 transmission, the engine, whatever. How do you decide with an older vehicle, is it worth fixing or is it time for you to move on to something else? My advice is if the cost of the repair is going to be near or somewhere around what the remaining value is of the vehicle, that's the point at which you say, I give up and replace that vehicle with something else. The good news, the cost of newer used cars has come way down over the last six months.