That's the problem when dealing with "curbers", They rebuild junk and flip it. Used car, no warrenty. Unscruplous scumbags. Sorry to hear. I'd part it. I'm surrounded by Dutchmen out here, they have a saying " If you ain't dutch, you ain't much." That's why I try to avoid business with them. ( got screwed on a tractor from one.)

-- Edited by 87 player bird on Tuesday 2nd of February 2010 10:49:13 PM

cupedition wrote:

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Whats the cost of a rebuilt ? Would it be worth it over the long run to her ?

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My thoughts too.  See how much more a rebuilt would be and you'd probably get  a minimun of a year warranty on it.   Would also give you time to decide whether you want to keep it or not.   Probably take a kicking to sell it or trade it in with that vehicle status.  Tough one to come out as a winner.

 

I don't know the "best" answer. Any vehicle without a warranty is a cr@pshoot. We take our chances and hope for the best.
Replace the tranny, sell the vehicle and take your chance on another one or keep it. It's no good to anyone without being operational.
I'm waiting for my daughters 79 Buick to die. Don't know what I'll do when that happens.
Her 2010 plans include:
Move in with boyfriend
Get engaged
Buy house
Buy new car
Renovate house
Continue with University
Earn enough money to pay Dad for insurance arrears since September 2009
Earn enough money to start repaying her 20% share of 2006/2007 tuition
Earn enough money to pay for her half of last oil change and new windshield wipers

Good luck

Boy Carl, I deal with this often at work. I may be a parts guy but I've known many of our customers for over 20 years.

Customer drives in with a $3500 vehicle needing $2000 in repairs and asks me my opinion.

The first thing I do is ask---

How long do you want to drive this vehicle?

If they hate it and want it gone, I suggest taking their lumps now and moving on.

If they love it, I suggest paying the price and keeping it for long enough that they feel the repair was a worthwhile investment (lets say at least 2 years longer for a $2000 repair.)

I am in a similar situation right now with our Fleetwood. Runs great, engine has oil in the coolant. It could possibly last a long time like that since there is no coolant in the oil. I want to drive that car a while so I am going to suck it up and rather than spend a pile of money repairing the LT1, I will likely replace it. It's a gamble but most likely will be cheaper in the long run. I've seen too many repairs start small and end up being doozies.

I hope this all helps.

67rag396 wrote:

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I'm waiting for my daughters 79 Buick to die. Don't know what I'll do when that happens.
Her 2010 plans include:
Move in with boyfriend
Get engaged
Buy house
Buy new car
Renovate house
Continue with University
Earn enough money to pay Dad for insurance arrears since September 2009
Earn enough money to start repaying her 20% share of 2006/2007 tuition
Earn enough money to pay for her half of last oil change and new windshield wipers

Good luck

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Thank God there is more than just me in this club , say Rick does your daughter know what a gas station looks like? My eldest doesn't!

 

-- Edited by 73SC on Wednesday 3rd of February 2010 12:37:40 AM

67rag396 wrote:

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What did we do wrong?

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Easy...we spoiled them.

 

Not sure what the perimeters are, if you can still get in on it or if Canadian vehicles even apply but there's a GM settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought on by Saturn Vue owners over these bad trannys..
Here's one link to get you started..
Note it applies to vehicles w/ less than 125,00 miles so the 173 Km could fly also it ends June 2010!.

http://trucktrend.automotive.com/92059/163-news080915-gm-saturn-vue-and-ion-settles-suit/index.html

And Carl S...
Since there's no coolant in the oil of the Fleetwood, there's no chance a tranny cooler is leaking is there?.
Do these even have rad mounted tranny coolers?.
This used to come upon this every now and then back in the day and a remote cooler was the cheap fix..











-- Edited by Ghost Post on Wednesday 3rd of February 2010 01:19:41 PM

Carl I have a friend in the used car business who has 2 of those Saturn Vues sitting for quite awhile now. I think it's due to the CVT's. See what info you can find out on the class action lawsuit.
Before I spent $2300 on it I would try to trade it and the 2300 on a more mainstream vehicle.

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-auto-parts-tires-transmission-drive-train-GM-Transmissions-W0QQAdIdZ182814527

Hey Carl, here is a guy selling "new" trans. in Toronto.  Shows a listing for the VUE AWD,  I know they are probably different, but maybe he has something.......just a thought...

Tell them you'll trade the ownership of the Saturn for the ownership of "her" house!