair-costs/77972.md?page=1)