Last day Hybrid order, Should I fix my old car?

[BingoDingo]

I have a car in good running order, 2010 VW Jetta Sportwagen with 65k miles, that I was planning to trade in for my Maverick. I ordered a Hybrid XL (360 and hitch) at the last hour before cutt-off in November, so I'm trying to think through the realistic minimum month in which I might get the truck and decide which deferred maintenance tasks to do.

My Wagon needs tires to pass inspection, and the compressor is going bad which is going to kill me in the the hot area where I live. It also has a saggy headliner in the first 1/3 of the car, but it's not saggy enough to cause any real problems yet. Only 1 tire technically fails inspection so do I:

1. Put the spare on to pass inspection ($0)
2. Buy a single used tire to pass inspection ($40)
3. Buy a set of used tires to get by ($250)
4. Buy new tires because at this point it's dangerous with such bald tires ($650)
5. Buy the tires and change the compressor ($1000)
6. Buy the tires, change the compressor, and get the headliner fixed ($1600)

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[Donodo]

My vote is number 6. The 3 issues are relatively inexpensive maintenance and repairs and well worth the money spent on your car.
Additionally, no one is sure when the ordered Maverick will be built and then delivered. Fingers crossed that you have a good dealership that’s not going to jack up the ‘fees’ or markup the price on your order, which apparently they can with no signed order price agreement.

 

[BingoDingo]

My vote is number 6. The 3 issues are relatively inexpensive maintenance and repairs and well worth the money spent on your car.
Additionally, no one is sure when the ordered Maverick will be built and then delivered. Fingers crossed that you have a good dealership that’s not going to jack up the ‘fees’ or markup the price on your order, which apparently they can with no signed order price agreement.

I got it and sent it to them, gotta see if I saved a copy! Oh crap it was on old phone!!

 

[Nomadikhan]

Always keep you a backup. In X years your maverick could be the backup to the next vehicle. Redundancy is a beautiful thing. I kept my 07 Yaris and it’s getting a face lift as well to keep it going another X years.

my daughter is 8 and will learn to drive in 7 years. My backup will help her out more then even I know. In 7 years the maverick will be advertised as the cheap 40k vehicle and my kiddo will have a free car. This will help her in college or whatever she does after high school, and I know it’s safe.

She will hate the car being a boring sedan base model but at 18-19 she will love us because she won’t have a car payment haha.

 

[SgtLip]

I say go with #6.
It will increase the value of your trade when Ford decides to deliver the Maverick. Which at this pace could be later than expected.

 

[06Warrior]

Get new tires because you need them and it’s a safety issue.

Wait on the compressor until it gets hot enough to need A/C because you might get a Maverick built before it’s needed and get it fixed before trade in.

Use some map pins and press them into the headliner to get it out of your view to drive for now and fix it before trade in.

While only spending money on just the tires for now keep saving your money for a bigger down payment.

 

[stoptothink]

My vote is number 6. The 3 issues are relatively inexpensive maintenance and repairs and well worth the money spent on your car.
Additionally, no one is sure when the ordered Maverick will be built and then delivered. Fingers crossed that you have a good dealership that’s not going to jack up the ‘fees’ or markup the price on your order, which apparently they can with no signed order price agreement.

This, not to mention I'm sure not fixing those things will result in close to $1600 difference (if not more) when you trade in or attempt to sell. It's not like this is a super high-mileage 20yr old car, it'll have some value.

 

[Mymaverick2021]

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I have a car in good running order, 2010 VW Jetta Sportwagen with 65k miles, that I was planning to trade in for my Maverick. I ordered a Hybrid XL (360 and hitch) at the last hour before cutt-off in November, so I'm trying to think through the realistic minimum month in which I might get the truck and decide which deferred maintenance tasks to do.

My Wagon needs tires to pass inspection, and the compressor is going bad which is going to kill me in the the hot area where I live. It also has a saggy headliner in the first 1/3 of the car, but it's not saggy enough to cause any real problems yet. Only 1 tire technically fails inspection so do I:

1. Put the spare on to pass inspection ($0)
2. Buy a single used tire to pass inspection ($40)
3. Buy a set of used tires to get by ($250)
4. Buy new tires because at this point it's dangerous with such bald tires ($650)
5. Buy the tires and change the compressor ($1000)
6. Buy the tires, change the compressor, and get the headliner fixed ($1600)

Wouldn't do anything more than needed to get by with till your truck is built and at the dealership, Your not going to get any of the money you spent back when you trade in

 

[stoptothink]

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Wouldn't do anything more than needed to get by with till your truck is built and at the dealership, Your not going to get any of the money you spent back when you trade in

Possibly, but you'll get a lot more money selling it than trading it in and you'd absolutely get less selling a car with bald tires, a compression issue, and a sagging headliner. In decent condition, OP should have no problem selling that vehicle for $7k.

 

[NJ Pinelands]

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[BingoDingo]

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Thanks but looking for a hybrid

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