About a month ago, I posted about getting my forth tranny since I had the car. As of right now, I am aproaching 92k on my 2002 TL-S. While driving in the KIA Spectra (Loaner from rental place, They were all out of loaners at that time) I got to thinking. After the tranny warrenty runs out, what should I do? Do I keep my TL-S and pray for the best? or should I just trade it in? With the warrenty extending to 109k, this gives me about a year to a year and a half. I respect all of your guy's opions to the fullest, that is why i am posting this. What should I do???

 

I'm on my original tranny. I'm not covered until 109k. My car is acura certified so I'm good until 2010 or 100k. If my tranny does not fail I will be getting rid of the car before the warranty runs out. If it's replaced, the new trannies are much better and I'll most likely keep the car a little longer.

Honestly if I were you I would sell it, unless you think you can afford to put a 5th tranny in the car. I think thats a bit much. It's a shame because these are such great cars besides the tranny issue. I'm not going to let it affect me yet though. I love my car to death.

So it's really up to you.

 

If you're on your fourth tranny, that means you probably had gotten the new revised tranny and it still failed on you.

The smartest thing to do is to let it go after you hit 109k. You'll probably be able to get like 7-9k (depending on the condition of the car) once you hit 109k in a year or so. That's a good lump sum to use as a down payment on another car, and if you plan ahead and start saving now, you can probably put down even more - bringing your monthly payments even lower.

OR

The next smartest thing would be to do 6 speed Manual swap. Then you can keep the car on the same engine for over 250k miles probably and get another 10 years out of the thing.

IMO, its time to let the car go in about a year or two. Our 2nd gens will be two generations behind in 2009 and at that point, the car will be worth very little.

 

thx for both of your opinions... i guess i'll have to wait and see this coming up year. If i have another problem, then I am going to def trade it in after warrenty expires. If not ionno.. lol

 

You could buy another warranty from the bank or a third party warranty company, such as GE. But seriously, the car will be old by then.

 

Yeah I would move on, I wouldnt keep it.