QuestionHere is a list of work I had done to my 89 eldorado in the last year: new brakes, radiator, AIR motor, water pump, shocks, struts, bushing, wheels, tires, throttle something, belts, door locks, and battery. I now have more money into it than it's worth and am still paying the loans for the repair. Now I found out the motor mount front lower needs to be replaced. You are an expert on Cadillacs, so I want your personal opinion. The car has 159,000 miles on it. Is it worth continuing to fix it up? What do you think is a good price to change the mount? I have been changing oil and transmission fluid, but is there any type of life expectancy on the engine/tranny? Honestly, I can't sell it for what I owe on it, and I can't afford a new car, but I can't afford something else major to go wrong. It keeps improving each step but I am worrying that I am wasting money away. What do you think? There is no rust. The body is pretty good other than clearcoat peeling and the sunroof slider on the track has to be pushed along. The interior leather is bad and the doors inside have a few cracks, but the dash is good. When I had my last full service they said the spark plugs and injectors were very dirty and cleaned them, but it seems it wasn't maintained well. Thanks for your opinions. I welcome anything you have to say.
AnswerCadillac was always a high maintenance vehicle to keep running. To be perfectly honest, I have had numerous times when I could have bought one that some garage that could not get it to run and talking with the owner I could have literally stole it for what the current repair bill was at this particular time.
To be honest, You don't see a Cadillac in my driveway as i don't have the money or the time to keep working on it and sinking more and more money into a losing battle.
Personally, I would dump it and cut your losses while it still runs half decent.
This is my personal and professional opinion.'
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