Car Breakdown

May 18, 2008 | By bokjae | In Life Experiences, Useful Information 

Just about a month ago, my nephew’s car broke-down! He and his fiance were stranded somewhere on a secondary road between Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh. He managed to call for some help and it turned out to be the automatic-transmission had keeled over or ‘kaput’ so to say. His car was quite new, in fact only three years old and I can never imagine this to happen! Well it seems that modern cars auto-transmission or gearbox are designed this way and needed to be changed every five years or so!

The cost of replacing the automatic-transmission was around $15,000.00 in my nephew’s case. My brother-in-law changed his just a few months back and it costs him $25,000.00! His car was five years old then. Wow! never in my widest imagination to hear of such parts are so very expensive and on top of that every 5 years? If this happened to my car, I would rather go for recycled parts! Hey! for most folks any car thats over 5 years old is time to get a new one! The reason is simply maintenance costs would be sky rocketing for cars thats above 5 years old!

So if you intend to keep yours for a little longer past age 5, try recycled motor parts You may save a bundle as down-payment for your new car!

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7 Responses to “Car Breakdown”

  1. Ed on May 18th, 2008 2:32 pm

    Recycled parts are becoming such big business these days. I am already having a friend who selects parts from young deregistered vehicles and reselling them to African Nations. It’s a huge demand there.

  2. lastminute flug on May 19th, 2008 6:44 am

    Car recycle is a good business. The information you give us.. it is a good information. thanks for that.

  3. hfchang on May 19th, 2008 10:06 am

    I beg to differ! My car, which is our national car, is still going strong at an ‘old’ age of 13 yrs…and I do not intend to get a new one just yet. Surprisingly my maintenance cost is just confined to regular oil change… nothing dramatic that may cost me an arm and leg. Oh! yes it’s a manual gear.

  4. bokjae on May 19th, 2008 4:42 pm

    thanks ed for your support! Recycle is big nowadays! Better for everyone! Cheers!

  5. bokjae on May 19th, 2008 4:45 pm

    Hey hf! I am not surprise at what you have! I did keep cars above 8 years old and seldom have problem! However it seems that cars designed now somehow changed that! As the saying goes they don’t make cars like they used to! Guess its business eh? If people change cars above 5 years old it helps the business but not the inflation index! hahaha! thanks!

  6. mark on May 19th, 2008 6:26 pm

    Yah when you think you are getting a really good deal by buying a brand new car, somtimes stuff like this happens, and it’s harsh!! Thats why I have to get a new one every couple years. It’s hard sometimes but your overall maintenance and care is much less!! Plus you always have a newer car!!

  7. Luca Govo on May 27th, 2008 8:18 pm

    Recycled parts have over taken a considerable share of spare parts market. As they are cheaper and easily available more and more people are moving towards the.

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