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Ford Probe, old sis's car... died
17 years ago
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Well if any of you seen my YIM sign in note, you may have noticed my line as 'Burying my dead Ford Probe'.
Well the inevitable happened on tuesday morning as I drove to work.
The thermostat (which controls the coolant that goes into a hot engine...) actually froze shut that morning when it was like 4* above 0* that morning.... ya it was fuckin COLD.
Well the thermostat was frozen or stuck shut, and by the time the sensor read the engine was hot, all the damage had been done. Warped head, and blown head gasket, despite having coolant in the radiator.
The mechanic said that there was really no way to tell it would have happened. But that still hurts when I am without a car after plunking down $1600 in repairs to the car.
But on a possible good note, I might be looking at another car on the repair person's lot.
He did say however that he will apply the repair bill towards a down payment to somthing else IF we decide, as he would hate to lose a customer after getting the Probe repaired at his shop only a month earlier.
He did state that he was an honest dealer, and lent me a loaner car as the Probe was being looked at. I will look into this a lot closer.
I mean, im not REALLY upset about the car, even tho I REALLY did enjoy driving it, well.... I am a BIT upset that it happened... but i'm not so hell brain bent on giving myself a stroke in anger... what would that prove?
My question is to everyone here... should I go to his lot and chance another car that he would help finance, or should I cut my losses?
Vote below...
Black and white in a grey world...
Kimmy-skunk
Well the inevitable happened on tuesday morning as I drove to work.
The thermostat (which controls the coolant that goes into a hot engine...) actually froze shut that morning when it was like 4* above 0* that morning.... ya it was fuckin COLD.
Well the thermostat was frozen or stuck shut, and by the time the sensor read the engine was hot, all the damage had been done. Warped head, and blown head gasket, despite having coolant in the radiator.
The mechanic said that there was really no way to tell it would have happened. But that still hurts when I am without a car after plunking down $1600 in repairs to the car.
But on a possible good note, I might be looking at another car on the repair person's lot.
He did say however that he will apply the repair bill towards a down payment to somthing else IF we decide, as he would hate to lose a customer after getting the Probe repaired at his shop only a month earlier.
He did state that he was an honest dealer, and lent me a loaner car as the Probe was being looked at. I will look into this a lot closer.
I mean, im not REALLY upset about the car, even tho I REALLY did enjoy driving it, well.... I am a BIT upset that it happened... but i'm not so hell brain bent on giving myself a stroke in anger... what would that prove?
My question is to everyone here... should I go to his lot and chance another car that he would help finance, or should I cut my losses?
Vote below...
Black and white in a grey world...
Kimmy-skunk
I'd shop around, seriously. You can also look at getting a used engine from a junked car. Find a similar car that's been totaled by a broadside or rear-end. Odds are the engine will be fine. Just swap them out. Again, shade tree mechanics are best for this kind of thing. They can usually find you a used engine too.
Cheers and best of luck, hon!!!!!