Ahh! glad to be back in Boise the trip to FC was great till we got pass donners pass after we were off of donners pass to remove chains well first of when we drove up donners pass my car was acting up ie wanting to die and not liking the drive up the pass. so after we got down the pass we parked to remove the chains and my car died and would not start. so a cop came up and pushed us to a truck stop where we parked it over night and carpooled with some other furs who were with us to a hotel till the next morning to get it fixed. but what happened is we went to FC with a Utah fur who picked us up form denneys in auburn California and from their we went to FC we made it and a few days later the Utah fur wanted to leave early so we did he took us to my car we replaced the cap.rotor,plugs, and coil it started up and made the rest of the drive to finish FC then after the con we were on our way home and it acted up again when we stopped for gas at teh truck stop where we first left it after we put gas in it would not start again GRRR so we walked up to a shop paid $20 for them to get it running we did get it running then as we drove back up the pass it acted up again i swear this pass curses old cars it died at the same spot on the way to the con. so we made it about 30 miles up the pass and the oil cap blew off so we stopped again used electrical tape for a oil cap yes it was a redneck fix i call it lol so after we jimmy rigged a cap we drove again the oil light came on again we stopped at teh station bought some oil topped it off then we drove down the pass it smoked like hell i swear it was so bad all the oil got burned up and it died again pass reno we stopped at a gas station in reno it was empty on oil we bought 4 quarts put that in we found the oil cap mysteriously in a spot where we could not find it before put that on and we drove again it still smoked like hell but then 30 miles out of reno the engine made that one noise as we were driving the grinding noise was heard then the rod broke through the side of the block left a huge hole steam was like poring out so that was that for my 76 corolla it was a sad day and a interesting trip for me and Zeeby. so as the car was on the side the moment it blew up a car parked behind us then a cop pulle dup afterwords like a chain of events i talked to the guy who would take my car in return of bus tickets back to Boise so we stayed the night at the guys house left the next afternoon to the greyhound bus station and waited for the buss now that was more hell then ever and a long extra 3 days out of state it sucked bad. but we made it home finely the good thing that came out of this at least we went to the con had a good time and after we got back to Boise got picked up i did not have to worry about buying a car as my parents bought a new one for themselves and gave me their old one to use. so i got a car now till i can afford a nicer one. i will leave the rest to zeeby he can tell you more about our trip.