She stopped responding to him, she said, even though he texted and called her hundreds of times.
Ms. Dowdall, 59, started occasionally seeing a strange new message on the display in her Mercedes, about a location-based service called “mbrace.” The second time it happened, she took a photograph and searched for the name online.
“I realized, oh my God, that’s him tracking me,” Ms. Dowdall said.
Its less about the cost of repair and more about its ability to safely get you where you’re going. Even well maintained vehicles break more the older they get. You dont want a vehicle to leave you stranded and a vehicle prone to issues will be much less trustworthy on longer trips. Sometimes youll also spend a couple grand on repairs and realize that the issue was misdiagnosed or caused another latent issue to show up and then your vehicle is in the shop for even longer. Its one thing to have to pay a couple grand in repairs but its a whole nightmare to be without transportation for potential weeks
While true unless you are in a very rural area it would still be cheaper to use a rideshare service for that month. As for longer trips you can rent a car. I don’t mean to be rude but I got to ask if you used those calculators I mentioned. I think if you see the actual numbers we are talking about your views would change. A new car insurance can be hundreds a month, the first ride you lose 5k, 10% car payment rates are common.
As for misdiagnosing yes it happens but what I tend to see it happens more often with less common fancier cars vs your economy car the mechanic sees all the freaken time. I got a friend with a Buick Lacrosse and he has dealt with that quite a few times I have a Civic and never deal with it.
But hey do what you want. I am confident that my tax dollars are going to bailout the industry again. So maybe I am the dumb one being responsible.