Do parts in your car cost more than your actual cars?

[StarvingCollegeStudent]

If so... I'd like to hear it. All mods qualify =)
I put about $1200 in car audio in my car and got jacked a couple months back. I think I'm ready to dump another $1000+ in car audio for it.

[whitak24]

well, when i started college in 1997, i bought a Ford Probe (mistake #1) for $1800. it had transmission problems (2nd gear didn't work), which is why i got it so cheap (mistake #2). six months later, i ended up with a burned valve, and fixing the engine was going to cost more than finding a used replacement. and as long as i was having a mechanic pull the engine, putting in a replacement transmission wasn't going to change the labor cost much at all. so i got a used engine and a used transmission put in for about $2400. on the positive side, after that, i put virtually nothing into the car and drove it another 40,000 miles in the next 3 years.

[Realrammstein]

was it a GT? if I were you I would have dropped a J-spec engine it for 3K and had stock ovre 200HP(+modas would be a very fine car indeed). if non GT...forget it.

[whitak24]

Originally posted by Realrammstein
was it a GT? if I were you I would have dropped a J-spec engine it for 3K and had stock ovre 200HP(+modas would be a very fine car indeed). if non GT...forget it.
no, it was the crappy GL. but it was bright red....looked nice :)

[Realrammstein]

GL!?! oh it must have been a pre 93. ok nevermind...lol.

[psycho-]

Hrm... CD changer, tinted windows...15000 dollar in repairs for car crash (luckily covered by insurance), 2000 dollar bosch ABS computer replacement, fuel pump replacement .......hmmm...not even close man.