My 1998 Ford Explorer!!!!

My truck has now more than 235 thousand miles!! And well it now needs a few things done to it! Just wondering what to do?? Do I put money into it and or do I go and get a newer one? By the way its a Ford Explore 2 door sport. This things has been amazing. At 70k miles the a/c compressor goes. No problem it was still under warranty and Ford replaces it! At 110K the engine was miss firing so I checked the plugs and a spark plug wire was broken. Replaced the with new wires and plugs!

At 200K the alternator went and I replaced that. At 205k housing for the thermostat broke and while I was having it replaced I also had them replace the water pump as well to avoid more problems because it was the original water pump and to dismantle to get to it was a job!

Now at 235k the A/C has once again gone, I am told I need to replace the front shocks, I need new ball joints, and the transmission is kicking alittle! I am not really sure I want to put all this money back into a car with that amount of mileage!

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