Is my car worth saving or should I just trade it in?

I have a 2002 Honda CRV with over 200,000 miles on it. I've had it for about over a year now and lately over the past couple months or so it's been having a lot of problems that have been popping up recently and these problems being like I used to have a really bad oil leak that I thought was coming from the oil pan gasket but it really wasn't, it was coming from this valve right under my valve cover gasket and I just got that fixed yesterday. And before that I took my car to Firestone to get them to at least make my car driveable again because I have messed up the front left axle when I got into an incident while I was going across the interstate back in May and it feels like ever since that my car has been slowly going downhill no matter what I do to fix it. So far, if I spent about almost 2 grand on just trying to make it as drivable and safe as possible but I feel like the more money I put into trying to fix it more problems keep showing up. But at the same time I don't want to let it go because my mom gave it to me and I feel like I put in too much money to just give it away like that either. So, do you guys think its worth fixing because it still runs pretty good once I jump start it but with the new axel might be coming a loose, my battery/altenator possibly going bad, and my brakes might need replacing too because even when I put in park it still tries to roll; have to put on the emergency brake to make it stop completely in place. Any thoughts?

Depends… You are reaching the end of a normals car lifetime - 200,000 miles. If you like working on it & if it's broke, that doesn't ruin your day, it could be a great hobby for you, & a profitable one, also. But, if you have to pay to keep it working & you're dead in the water when it brakes, then time to look for a newer more reliable one.

Brakes and it rolling in park are totally different things. Your parking pawl is gone I guess. That is a new one for me. That could be major. Alternator /battery is normal used car stuff.

It's time to start putting your money into savings, toward buying a new ride. You've hit the point, a few months ago, when the car will start to get more expensive, and is worth less than the money you have to put into it to get it running again. Each dollar you sink into the car, is literally being thrown away, even though it may keep you on the road for another few weeks, until the next thing breaks down.

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