[M Johnson]

My husband has a 2004 Ford Mustang GT with over 130k miles on it. He wants to get a new motor to put in it and I said there are lots of other parts besides the motor that will be breaking soon enough on a 14 year old car. I want him to get a car with less than 40k mikes on it so we won’t have as many car repairs. New motor or newer car??

[Phil]

Well that of course depends on the overall condition of the car. If it has been kept up, then a new engine is not a bad idea for the cost. you are right though, there can anything go wrong next- a transmission failure would be another large expense, not to mention normal things like brakes, shocks, exhaust, power steering, A/C or anything electrical.

This is a gamble with any vehicle. It all depends on what shape the car is in overall.

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