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I'm the only owner of the car and have had three major accidents on that car. Everything is repaired and it's as good as new. I have a lot of miles on the car though. I have 150,000 miles and the dealer is telling me that I need to replace my engine mounts and get a new timing belt. Costs for those repairs is about $1200. Should I just sell the car or do you think the car will be as good as new after I fix these problems?

 
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Can you buy another 01 Civic with new motor mounts and timing belt for $1200? Better yet, go to a repair shop that specializes in JApaneese imports and get their price and then decide.I used to drive an 89 Stanza and I did a couple of repair jobs that were in the $500-$800 range (timing belt, mounts) just because that's what you have to do to keep the older car running comfortably.The timing belt is something you must replace - cause if it breaks it'll cost a whole lot more to undo the damage. The motor mounts will help your car run more comfortably, too.Unless you have about $20k to buy a new one I think I'd just keep this one. Personally, since it is only a 2001, I would just do the repair work and keep on going. Honda Civics are iron horses, you can't beat them.