Start with these example inputs
- $2,500 repair quote
- $8,000 current market value
- $30,000 replacement vehicle
- 3-year comparison horizon
These are examples, not recommendations or market averages. Replace every number with your own quote, rates, expected life, and required installation costs.
What to stress-test
Raise future repairs and lower the current car’s end value. Then change the replacement price. The point is to find the assumptions that actually flip the answer.
What the example teaches
Do not ask the calculator to predict the future. Use it to expose the threshold: how much repaired life, future cost, or operating savings must be true before one path becomes less expensive inside the stated horizon.
Run your own numbers
Use the calculator, then change the one or two assumptions you are least sure about.
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