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[Oct. 27th, 2005|06:24 pm] |
Wow...Day 3 of my Quest to Repair My Car is all done and over with, and in the end, it cost me about half of what I would've paid to take it in and get it fixed for me.
For those who did not know, I have recently bought a new old car. It is a Ninety Sicks Chevrolay Lumina.
Here is a fairly accurate representation of this car.
Now imagine that car, only with tan sandy-colored paint that is cracking in the front, and currently on a doughnut, and also missing a hood. That is my car. So far, here are the costs incurred.
$300 to purchase car
$25 for new water pump
$25 for new belt
$60 for new belt-holding pulley*
So long as it runs, I say it is still a pretty good deal. Of course, the previous owner was abusive to it, so who knows what fun surprises await me!
Once everything is all good and stable, it should work out beautifully, though!
*the pulley, which is a round thick piece of metal attached to a plastic thing that spins, broke. Yes, somehow the solid metal pulley mount managed to break. Screw you, GM and your brittle shitty alloys!
Now, all I have left to do is to cap up the radiator, replace the coolant, and turn her on and hope the car works! |
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