{"id":111,"date":"2010-09-19T17:09:05","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T00:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/?p=111"},"modified":"2011-03-15T21:49:03","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T04:49:03","slug":"cheaper-to-keep-her-the-real-costs-of-auto-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=111","title":{"rendered":"Cheaper to keep her: the real costs of auto maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re like me, every time your \u201ccheck engine\u201d light pops on, or some component starts emitting an odd noise (or smell), a tiny counter in your brain rolls forward like an odometer. Is this the Big One? Should you take your beloved beater off life support and shell out for a new ride instead?<\/p>\n<p>Just how much is too much to spend on repairs? The answer might surprise you. Let\u2019s start by looking at how much you should expect to pay for repairs over the lifetime of your car and then compare that to the cost of buying a new one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auto.howstuffworks.com\/under-the-hood\/cost-of-car-ownership\/auto-maintenance-cost.htm\" target=\"_blank\">How much does auto maintenance cost over time?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re like me, every time your \u201ccheck engine\u201d light pops on, or some component starts emitting an odd noise (or smell), a tiny counter in your brain rolls forward like an odometer. Is this the Big One? Should you take your beloved beater off life support and shell out for a new ride instead? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=111\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cheaper to keep her: the real costs of auto maintenance<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto","category-consumer","category-maintenance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}