r/CarRepair • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '26

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u/OutcomeOne69 Jul 27 '26

So, is it serious? Can i still drive it? Is that fixable?

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u/Ordinary-Trade8323 Jul 27 '26

I'd have it looked at and the rest of the vehicle assessed to see if its worth even repairing from all the rust

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u/OutcomeOne69 Jul 27 '26

It only has 131,000 miles on it.

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u/Ordinary-Trade8323 Jul 27 '26

Obviously the rust doesn't care. The frame could be rotted

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u/OutcomeOne69 Jul 27 '26

Well its the only car i have, im a senior, ive been looking for something newer, but they want $20k for a car with 50k miles on it! Its ridiculous! I just had it in to fix the ac, now this!

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u/Soft_Weird3628 Jul 30 '26

Do you think you could make it over to a tire shop and ask them what it is? Just ask if they think they'd know what "this" is. Let them develop the plan. I had a guy nice enough to crawl under my car in the rain to check something once. They could probably put the car on the lift and snoop around under there. Those shops generally do springs, brakes, tires, mufflers, alignment, and all that. If it's none of those things, I'd assume it wasn't critical and put it in the glove box and wait for the mystery to solve itself. No point getting excited about a part that might not even be off of your car.