Unfortunately, money is tight, and 3 cars is just too much for a 22 year old in college working part time. Something has to go. The truck and Lumina are both paid off, so if I sell one of them they won't really help me out whereas selling the HHR I'll lose the payment. According to KBB the HHR is worth $11,800, which is $1k more than I paid for it back in '09. I don't know that I can get that much for it though, but we'll see. I've been looking locally and even ones with 100k+ miles are selling for $10k. I only owe $6k on it, so I'll be getting a lot of cash back which will help pay some bills. Luckily the Lumina seems to be a great DD, and I wouldn't be surprised if I could even get 5+ years out of it easily the way I maintain it. Luckily there are so many of them on the road for parts and we can fix it ourselves when things break.

So hopefully by the time it's a true beater, I can get something that I always wanted, like a Mustang convertible as a fun summer toy. I don't know, we'll see. But as a struggling college kid, I've got to make some choices.

I really hate to see it go, but I have to. Stress has been killing me with bills being due and whatnot. I actually am getting gray hair from it, and my blood pressure is actually high. I'm literally killing myself by keeping it. I just got to look at it as just a car, which is hard for me to do....

 

Sorry to see you go bud. GLWS.

 

Well sometimes the rational choices are the hardest, even though your HHR might be heading down the road, don't be a stranger here OK.

 

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BOOOooooooooo, that sucks!
I applaud you for taking responsibility and doing what you have to do to keep you from sinking in the sea a debt.

 

Bummer, Man..... She's a sweet one, but sometimes reality hits hard, and we do what we have to do......

Hope you get a good price out of it.

 

Thanks guys. I've been able to make all my payments both on the car and on my bills on time, so I've never been late or missed a payment. But as it is now, with the few hours I get at work I don't know if I would be able to keep it that way. I had astounding credit when I got the car, and I'd like to keep it that way. I think selling the car before it gets that bad is my best bet.

I haven't really decided what to ask for it though. Beings that I don't need it gone ASAP yet, I think I might start higher and work down if I don't get any offers. Honestly though it looks a lot better than about any HHR you see on the road around here of that age.

My mom says I should look at it as if it were a lease...

 

Or - - you could decide to sell the Lumina for 5 or 6k and pay off the loan and have a nice reliable car to boot. Just a thought........

 

Hmm, if only the Lumina was worth $5-6k...

 

When I was 18 I fell in love with a 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible - red with white bucket seats. I wanted that car soooo bad. I had to make a decision - spend the $4200 for the car (about a year old as I recall) and go to work in the shop to pay for it - or - buy some nice reasonably priced transportation and go to college.

Probably one of my better decisions, I skipped the car and ended up with a 1968 Torino - acutally a great car with buckets and tri-power, but only $1800. I made it through school and it paid off.

You're probably doing the right thing - as long as you don't go dumping $22K into a Mustang next year. :)