yeah , IMO you dont have much left to pay on the car, and with the blood, sweat, money and tears put into it, i'd say keep it.

my ex had a mirage that she bought new while she was in college (years ago 2000) and she always griped about it though she loved the fact that it was quick. needless to say she had about 6 payments left, was nearing graduation from college and me and her sat and planned whether or not to get right into a new car.

my advise to her was to pay it off, pay herself the car note she'd been paying for at least a year, and then have a trade in with money to put toward something she really wanted, granted stability with her career and salary had showed itself.

the car i owned was in the shop one day in november 2000, so i had her take me by moms house to visit. later that night she comes to pick me up in a '01 corolla, she's happy and i'm vexed cause all that we talked about went right out the window. the folowing day after she bought it, while she was heading to work a truck ahead of her hit a bump, a roll of carpet he was carrying jumped off and landed ahead of her, can we say she had to replace the bumper........since that day it's been hit 6 times, stolen, windshield craked by a huge rock and the following year the re-styled corolla came out and the blue book value was chopped in half, combined with the damage she now has $7,800 left to pay on a car that has a value of $2,000. she hates her "new car".

keep your car man.