Doing a subframe is never worth it, for the mechanic that is! For the owner, f ya!

I'm no Math-magician…

Still running my 93 Ford ranger,,, sure iv out some $ into it,, but she drives like new,,, and a lot cheaper to maintain or replace,,,, she has 150,000, and IV owned it since 2000, 2nd owner

My local indy (northwest MA) charges the same and hes awesome at what he does. I tip him well and bring him snacks and I stay out of his hair and never rush him. He keeps my aged fleet running strong. Car payments are not desirable, avoid at all costs.

Our labor here in my area of pa is $55 per hr …

I always ask if you can find an equally reliable car for the cost of the repair. if not, then its worth doing.

I wish more people would think of things this way. We have become too much of a throw away society. I have several vehicles that are now considered old but still in great shape. Thank you for no rust California vehicles. The vehicle value is how long it will last given the repairs in comparison to a new vehicle. I can’t afford the new vehicle payment but I can turn my own wrench most of the time and keep my vehicles going. Well worth it to me.

with the sub frame rotted out that car IS NOT WORTH 8K..NOT EVEN CLOSE..KBB doesnt buy cars

The equation of fixing an older high mileage car vs. scrapping it and buying another is complicated by the step up cost to a newer car.

For most people a new car is out of reach.

You're way to cheap at 90/hour. Damn. Wish I lived near you. I would never work on my cars again.

The people asking "was it worth it?" are probably the people you see on "money tiktok" videos telling the camera their car payment is about $1000-1200 (+) a month. So yeah, don't listen to them.

Made a similar mistake. Instead of getting my Saturn SL fixed, I saddled myself with a new Saturn Ion car payment. Then drove it into oncoming traffic when the driver's window exploded at 11k miles.

wow… you guys really pay $8-10k for that?! nobody would touch it for $1200 in the northwest. might even get boycotted or burned out if you even thought about putting it on a lot for $500 lol

a relative helps a guy pull Nissan Quest front subframe in the south and ship them to New York, If there is a market I'm sure they can get them

Smart man.

$1700 😬🧐😲

Most shops would've been $2500+

$90/hour for SMA repair is a smokin deal Eric

After junking my subaru due to rust I switched to volvos and never regretted that decision. My 01v70XC with 290k is still without rust and works well. However, in terms of repairs done to the Subi in a video I would go with what my mechanic would suggest me, assuming my mechanic is Eric. (however still no more subaru in NY salt for me)

Yes

I'll keep fixing my old truck I'm broke and no way I'm paying what they want for new trucks! I can't afford $700 a month payment that's ridiculous

The cost of repairs is less than the sales tax on a new one.

I'm currently having a similar dilemma of whether or not to trash my old baby. It's a b5.5 passat from 2005. Just shy of 200,000kms. I got a fuel tank vent line leak. It's so bad that if I fill it over 3/4 of a tank, fuel starts leaking and the smell fills the garage. I always keep it outside. Recently had a new used transmission installed in it, which just by luck I was able to find one sitting on a shelf 1000kms away from me since 2003. Guys at the wreckers were like, "not sure how we missed this thing during inventories. We'd have trashed it a veeey looong time ago." If I hadn't found this low kms tranny, it'd have been trashed. While swapping it, it was determined that the engine was leaking from 20 different spots. So they pulled the motor out, resealed it top to bottom. Every single gasket, seal, sealant, etc. While there, I had them put a new timing belt pump, pulleys and the whole sherade. Cost me just about 4 grand parts and work. Then the alternator crapped shortly after the car was back on the road. There went another $600 parts and work. Prior to all this work, I had paid to have vw install new brakes on all 4 corners and put 4 new all season goodyears. This was a determining factor in my decision to poof out 4k and replace the tranny, and reseal the engine. But now, dropping the fuel tank is gonna be another 1000 in work alone, as it is a 4Motion car and the entire subframe must get dropped, along with the diff and all else. So now I'm at a point where I'm just wondering if all of this is worth it. I am thus far at about 6500 into this car in the past 2.5yrs in tires, brakes, transmission, engine work. And now this… i mean, I could buy the same car for cheaper off the used market place. Mine's pretty well maintained since I've owned it. First guy never changed tranny fluid, hence the failure, but he had a full history of regular oil changes at the de