<prompt> Human: I have a 07 hyundai sonata with 70k miles on it. I had my drivers seat window motor break, in the down position. This cost 700 dollars to repair. Something stupid fall off the bottom of my car when my SO tore off my front bumper accidentally. 500 dollars to repair. My visors have been broken for years at this point, wont stay up, to repair both would cost between 150-300 dollars. Im just using binder clips to hold them up and dont plan on repairing them. Most of the other stuff Ive taken care of has agenormal things that were cheaper; car battery died, buying new tires, filters, ect. Edit: I went over the parts sheet, we got ripped off. Lesson learned. It still doesnt make overall question less valuable. When my window broke several people suggest I should just... not repair the window, sell the car and look into buying a new one. The repairs have been done now, they werent really things I could leave broken and drive it around. This had made me really start to wonder when does it become economical to invest into a new car or new used car rather that repairing all the random crap off my car. Im having a hard time believing Im reaching that point with my current car. It works great, still looks pretty decent on the exterior and the interior looks great. I dont know how to determine when its too far gone without going to the point where my car is not longer running and I have no choice but to spend 2k to repair it.When I buy my next car Id like to buy it in full, I am debt free and intend to stay this way. Im not really ready to buy a car yet but I wasnt in a hurry to start setting large sums of money aside with this in mind either. I dont want to throw money into a sinking ship either I do not think my car is a sinking ship yet. I have no interest in learning how to repair my car, ever. I will always have to pay someone to fix it. How do you guys determine when its time to buy a new car? How should I figure out when that is most economical to do?Assistant: this is one example of how being mechanically inclined pays off.I would suggest finding a friend who knows how to work on cars...that window should have been 100 dollars and a case of beer at most. Human: The motor was 500 dollars the broken peice. Another broken peice of the window was 100. Labor was 60. I get the impression having that knowledge would have made little difference. Ultimately I didnt have much time to shop around though.  <response>: Im sorry, but the motor doesnt cost that much. Anyways until something major fails, you can keep driving it. 