<prompt> Human: I am sure this question has been asked a million times, but I have a 2009 Jeep Patriot with 160,000 km on it. I bought it new something I will never do again but it has been paid off for sometime.This week everything seems to be going wrong with the Jeep. The power steering pump, while working, is extremely loud and kind of embarrassing when driving around. I need two new tires and new front breaks. These three items are pushing 1,000 in repairs and that is with a family friend mechanic that gives us an amazing deal on labour and doesnt mark up parts. There is a back wheel bearing that he warned me was going to go sooner than later so I am just sitting on a time bomb with that one.This is addition to 550 I put into it about a month ago to fit various items including a front wheel bearing. Due to the high kilometers and some cosmetic issues I estimate the vehicle is worth about 2,000 on trade in. I am at a cross roads: do I spend another 1,000 - 1,300 on a 7 year old car that is only worth 2,000 and hope that nothing else goes wrong with it, or do I try and trade it in while it still has some value? My issue is that while I know it will wind up being more expensive to have a new car payment every month, I dont like surprise expenses. My wifes car has also been giving us some problems this year a 2008 Saturn VUE that is getting a rad job currently in addition to some front end work earlier in 2016 and we have blown through approximately 2,000 of our savings just keeping these things on the road. Even to sell the jeep privately, I will need to put the 1,000 into it which I dont really have available at the moment as we have plundered our savings so much and to be honest I dont really want to deal with the headache of a private sale. It is starting to feel like a money pit and a bit of a time bomb where I am just waiting for the next thing to break. Whereas a reasonable used car with bi-weekly payments of 120 would have fewer than half the KMs and should be more reliable. Thoughts?  <response>: All items youve mentioned so far are wear items, pump, brakes, bearings, tires. These are things that could break or wear out on any car.How is the car mechanically? Engine, transmission, they could still be good at 160k km. 