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Usually Ford Focus' last a good 15 years or so of regular driving before their drivetrains grenade and Sonchu didn't see many miles. I'm guessing Chris lacked the funds or ability to do regular oil changes.
The only way the Chandlers are getting another vehicle loan is if someone else with good credit co-signs on it.
You can't do any engine swap for a couple hundred dollars yourself, let alone at a shop. Just plugging Sonchu in to diagnose a check engine light at a shop would be $100.
Chris probably could find a experienced backyard mechanic to do it for him. But he'd still be looking at around $1000 and have no warranty on it. It would still be the best choice considering Chris won't be able to finance another car and Sonchu probably has a ~$4,000 value in good running condition depending on mileage.
What're the odds Chris rushes out and leases another car soon? I'm thinking pretty damn high. Creditors can't repossess leased vehicles unless they themselves are part of the company (or contracted by them) that leased it to him. So Chris is probably going to be able to wriggle his way out of this one again.
The only way the Chandlers are getting another vehicle loan is if someone else with good credit co-signs on it.
You could probably get a junkyard engine for it for $200-$300, it wouldn't be a huge deal to replace. Not that anybody who would buy it because Chris owned it would know that, or how to do it. The deal breaker for me would be the interior. With his hygiene issues, and if that's the car he was talking about shitting himself and driving home from the mall in, you would never get the smell out. You would have to completely gut the interior. I can't even imagine what it must smell like. Look how they treat the house, and imagine a car as an extension of that.
He would get $200-$250 from a junkyard here in that condition, and have to pay to have it towed there. I can't imagine it getting much more from an auction. I highly doubt anybody will buy it "because Chris", but some idiot paid $200 for Barb's blanket too, so whatever.
You can't do any engine swap for a couple hundred dollars yourself, let alone at a shop. Just plugging Sonchu in to diagnose a check engine light at a shop would be $100.
Chris probably could find a experienced backyard mechanic to do it for him. But he'd still be looking at around $1000 and have no warranty on it. It would still be the best choice considering Chris won't be able to finance another car and Sonchu probably has a ~$4,000 value in good running condition depending on mileage.