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post Jan 22, 2007 - 11:34 AM
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So its happened. My Car is about 90 percent done-zo. On Friday I was driving and blew a radiator hose. For those of you who have seen that tubgirl website yeah thats what it looked like all over my hood and windshield. So I replaced that and thought itd be fine. Nope its deciding that overheating everytime I drive is the cool thing to do. My dads warned me for a year that I would need a new engine because mines getting tired but I didnt listen and didnt save any money. Now the car is pretty much going to kill over and I wont be able to fix it. It wouldnt be much to get a new 5sfe. Probably 300 bucks but then my dad would have to build it up and thatd take a while cuz hes a 60 year old man but hey you cant beat FREE mechanical labor. :-) So im hoping maybe just maybe before the engine dies that I can get outta debt and look at new cars. Probably wont happen but hey its a nice dream. An older Lexus IS300 is sounding pretty tempting

So anyways yeah I doubt ill be making it around to any shows this year in my car. :-(

I guess thats what happens though when you have 230,000 miles on the car and you have personally put 145,000 on in 4.5 years.


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post Jan 22, 2007 - 12:40 PM
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Id like a new car. My dad is all about dropping a new engine in it.

The thermostat does need to be changed but my dad knows that the engine is going KA-PUTT so hed like to change everything out and basically make everything under the hood new or rebuilt.

QUOTE(hurley97 @ Jan 22, 2007 - 9:34 AM) [snapback]519997[/snapback]

nice job keeping it going for so many miles. good luck smile.gif



all the props go to my dad. granted he doesnt let me learn anything aout hte car because hes always doing everything but hey free is better than paying for it all.


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post Jan 23, 2007 - 1:49 AM
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QUOTE(BlackCelicaGT94 @ Jan 22, 2007 - 12:40 PM) [snapback]520000[/snapback]

Id like a new car. My dad is all about dropping a new engine in it.

The thermostat does need to be changed but my dad knows that the engine is going KA-PUTT so hed like to change everything out and basically make everything under the hood new or rebuilt.

all the props go to my dad. granted he doesnt let me learn anything aout hte car because hes always doing everything but hey free is better than paying for it all.



Wow. I wish my dad would do something like that for me instead of always telling me to sell my car and buy something newer.

Posts in this topic
- BlackCelicaGT94   Toyota Celica = No Go No Mo'   Jan 22, 2007 - 11:34 AM
- - Chanh55   Wow that's a lot of miles... Goodluck, whateve...   Jan 22, 2007 - 11:44 AM
- - shin   wow....... 230k miles...... it's amazing it st...   Jan 22, 2007 - 11:59 AM
- - 6gcSTVT   You have such a nice car.... I'm actually real...   Jan 22, 2007 - 12:01 PM
- - 95CelicaST   That is sad to hear, but that car has a few miles ...   Jan 22, 2007 - 12:31 PM
- - hurley97   have you had the water pump and thermostat changed...   Jan 22, 2007 - 12:34 PM
- - BlackCelicaGT94   Id like a new car. My dad is all about dropping a ...   Jan 22, 2007 - 12:40 PM
|- - ImportChick95   QUOTE(BlackCelicaGT94 @ Jan 22, 2007 - 1...   Jan 23, 2007 - 1:49 AM
- - amysmojo   Awww sad! How much you getting back for your t...   Jan 22, 2007 - 12:42 PM
- - tim86   im with you... older is300 is something i would pi...   Jan 22, 2007 - 12:45 PM
- - BlackCelicaGT94   Hey I have a question a friend just told me that:...   Jan 22, 2007 - 1:05 PM
|- - Negative   QUOTE(BlackCelicaGT94 @ Jan 22, 2007 - 6...   Jan 22, 2007 - 2:04 PM
- - Jaws4God   yeah I had a remanufactured 5sfe put in mine and i...   Jan 22, 2007 - 1:15 PM
- - celiracer   Wow. 230k thats a lot of miles. You can't get ...   Jan 22, 2007 - 1:28 PM
- - Silver94CelicaOwner   From the outside, the 3SFE and 5SFE look pretty si...   Jan 22, 2007 - 2:48 PM
|- - lilgreenyoda   QUOTE(Silver94CelicaOwner @ Jan 22, 2007 ...   Jan 23, 2007 - 12:06 PM
- - Negative   Def good advice.   Jan 22, 2007 - 3:56 PM
- - BlackCelicaGT94   oh were not replacing the engine because of just h...   Jan 22, 2007 - 4:58 PM
- - BlackCelicaGT94   We have a toyota junkyard up here so parts isnt a ...   Jan 23, 2007 - 3:17 PM
- - celiracer   Mono is not a good thing. I had it all last week. ...   Jan 23, 2007 - 3:25 PM


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