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Wow! Only 1 week til June! I can't wait... Go Mark Go!

Huh?? What's happening in June?

I't supposed to be done!


...but that's unlikely at this point with Lana's car down and me shopping for both a replacement car and a replacement engine.

Better in the fall with cooler temps.


I can't believe Lana killed the family car. Does she know it needs more then gas to run??

There's got to be enough metal shavings and short pieces of filler rod laying on the floor to repair whatever Lana might have blown up.

LOL

It's nothing Lana did, it popped in the garage on should down the best I can tell and I've since learned the failure mode is common on those engines. The timing chain tensioner failed and its fine while it's running but then the chain jumps on shut-down. If your lucky like my neighbor the chain jumps a lot and the engine locks when you try to crank it, so you just fix the tensioner and you're good. If you're unlucky like Lana it only jumps a tooth or 2 so it bends all the valves when you crank it, then it jumps more and bends more, repeat until all the pistons and valves are trash.

I thought I'd run out an buy her a nice used car then change her engine at my leisure but that has become a bigger time sink then changing the engine would have been. I did go to my first car auction last night which was interesting, but came home without the car I went for

Last weekend I went to see one in Brooklyn only to learn that the advertised price was the cash you were financing under ridiculous terms not the cash you were paying...AG complaint filed 15 minutes after I got home.

An excellent condition car an hour+ away (plus 2 hours prep because Lana and family came with) that was fair at best......these adventures just EAT my time

Try to arrange financing through your own bank or credit union before you go to any lots. Always a good negotiating point since they usually make money on the financing.

I brought cash and was prepared to pay the advertised price so there should have been nothing to talk about.......but it turns out the price only applied if you were financing thought them, so next was "Ok then , I'd like to finance $1"

....followed by, "the price only applies if you are 100% financing through us"

Followed by me filing an AG complaint as the ad clearly said all prices cash which is why I brought cash so there would be confusion that I had complied with the terms. The car was about 3 grand under going price so I expected it to be beat up or come with a story of some kind but it was pretty good......until the new cash price was 74% higher than the advertised cash price and 3-4 grand over the going rate. Live and learn.....there is nothing worth driving to Brooklyn for

I looked at a nice one at an auction last night....but just could bring myself to bid quite high enough to bring it home. Another auction on Monday, hopefully this will be the one!

another swing and a miss last night.....the paint looked like it has been through a sand storm with little 1mm chips int he clear coat every 1cm. Strangely it was the only car on the lot the was dirty and dusty, almost like they thought I wouldn't notice the bad paint through the dirt or any or the other defects they carefully avoided in the 20+ pics they send me before I drove 3 hours each way to see it....f**g used car places.

Butcher,,get your Bro to get a Texas car and ship,, buy Honda ONLY,,Honda is has bin F1,,@ least they field entrys and won once,,or Toyota,,also F1,,,heavier/quietier/ never a problem..mk e,,project on hold,,may go back to stock and go 458 trade,,LOL