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How many miles on the engine? How much does a new engine cost?
My '83 Westy has 285,000 miles on it. I had the engine rebuilt last year for $5K and the car is worth at least $20K. It will keep going forever, until it gets totaled somehow. That's only because it holds its value (actually, it goes up every year), and is cheap to maintain.
Probably not the case with a Cayenne, as it's just another SUV. There are no comps for a Westy. I'm sure you could keep it going for a long time, but it may not make economic sense. So it comes down to: Is it more economical to spend money maintaining a normal, old, modern vehicle, or to dump it and pay big bucks for a replacement every ten years or so?
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Charlie
1966 912 Polo Red
1950 VW Bug
1983 VW Westfalia; 1989 VW Syncro Tristar Doka
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