When we first bought this house in 2003, my wife gave me a $500.00 budget to buy the lawn equipment. I spent about $280.00 on this old, self-propelled Toro lawn mower:

The pull from the front wheel drive had been getting weaker the last couple of years, but it finally gave up entirely. A new transmission, shaft and bearings to fix it would be over $200.00, so that's out.
The new Toro will be here tomorrow to replace it.
I've never done a thing to that mower other than put gas in it and change the air filter and spark plug. Definitely got my money's worth out of it.

The pull from the front wheel drive had been getting weaker the last couple of years, but it finally gave up entirely. A new transmission, shaft and bearings to fix it would be over $200.00, so that's out.
The new Toro will be here tomorrow to replace it.
I've never done a thing to that mower other than put gas in it and change the air filter and spark plug. Definitely got my money's worth out of it.