Please provide your pov - I drive a 2012 VW CC and will have had it for 8 yrs by May ‘25. Car was 16k after interest (dad bought car). All in I’ve paid 9.7k towards emergency repairs (not standard maintenance) how foolish am I??

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Eh, could be way worse, definitely not worth kicking yourself over. Especially if you've had the car for that long.

However, it's probably time to start putting money away for a newer car. Those repair bills are not going to go down. And CCs aren't exactly known for long term reliability.

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Seems pricey with repairs being 50+% value of the car itself

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I had a 2013 VW cc I bought for 4k at auction. Gave me no problems probably put it 4k in initial repairs. Used it for 4 years and sold it for 5k to a dealership. So there is your answer

That’s a lot.. did you get hit? What was the maintenance?

If you didn’t have a car payment that entire time, then it sort of offsets (others may disagree?). But it’s getting to that point where the next major thing is the kicker to get a new car.

You work at Accenture. Buy or lease a new car.

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