I have been struggling with all of this myself. I just can't bring myself to get rid of it. There is nothing else out there that interests me like my VX! I'm paying out the rear end for parts and labor to fix it, but how much is a car payment every month on a newer vehicle. I would say it evens itself out. I get so many compliments on mine and no one has a clue it's 13 years old, they think it's brand new. I would like to find a cheap DD so I can save some of my miles put on the VX.