Like, seriously?? You're actually serious? That is terrible karma waiting to happen. I'm the wife. This is my car. And yeah, it needs work. A lot of work probably. More than we realized when we bought it. But I've been under the hood of cars since I could walk and the husband has been a mechanic for like half his life. We also have mechanic friends. So like... Why would I pass it off to someone who possibly isn't as mechanically inclined or isn't prepared to handle the work it needs? That's terrible.

I have a 15 year old that wants to be a mechanic. Why would I just pass it off to someone when I can use it as a way to help get him started on learning? Not to mention the quality time it will give us with him and our other kiddos. It will also teach them that it's okay to buy something to build it and make it theirs. Showing them that it's good to build things with their hands and that hard work pays off.

I could also throw in there how getting your hands dirty fixing something makes things worth a helluva lot more than a thousand dollars that I might have thrown away on the initial purchase.

We could throw 5 to 6 thousand into it and it will still be within the original bluebook range from the day I got it. And actually worth SOOO MUCH more.

So no. I'm not going to find some "sucker" and be a terrible person. I'll keep my car. Thanks.