That's very true what you say, but sometimes that logic doesn't apply. When you really love the car you own, and there's nothing like it available anymore, and you plan on keeping it instead of selling it, then to put a few thousand in it instead of buying something else makes alot of sense. Anything decent with few enough miles to not necessitate expensive repairs is going to be quite expensive as new car prices are outrageous. Peugeots may have their little problems, but their overall durability is legendary; and they regularly go hundreds of thousand miles, which makes repairing them pretty sensible.
Brian Rodgers <brians.outfit@gmail.com> wrote: Great comments fellow Peugeot owners.
No make and model of car is without issues. It is entirely up to the
owner to decide if a mechanical repair bill on any car is practical. I
have been in the service business for over thirty years, I always
suggest the customer think over a repair bill that is higher than the
value of the equipment. What would be the point? Spend $2000.00 on a
$1000.00 car? It just does not make any sense, unless you really love
the car. Even so, I tell the customer the car will never sell for
$3000.00 after the repair.
Also, I like making money as much as the next mechanic, nevertheless
some jobs are easier than others. I hope the customer understands that
I don't like having machines taking up space in my shop while awaiting
parts I gamble on fitting. I don't work on cars professionally any
longer, now I am in the consumer electronics service business. Just
the same, I tell my customers that spending $500.00 to upgrade a
computer is a losing proposition. For half that I can replace the
tower. A big rationalization here is that I don't want my customers to
think I am ripping them off, I give them the facts and they make up
their own minds.
I know not all mechanics follow such a fine set of principals, which
is why I got out of the auto service industry to begin with. Now I
spend a lot of my time reversing this terrible attitude customers have
toward service personnel. We need to make a living, true, but we need
not make all of our paycheck from each customer, right?
Sincerely,
Brian Rodgers
1980 505S Turbo Diesel (Home-made Bio-Disel)
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