Wife's PT Cruiser snapped a timing belt

Popdart said

I might haul it home from the repair shop where I had it towed. She's needed a better car anyway so we'll get her car for her. The PT I could work on in my "spare" time. Good advice guys . . . for the cost of a timing belt, I could learn alot, and maybe get lucky. We still owe $2000 on it. Thanks

Click to expand...

I think if I still owed on a 2001 I would definately make it run even if it didn't run good and trade it for something brand new, on a 5 year plan.
Buy the book for it too. If the book says timming belt every 60 thou.miles,
do it ! If your dealer is going to take care of it for the first 5 years anyway... you cant loose. Our 04 Rav4 has been paid off for a while now. It wasn't easy . The property taxes and collision insurance added into the budget may as well be considered 2 more monthly payments. Add another for tires and one more for maintance and we've got 73 or 4 times the 400.00 per month in it. No regrets. Good luck in any case.