I paid 750 for a car. Should I junk it?

In the past 5 months I have owned a Honda Accord (2001)
It gave me no problems until last month

Transmission gave out - fixed it; got a used one (only for $400 by the way. Yes major discount because i'm very good friends with my mechanic)
Distributor was ruined - fixed… Brand new one
Alternator - voltages were giving almost no power, had to get a brand new one

Now NEW PROBLEMS
Power Steering leak - the line at the bottom is leaking out power steering fluid…
Vaccum Leak - no idea how much this costs… And I can't pass inspection
Starter - starter is slowly starting to give out. You have to try and turn on the car 3-4x to make it work now and winter is coming so I need the starter as soon as possible. Wonderful.

unbelievable! Should I just keep investing in the car? It is only a matter of time till cracked head gasket or whatever. The issue is I don't make a lot of money. There's no way I could afford a car that would give me no issues. The cars that won't give me as many issues can be ranging from 4,000-8000$ and I don't have that cash on me.

what should I do?!

oh yeah I need 4 new tires on the car as well.

The amount of money that you have already spent should not be considered in your decision at all. We tend to inflate the cost analysis by saying "look at how much i have spent already." the truth is that whatever amount you have spent already is gone and can't be recovered so focus only the amount of money you are considering spending now or in the future and consider the alternatives for spending that same amount of money on a different car. It is usually worth to repair an old car up until the point where the amount of the next repair is going to cost as much as it would to just get another old car.
it is also a great financial decision to save up money to buy a car with one cash payment than taking on a ridiculous loan. If you can keep this old car running long enough to save up and pay cash for the next car do it.

The joys of owning a car that's practically worn out. You spend more on repairs than payments on a newer and more reliable car would cost.

Of course you need good enough credit for someone to loan you ~$5,000. But that's the way to go. Otherwise you spend even more keeping a clunker going, AND the hassle of not having a reliable car.

Lanab
I can't do car payments. I already tried one car for 5,000 and the payments were 295 a month. It is not worth it. They rhape you on interest.

I rather just keep the beater. If I buy another beater then i'll be getting a different car with the same, or even more problems. No point.

Always look at the condition of your car as if you were going to sell it and then see how much you could get the car in good driving condition to make this call. As an example lets say your car is listed at lots for under 2,000 dollars. You now can see that you would still be ahead if you spent 1,250 Max to bring your car into good shape. That amount could be easily hit with a new engine and trans from your friend! Also high mileage means high likelihood of worn suspension, and general wear and tear. All this must be thought of within the 1,250.00 figure.

Just keep dumping thousands of dollars into a hunk of junk. That way, in the end you will have spent the price of a new car on a hunk of junk.