Retire or Keep Driving Her?
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Retire or Keep Driving Her?
Here's my situation. My truck's in the shop now. I had a nasty misfire which I thought was the transmission popping. Turns out, my old mechanic who installed my cylinder heads had assembled the springs wrong but one got too loose and you can figure out what happened next. Anyway, it's about 1200 dollars for the new mechanic, parts and machine shop charges. I go to college in the fall and was planning on taking the truck since college is only 45 minutes from my house and parking is free. My parent's don't want me to bring the truck and I'm concerned it won't start after sitting there or having a serious problem. I do have AAA so free towing but we've already thrown a ton of money at it and its a lemon due to almost no maintenance and/or hack jobs before I bought her. Not many people want to work on it. Should I leave her home and look for a more reliable car with better mpg? I'm not selling it. My college is in a rural area and the closest thing is the pizza hut 2 miles away so I'd like some sort of transportation.
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It's too bad you couldn't warranty that repair. Well if she drives like a dream I would keep her after the repairs. It's your decision to iron out, there's so much to consider when it comes to vehicles cause its all about the money. A car will be cheaper though.
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Most any modern car will double your gas mileage; and if you get a small econobox, you may even triple it. It won't take long to pay for a cheap car at today's fuel prices.
The best way to find a good mechanic for your truck is to learn how to do it yourself; then you know the job is done right, or there is only yourself to blame. A 90 F150 isn't that difficlut mechanically; the EFI system isn't even that hard to troubleshoot.
I would get a car to put miles on going to school, then sell it ot another broke college student upon graduation.
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The best way to find a good mechanic for your truck is to learn how to do it yourself; then you know the job is done right, or there is only yourself to blame. A 90 F150 isn't that difficlut mechanically; the EFI system isn't even that hard to troubleshoot.
I would get a car to put miles on going to school, then sell it ot another broke college student upon graduation.
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The best way to find a good mechanic for your truck is to learn how to do it yourself; then you know the job is done right, or there is only yourself to blame. A 90 F150 isn't that difficlut mechanically; the EFI system isn't even that hard to troubleshoot.
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It's my daily driver so I was afraid to do anything to the engine as it can very quickly turn into a multi day job as I have learned in the past! But yeah, most stuff isn't hard but all my tests and checks came back blank. This truck is a real mystery
The best way to find a good mechanic for your truck is to learn how to do it yourself; then you know the job is done right, or there is only yourself to blame. A 90 F150 isn't that difficlut mechanically; the EFI system isn't even that hard to troubleshoot.
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It's my daily driver so I was afraid to do anything to the engine as it can very quickly turn into a multi day job as I have learned in the past! But yeah, most stuff isn't hard but all my tests and checks came back blank. This truck is a real mystery
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Of course the shop I used has a 1 year warranty. They said it was completely normal why was a lie and now 13 months later, this happens
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