u/Admirable_Joke_5712

Context: Free car. My dad has a 2014 Jeep Patriot Latitude. It's located in a different state, so all I would pay for is the shipping and title transfer which would come out to about $3,000-3,500 total. I would be using the car as my daily driver, averaging about 200mi a week on it. I'm hoping the car would last me long enough that I can save up to get another vehicle. I'm going around in Ubers now, so even with gas, insurance, and typical maintenance I'd be saving about $200/month. It's between this car or no car, since I can't afford a car payment + insurance + gas.

Patriot Essentials:

1. Transmission: CVT (2014)
2. Rust Check: No rust
3. Leak Check: No leaks on the headliner or dome light.
4. Specs: 4WD, 2.4L, 145,000 miles. Cost: <$3,500.

Mechanical issues:

1. CV joint needs to be fixed.
2. Clanking noise when you accelerate in low gear.
3. Rear differential leaks.

Other details

• The throttle wore out on a road trip, and was completely replaced. This happened at 120,000 miles.
• Transmission has never had a problem. He got the transmission drained and refilled at 130,000 miles.
• He is the third owner, and according to the CARFAX no major accidents reported.
• He doesn't use it as a daily driver, car mostly sits around currently.

Questions:

1. My dad is gonna take it in to a mechanic for a quote on the mechanical issues. What dollar amount would make you say "it's not worth the fix"?
2. Say I got all that fixed, do you think it would last me 2-5 years in its condition?
   • At 200mi/week, that's 10,400mi/year, and at 5 years it would be at 197,000mi

Thanks for your help!

i just started and sometimes i mess up :(

maybe i forgot to secure one of those stupid STUPID boxes and it fell, and i did my door close/boarding procedure out of order, and then i couldn’t find the seatbelt in the demo eq and i did it late, once i forgot to brief my exits b4 door closed, or i and i forgot to all-call and i forget to do the lights and make the pas and i burned the bread and a pax walked in on me poopin

i just feel like i never hear anything about it and when my probationary meeting comes the manager is gonna slam a huge file with receipts of all my fuckups and all the FA at my base will yell shame shame shame at me as i am handcuffed to one of those self driving wheelchairs and sent out of the terminal the day before my probation meeting

i keep having recurring nightmares that we have to close the boarding door but every time i turn around all the bins are open again and im not wearing any pants

i’m always one hour early to my report time so i can spend all my money at the airport and iron my shirt (it wrinkled because i moved)

will i get fired because i suck

i took a coke zero will they find out