Bad luck with cars?? Nah. Not me. Well, except for a few times...
My first car was an '84 Camaro. Pulled off the interstate once to head towards a buddy's house and a heater hose came loose, coating the windshield with coolant.
My second car was my '79 T/A. Blew the rear end out of it a week after getting it. Lost control of it on a rainy day and spun it out in an intersection. I got stuck in Indio, Ca with a seized thermostat back in '98.
Had a '93 Dakota. Was a victim of mistaken identity and got repossessed by accident. It was paid off, but the one parked next to it in my appartment was in default. Same color and everything, but a newer body style. The cops found it two months later.
My '93 F150 was a piece when I first got it. Blew a water pump, blew a radiator, a seal in the master cylinder went bad, timing chain sproket busted some teeth, all withn a year of buying it. Lost a u-joint in Tennessee last year. But after that, it's been solid as a rock.
My wife's van shorted out the computer three weeks after buying it. Caused $900 in damage. $1500 worth of work done to it this year to get rid of the check engine light, and it turned out that it was $200 worth of parts. Four O2 sensors. Yay. And this last weekend two exhaust hangers broke on I-85 towards Charlotte. Cost $10 to fit that.
My T/A has been a cop magnate from day one. First time I got pulled over the sheriff pulled out my buddy because the deputy thought he was Mexican. My buddy asked, and the deputy got embarassed. Good thing too, because my other buddy in the back seat had his guitar filled with "illegal substances." My wife's van, on the other hand, when pulled over, we couldn't beg for a ticket!!
Well Strubes, looks like I have it easy compared to you!! :lol
