I kinda feel the ol' SSE is showing her age.

There'* some rust below the fuel door.
The steering wheel is peeling. :? :?
The spot on the sunshade where I smushed the spider is drooping already.
Neither of the rear reading lights work. :( :(
She'* slower than she should be for reasons that can only be described as difficult to pinpoint and time consuming to fix. :? :?
Everytime I fix the oil leaks, another large leak shows up.
I found rust in the rear wells when I pulled back the trunk liner to unhook the ELC selector valve that I could probably push my finger through.
Just today I found the headliner is starting to sag right above my head.
The mandatory hole in the driver seat bolster is getting ever larger.

$550 a month is starting to look really good for a new GTO.

Get a new used GTO for around 400 a month.
you'll need the extra cash for gas.

A lot of the same things are wrong with my car too.

But yours isn't a beater...?

By a 94 SSEi as a "winter" car heheh

Seriously though, when a car becomes to much to maintain to your personal level of standards its time to send it on to pasture. GTO would be nice!

The SSEi would be a nice "beater" next to a GTO.

Me, I would keep it as the beater and buy its replacement. When it dies, it dies....send it to the bone yard or part it out.

allow me to correct you vital...
The SSE SC would be a nice beater next to a GTO
heheeh no i in his...i know..smart *** eh?

this is the exact reason I got my xplorer. The bonnie is something I hope to own for a long time, but is WAY to expensive to maintain as a daily driver. The Bonnie has a lot of sentamental value too and it would be a very sad day in my life when/if I have to put her out to pasture.

I'm looking into a daily driver as well to keep mine from ending up like the red car. If you think it can't get worse, I'll get you pictures of the red car... I did "just put my finger through it"

Seems like everyone is investing in a daily driver..right now, i just use the Alero, but thats for other reasons, id love to drive my bonneville everydays..its just...a cool car? in my eyes anyway

Yep......go ahead and keep Wine as a back-up ride and get the GTO and only drive it on very nice sunny days. No need to put it through the rigors of snow and road salt.