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the lifetime of a cage?
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:01 pm
by sun rat
i have a 2002 mustang v6 with over 260,000 miles on it. but my grandad bought me a new mustang, postumously.
i don't know what to do with the old one. is it sellable? what is the expected lifespan of a well-tended v6 engine?
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:54 pm
by Sisyphus
Engines/drivetrain are one thing. Body is kind of the limiting factor.
Depending on where you live, 10-12 yrs.
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:04 pm
by motorpsycho67
Sisyphus wrote:
Depending on where you live, 10-12 yrs.
?????
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:09 pm
by Sisyphus
For resale, you know, when you sell your old car to someone for a reasonable price?
After 100k miles they tend to show a lot of issues and wear. As a rule, if you live in a place where they use a lot of salt, the body rusts away to the point where it is not economically feasible to expect a good resale value via trade-in or private sale.
IIRC, Sunny is someplace where they don't use salt, so chances are good that she would see something much better than you'd see in, say, Ohio.
See fer yerself:
http://www.kbb.com/?psid=1-1629-51260-4 ... f7&sissr=1
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:36 pm
by sun rat
thanks for the link.
i'll just give it to one of my kids then.
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:02 pm
by Sisyphus
OH, I just realized you were in Bumfuck, Egypt. In that case, I would expect that you'd always be able to find a ready supply of Ford tractor parts for the engine, and the gearboxes generally last forever (unless its an automatic, in which case you could get parts from the internet [they still have that in Egypt?] or someplace in Saudi or maybe Europe).
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:04 pm
by Toonce(s)
That is very encouraging, as we have a 2000 mustang v6 with a mere 120K on it!
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:41 pm
by sun rat
Toonce(s) wrote:That is very encouraging, as we have a 2000 mustang v6 with a mere 120K on it!
i thought it was dying at about 225,000 miles, but it just needed some suspension work for the first time.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:29 pm
by stiles
IMHO giving it to your kid is the best plan. With the mileage it has, it isn't worth much but if it still runs good and is in decent shape it is far more valuable to you as reliable transport than the 1000 bucks or so that it's worth would get you if you were shopping for another car with the same money.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:47 pm
by sun rat
stiles wrote:IMHO giving it to your kid is the best plan. With the mileage it has, it isn't worth much but if it still runs good and is in decent shape it is far more valuable to you as reliable transport than the 1000 bucks or so that it's worth would get you if you were shopping for another car with the same money.
you are right.
i KNOW i have taken excellent care of it and maintained it properly. i just don't trust the word of other people.