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This car is a 91 Acura Legend, and it's starting to show it's age a bit. It still runs good, but the A/C just went out and the radiator is now cracked, plus a few little things here and there.

Just curious as to what everyone here would do, keep it or sell it and get something newer...

Missing option: Get something older. :p

If it runs, it runs man no sense wasting money on it.

My advice, if you're going to fix the AC you might want to get something newer instead. It cost me over $1k to fix the AC in an old truck I had, I could've used that money as a down payment on something much newer. If your repairs aren't near that much (I had to replace the whole system) or you don't need AC (I live in Florida, so yeah) then I'd say save your money. Car payments SUCK SUCK SUCK. So, I guess I need an "It depends" option.

If it works fine as-is, keep it.

Personally, I think you should keep it until you can't stand it anymore -- but in the meantime, research into what you want to replace it with.

Then again, this is coming from a guy who wants to buy a second car..even though he really shouldn't - due to money (or lack thereof).. :p

Looks like a fine car. Fix it up abit though.

That's Acura. Honda. Keep it.

The repairs are going to cost me around $2000, and the car I would be replacing it with would be a 96-2000 Acura RL.

If that makes any difference...

But your car is basically accord! 4gen tho, not 3gen... Get the new acura

Or even better, 3-door Honda HR-V

Well it's not quite like the 4th gen Accord, we've got 2 of those... :p It's much bigger inside, it's got a 3.2l V6 with 200hp, instead of the 2.2 I4 in the accords, and loads of other stuff...

But if I sell this car right now it will go for about $3000, if I get everything fixed in it it will be around $2000, just trying to see if it's worth it...

This car's got 132k miles on it now.

get something faster, its easier to kill motorcyclists and keep on driving with a more powerful engine.

Unless the car you're replacing it with is cheaper than the repairs (yeah, right), repair and keep it.

Don't be like my mom and by a new car everytime something goes wrong with the current one, and then wonder why you're in debt.

Also, make sure your mechanic isn't screwing you over. That sounds a bit expensive to me.

But then again, I live in a small town, and stuff is cheaper.

$2000 to fix your air conditioner? I think you just might be getting ripped. It cost me $1000 to replace my whole air conditioning system. I'd get a couple more prices before repairing anything if that's the way you want to go. Also, you have to realize that if you sell the car as it is (without repairs) any buyers will probably want the cost of the repairs taken off the price of the car. So you may not get that $3000 out of it that you want.

What is the price of the newer car that you're looking at if you don't mind me asking?

^ and also a cracked radiator.

But mainly, I'm wondering about the a/c. They need recharged every so often, and I'm sure a lot of mechanics would like to charge a/c unit replacement price for a simple $120 recharge. Just, again, make sure you're not getting screwed.

The compressor has seized up, meaning they have to replace the whole system, It's pretty easy to check that, if the belt is gone, and you can't reach down and turn the pulley on the compressor, then it's seized. That will be $1500. The radiator will be around $400 to have done, and the transmission mounts will be around $200...

Fun stuff...