Johnny_H wrote:
If it unrepairable, then it most definitely is replaceable.
Yes, but again at what cost. I have a 2004 pickup. I bought it privately from a local man that was going into the nursing home. His son was a auto mechanic. So, I know what I've got and have kept up all the maintenance on it. If it gets wrecked, lets say a tree falls on it, and I'm 100's of miles from home where would I find another vehicle that I'm sure has had this kind of care? I couldn't. I would be at the mercy of buying some overpriced, possible poorly taken care of, vehicle at a dealer. Then stuck with it when I got back home and spend years trying to keep it running or sell it at a loss and end up poorer. So, yes things can be replaced but, in my experience more then half the time you get something that's worse then what you have now. That's why I take since good care of my stuff. You never know what you'll get if you change.