Used car market advice
Hello! I currently have a 2015 Dodge Dart Rallye with the notoriously unreliable 2.4L multiair tiger shark engine. I have about 132k on it, i’ve owned it for 3 years. Recently had an issue with overheating when driving it just an hour out of town. Got it fixed, and learned my engine burns about a quart of oil every 4k miles. My car as it sits with issues fixed is about $3500. If I burn too much oil, or get the all to common with this engine rod knock, I am sitting on about $300 in scrap (same thing happened with my last car) I have about 3k to spend on top of that if I sell now. My question is, do i look to sell now, or try to ride this car out until it dies? I feel like I am sitting on a time bomb, waiting for an issue to come up. I have been looking at 2014 civics and accords, but of course, the market on those is a bit much right now with people kinda scalping the market, but I don’t mind taking out a small loan to build credit, as I am 22 and have no credit graduating college currently. Any advice on this would be helpful. Thanks!