<prompt> Human: My wife and I currently both have a car, hers is a 1998 honda civic with roughly 170 K miles, mine is a Mercury Sable 2002 with roughly 164K miles. We have been looking into getting a new to us vehicle, and an opportunity opened up yesterday that my wifes grandmas vehicle will be for sale for 3,000. It is a Toyota Avalon 03 with approx. 135K miles, and is in nearly perfect condition. She just did work on it totaling 1200 and would get an oil change for us before giving it to us. She also said that we could do a payment plan with her and I was thinking of doing 250 a month for 12 months. I looked up the value for this vehicle on KBB and it is somewhere between 4500 to 6000, so it definitely is a good deal.My brother is moving back to my hometown with his wife and baby soon, and he needs an older vehicle to buy for their needs. I believe I could sell one of our current cars to him for around 1,000. The Honda civic we have has broken down 3 or 4 times in the last two years and needs a new air conditioner, but the engine seems very solid and I think the bulk of the issues are now behind us. In this past year weve entirely replaced several things on the underbody, such as the manifold and the exhaust, and in prior years have done several other repairs with new or gently used parts. The mercury sable is currently performing mostly fine with a few quirks. Sometimes the engine revs up a lot, so Im thinking that it may have some engine issues in the future. AC works good, heat is fine, and it gets decent gas mileage, although not anywhere close to the Honda and probably 3 -5 mpg less than the Avalon would get. It also seems to be leaking coolant so something will need repaired there as well. Im leaning towards selling my brother the sable and keeping the CivicIs it worth a 2,000 dollar increase to switch out cars? Would it be more beneficial to sell the Civic or the Sable? Should I sell the vehicle to my brother for less to account for any future repairs? He isnt in the best financial situation currently, as he will only have a part-time job lined up for when they move back, although he is actively seeking full-time employment on top of that.  <response>: As a car enthusiast who has spent too much time reading about and discussing the pros and cons of various car makes, there is only one logical move here, which is the one you were already leaning towards:Sell your brother the Sable, keep the Civic, and enjoy the Avalon.Toyotas are silly reliable, and Fords the Mercury are notoriously unreliable, especially in the early 2000s. Late 90s Civics are also very reliable. Youll likely keep needing to do a few hundred in maintenance every year, but thats normal for an almost 20 year old car. 