Marsh Monster- People don't buy old cars because they're dim, they buy them because they can't afford a new car. I'll be driving crappy cars at least until graduation (2 years). =EF=BF=BDYour advice helps you (by giving you the opportunity insult people anonymously) but unfortunately doesn't help me. I tried selling it as-is for $700 but had no offers. If I buy another car and can't sell the Taurus for awhile, the most I can spend is $1800.
Everyone else- I'm going to buy the $45 part. If that doesn't work, I'll have to pay to tow it to the Ford Dealer. If they give me an estimate of more than $200, I'll try to sell it for a bit less than I paid minus the estimate and start looking for another car which will, unfortunately, be just as old and crappy as the current one. If the estimate is less than $200, I'll fix it and keep it.
Thanks to everyone for all the advice. I'm impressed by the amount of knowledge and willingness to help I found here.
Cheers!
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James, Do me a favor aye.......??......
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SAVE .....YOUR.......latest reply, then, after graduation, do a repost and explain to me........how my reply offended you.
That will enable you 2 years to read your OWN words.
Which......states that your intentions are to do EXACTLY what I STATED were your ONLY OPTIONS. Sell it, or pay to fix it with limited funds.
anywhooooo........ As to folks buy'n used cars and NOT being "dim"....... I didn't call you dim......I asked if you were!! :)
And, if we're gonna git inna spit'n match on this.....wouldn't it be honest to say......you shudda done a bit of research in here on the purchase of the car FIRST. You stated you'll be graduating in 2 years. High School or College? My guess would be college, but in that end, I would expect someone with the ability to pass an entrance exam to have the menial abilities of "reasonable" thought process's. You began this thread with a cry for help. Fact, not fiction.....it WAS a cry for help. You HAVE YET to offer up the info of whether you have contacted the party from which you purchased this car, and if you have even bothered to ask that party if the car was experiencing these symptoms WHEN YOU BOUGHT IT!!
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Regardless of that......you have shown signs of having extremely poor "reasoning" and "judgement" in the area of making informed decisions on matters that affect your future. Not only does THIS statement assuredly appy to the character traits you have shown in this thread, but more importantly, you have put forth the trait of not takeing responsibility for YOUR own actions. It was YOU who purchased this piece of shit. It was YOU who ALLOWED the service provider to screw you outta over $260. It IS YOU who now allows someone ELSE to yank yer chain around on a repair process....(won't answer the phone??) !! It IS you that has to make all the final decisions concerning this ordeal that YOU created. It has been YOU that keeps paying tow bills to have this piece of sht hauled all over town.
Son........go back......read my original reply. It was short, sweet, to the point, and NOT pointedly aimed at causing you anymore distress than YOU have already caused yourself. Do yourself a favor in life, don't be a blamer.......huff off the fact that the repair shop fk'd you. Huff off the fact that you got taken on the purchase. (cuz you did) Huff off the fact that YOU don't like being slapped in the face with the gawd awfull truth that you've made piss poor judgement during this entire car debacle from start to now..........do yourself a favor in this life....the only one you get.......and........don't be a blamer.....take responsiblitly for the fact that YOU fk up from time to time and no ones to blame in the end but yourself. Do that for yourself and lifes gonna be a giggle instead of a pain in the ass everytime you do fk up, cuz then....you can simply pat yourself on the back and say ...."fk....he was rite....i AM human". Good luck with that school thing.....Good luck with this car thing. Good luck with your young life, it's gonna be over before you know it so make the best of it.
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Now........as to buy'n used cars....... I drive a used car, King drives a used car, Cuda drives a used car, Mike drives a used car. You have 4 guys who drive, work, repair, expect to pay for repairs......on used cars......giving you advice. Advice that comes from YEARS of experience (except for Cuda....we suspect him to be a 17 yearold highschool dropout with illegal access to ALLDATA)............all this advice is GUESSWORK son...because that's all we can do without having enough info to do better. You have over 100 years of combined experience in driving and repairing used cars telling you that you HAVE TO SPEND MONEY on this thing to fix it. You're just not listening. And......you didn't like the way I personally cut throught the chase and said it. Oh well.. :)
Now......you being an EDUCATED individual....go back and read my original reply, then read your last reply, then do a repost and show me where my BEST ADVICE......differs from the actions you said you're gonna take.
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in closing.........
Pay someone to diagnose it......then you fix it. Pay someone to diagnose it and fix it. Sell it...take a loss if necessary.
or........go fk yerself.
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~:~ marsh ~takes a toke......tells the bartender to line one up for the room...... and make the kids a sasperilla~ ~:~