Keep or sell car: rust starting

[Tim Sweeney]

Hello everyone,

I am at a fork in the road and cant decide what to do with my car. Mechanically the only thing it could use are 4 new struts. Otherwise it has 170,000 miles and it has some spots of rust starting to form and I’m wondering if I should attempt to sand and paint them myself, pay a professional body shop (i don’t know how much this would cost) or sell the car while it is still worth money and while there is no major rust. The car is worth around $6,000.

I really appreciate any advice. Hopefully you can see the rust and paint chips in my pictures.

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