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[LivingAlmostLarge]

Yes. We replaced DH's old one.

what did you trade in and what did you buy?

[MonkeyMama]

That is amazing! I still like driving my Vibe, so I am torn about replacing it. One thing that I was surprised was all the door handles broke in two (starting maybe a year ago). I didn't know that was even a thing. I replaced them myself after watching several YouTube videos. Have you had to replace the door handles on your 2003 Vibe? ( I wonder if the CA climate is kinder.) My vehicle is very basic, too, about the only upgrade was leather seats. It was about 19k when I purchased it new (IIRC).

LOL, the driver side door handle broke today. Yikes! Such a weird thing. I thought maybe that was what you had said so I had to dig up this old thread.
The car has sat a lot the 4 years we owned it, so that maybe bought us some time.

I told my son to be gentle with the rest and to expect more to break. Well, I appreciate the heads up that it probably won't just be one random door handle.

We did some fairly basic maintenance when my 17yo got his license end of 2022. Brakes, new battery. Very predictable stuff. Had to put in a new starter this year. This year is going to be 'random old car' repairs, it seems. Not sure I've ever replaced a starter before.