When your monthly repairs equal or exceed the cost of loan payments. This is
you are on a very limited budget. Just do not follow the lead of some of us
SHO folks who will do anything to keep it running.
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: <v6sho@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; "TechSHO" <TechSHO@topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:18 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] (semi-OT) The Breakup
> As some of you know I maintain a 93 LX wagon 3.8L on behalf of an indigent
> family.
>
> The car developed an oil leak resulting from a rusted steel oil pan, and I
> just dropped that pan. And as it came down I thought, "OMG, I'm going to
> do
> the rod bearings, I can't believe it." I am also thinking of doing the
> tranny pan gasket, filter, and flush while I'm in there. This car has
> 124K
> on it. The head gaskets, radiator, and many other weak points have been
> replaced.
>
> My real question is, how do you decide when it's time to stop sinking
> money
> into the car you know, make a break, and start a new relationship with
> another car that you don't know?
>
> People who don't work on their own cars have it easier. The moment comes
> when they're facing a big bill, and that makes it easier to make a clear
> choice. We who buy parts a few at a time have a harder time on the slope,
> it seems.
>
> VO
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