I have a 2007 2.4l accord. The valve cover gasket is leaking, and ive heard that while the cover is off its best to do a valve adjustment, but ive never attempted it before. The car has 294k km, and had the " recommended maintenance" at 164k according to its service history, which should include a valve adjustment. Is it necessary for me to do it? Or am i okay to just do the valve cover gasket?
budget 20k cad, with 4k down.
Looking at some CPO 2024 venues in the 40-60k km range, some slightly higher milage elantras, or a dealer near me has a 2019 ioniq hybrid with 160k km for 11 grand.
I commute 80-100km daily for work, so fuel efficiency is a big plus, but I'm worried I wont get as much time out of the ioniq.
About to buy a 2007 honda accord with 296k km on it, got a PPI and everything checked out as well as you can expect for a 19 year old car. Currently I drive a 2010 Hyundai santa fe sport that has 260k km. Ive avoided getting any major work down on it since i bought it at 180k, but I feel like its just a matter of time till either the engine or the transmission goes, and then the car is absolutely worthless.
My thought is that the accord is going to be better on gas, easier to work on myself, and probably still have lots more life left compared to my hyundai. But is selling my currently still working car, and buying an older, and higher mileage, car a bad idea? For reference I'll be paying 5k cad for the accord, plus taxes and whatnot
2007 honda accord with the 2.4vtec 4cylinder. 296,000km, talked the seller down from 5400 to 4900cad.
Took it for a 30 minute test drive on mixed highway, big hills, and steep turns. Drove like a total beauty
If that were all, id buy it for sure (car market where i am is absolutely atrocious).
But it has a CEL, codes p2646 (vtec issue, looks easy enough to replace the whole assembly),
P2185= ECT sensory 2 circuit high
P0457=evap system/gas cap leak.
Am I being stupid for considering spending 5 grand on this car? I am pretty handy, and can probably fix some of this myself from what I'm seeing.
Just what the title says,
I (20M) grew up very poor, my family isnt very financially literate and I didnt learn much about finances growing up.
I just got a job that will be making 70-90k gross depending on overtime and whatnot. This is will be a significant jump for me compared to the minimum wage jobs ive always had and so i can actually start thinking about investing/saving for my future instead of living week to week.
I guess my question is just where do I start? Currently I just have a basic savings account with CIBC, ive heard I should get a tfsa, and an fhsa, but I domt know what these entail. Even just a point to some financial literacy resources (free ideally) would be a huge help. TIA
I used 15,000 points to pay down 100 bucks of my balance, the points are gone, but my balance hasnt changed, and theres nothing showing in my pending either? Do I need to call someone? This was on Thursday, how long do I wait?
I am starting work as a contractor (RMT) at a multidisciplinary clinic, and my services must include GST. My contract is a 70/30 split after gst deduction, and I will recieve a T4A at tax time. the clinic has been keeping the GST, is this correct? Or are they supposed to pay me out the GST so that I can then hold it to pay come to the cra come tax time? Or does the clinic collect the 5% gst, pay me my 70% after that deduction, and then I have to take another 5% off of my pay to go towards the GST??? that feels wrong, and like I'm being taxed twice? Please clear this up for me.
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Going between the 2026 kona and the 2026 venue, the (significantly) smaller price tag on the venue is a huge draw, im not a car guy, I dont need anything flashy or fast or care about horse power or features, just need sowmthing exonomic to get from A to B, I currently drive a 2010 santa fe that just passed 250,000kms and im assuming will die on me soon.
I think people oversell the importance of AWD, with modern traction control I think that quality tires make a much bigger difference, especially since I do very little offroading (maybe 2 camping trips a year that require driving up a logging road).
My absolute biggest concern is my commute, I do about 150kms a day round trip for my job (hopefully moving eventually so this won't be as big of an issue, but have no timeline on that). Now my question is this; would this amount of driving be too much for the venue? Or is the difference in cost + better fuel economy going to outperform the increased wear on my parts? Or would that even be different on the larger kona? Am I overthinking this?
TLDR; I have a 150km commute and want to know if this is too much wear to make a venue worth it over the kona.