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Is there such a thing as a short term lease on used cars—like two or three months?
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I'm already looking at buying coolant in bulk.
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What scares me about fixing the Sonic is that the parts list includes parts used to "patch" an engine showing beginning signs of a failing head gasket. If that is the case on this car then you truly throwing away $$$.
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lol....I'm sure Enterprise would love to talk to you....
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Please take the following with a grain of salt. These are just my opinions on the situation without knowing anything else about your life.
Do not put another dollar into the Sonic. Find a Toyota dealer that will sell you a brand new Tacoma* at MSRP. Finance it with a small/no down payment or pay cash if you ball out like that. Trade it in for the Maverick within a year or two.
*this could work with any vehicle that has strong residuals. Results may vary depending on actual vehicle values, interest rates, taxes, and dealer fees/markups.
There's a very good chance that this will end up costing less than what it costs to fix the Sonic and keep it running. I did this to get my non-Maverick last month. It ultimately cost me around $200 net to drive around in a brand new truck for 10 months. The dealer fee for the Tacoma was pretty steep at $1K. Otherwise I could have actually made some money.
Yes this is risky, but the hardest part will be finding the temporary vehicle for a good price. The rest of it should work itself out unless the used car market completely tanks. You will also need strong credit to get an interest rate under 3% or $35K in cash.
Do not put another dollar into the Sonic. Find a Toyota dealer that will sell you a brand new Tacoma* at MSRP. Finance it with a small/no down payment or pay cash if you ball out like that. Trade it in for the Maverick within a year or two.
*this could work with any vehicle that has strong residuals. Results may vary depending on actual vehicle values, interest rates, taxes, and dealer fees/markups.
There's a very good chance that this will end up costing less than what it costs to fix the Sonic and keep it running. I did this to get my non-Maverick last month. It ultimately cost me around $200 net to drive around in a brand new truck for 10 months. The dealer fee for the Tacoma was pretty steep at $1K. Otherwise I could have actually made some money.
Yes this is risky, but the hardest part will be finding the temporary vehicle for a good price. The rest of it should work itself out unless the used car market completely tanks. You will also need strong credit to get an interest rate under 3% or $35K in cash.
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Depending on where the leaf is, you could try putting in radiator sealant or head gasket sealant. Had a head gasket go on an old Chevy truck - put in BarsLeak head gasket sealant and ran it for another three years without problem.
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Put some stop leak on it run it till it dies. Does sound like alot for what they are doing. 125K that would be low mileage on a Honday
2K for coolant leak on a sonic seams bit much ,get a second opinion .
Do the minimum amount of work to get by the 6 months.
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I also ordered in October, according to ford you should have your order by August, I realize what I just said may sound ridiculous - call me optimistic.
Try the coolant stop leak junk. I would not normally say try it as it can clog the heater core BUT who cares as its summer. Don't use coolant just ad water. Carry several gallons of water and keep it full. DON'T over heat it. Limp along till Mav comes it. Good luck.
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