Cars; Leasing vs Buying

[Aspen and Misty]

Most of the time if you're having issues like that with the starter motor it's because the starter was improperly installed. The starter gear is bronze, the flywheel teeth which the bronze gear engages are steel. while it is possible to break teeth on the flywheel, most of the time the starter is just not properly shimmed.

Autozone will check your battery for you for free, a dead battery will give you similar symptoms to a dead alternator. It could be something as simple as a loose or corroded ground wire.

It sounds like what you really need is an actual mechanic, as opposed to a parts changer.

I'll have to agree with you on the last one! LOL. Our "parts changer" is my sisters boyfriends brother who is a mechanic for Honda. He is helpful, and has done a lot of work on the car for free, but I am to a point where I just want to take the hunk of junk to a garage so they can pull things out and inspect it like it needs. The guy who I refer to in my previouse post as the mechanic who looked in my car is a mechanic and has been doing it for 30 or more years and is very well trusted. However he is not the one who installed the starter. I find it funny that you mention Auto Zone. We were just outside trying out hardest to get the darn thing to start so we could take it over there. I know they have those test to see if the alternator or the battery are working, and thats what we are hopeing to do, if it will ever start, which seems unlikly.

You seem to very knowledgeable in cars and I really apreicate your advice..

Ashley

[Lady's Human]

Ashley, year/make/model of this beastie?

[Aspen and Misty]

Honda Civic LX - 1997

[Lady's Human]

BUh Bye.

Civics aren't bad cars, but they are on the disposable end of the spectrum.

I'd suggest looking at a hyundai or a kia, both are cheap, reliable transportation.

[Aspen and Misty]

BUh Bye.

Civics aren't bad cars, but they are on the disposable end of the spectrum.

I'd suggest looking at a hyundai or a kia, both are cheap, reliable transportation.

lmao! I was rolling on the ground when I read this. So I have to ask because you obviously know a lot about cars. Is it worth trying to fix this car? Or should I start saving for a new one?

Ash

[Lady's Human]

I would repair it enough to where it has some trade in value (As in functionally running), and find something you like. If you go with a used vehicle, have a mechanic from OUTSIDE of the dealer you're buying from go over the car. If they won't allow that, run, run far. I would also suggest getting a carfax history report on anything you buy. Key things to look at on a vehicle history are serious front or side collisions. .Unibody cars don't repair very well after those.

[Aspen and Misty]

I would repair it enough to where it has some trade in value (As in functionally running), and find something you like. If you go with a used vehicle, have a mechanic from OUTSIDE of the dealer you're buying from go over the car. If they won't allow that, run, run far. I would also suggest getting a carfax history report on anything you buy. Key things to look at on a vehicle history are serious front or side collisions. .Unibody cars don't repair very well after those.

I told my mom to get the car we have now looked at by a mechanic before she bought. But she insisted it was fine now look what happened. LOL. I have, and I'm sure she has, learned her lessson. Thanks for all the help, I really apreciate it.

Ash

[KitCat]

If you put a lot of miles on a car like I do, don't lease. They will charge you for any extra miles you put on the car over what they allow!