In January of this year, my 2006 Ford Fiesta 1.25L petrol ran up a £1100 service+MOT bill - which included one replacement engine mount bracket, new nearside suspension coil and new starter motor. I posted in the Forum whether it was wise to have spent all that money for such an old weather beaten car with high miles on the clock. The advice here was that I should have thought about that BEFORE I sent it in for a service+MOT. But now that I'd spent all that cash, the best thing to do was to keep the car and use it for another year. Which is exactly what I did!
So - the Fiesta is still running, now on 140K miles, but in January, its due its annual service+MOT again. SO...with a couple of months still to go - what do I do? Hope that this time the bill won't be so high - and keep it going for yet another year? Or cut my losses now - and buy a similar used car for whatever my budget of £6K will get me?
Any advice welcome. I use the car for daily commute to work (about 30 miles per day, mainly motorway).
Last edited by: ah207 on Tue 4 Nov 25 at 12:32
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Ford Fiesta - Decision time - again new
Ford Fiesta - Decision time - again new
