On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:29:18 -0400, High Tech Misfit <me@privacy.net>
wrote:

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>So what do you think I should do? Should I keep it and maintain hope that
>next year will be better? Or should I start looking for something newer?


I went through that with my '90 accord a couple of years ago. Lots of
stuff went south and needed to be replaced all in a short time frame.
Didn't cost quite that much as I did most of the work. Since then
I've had two years with no, non-routine maintenance. And I'm knocking
on wood as I type.

Tuth is you never know.

Frank