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[featherynscale]

Sooo....
Asmodeus blew up this afternoon. Well, not actually blew up, I guess. Lost all the water in the radiator suddenly and without warning. That's more accurate, but less concise. Anyway, he had to be towed to the shop, and I'll have to go round to the shop tomorrow and ask them to take a look. For those of you playing along at home, yes, in fact, he *was* just in the shop, and yes, in fact, they *did* say nothing was wrong with his engine.

*sigh*

You know what the worst part is?
I know more than one joke that centers around the phrase "It looks like you blew a seal".

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[ysabel.livejournal.com]

My first year of driving was in an old air-cooled, dead simple to fix 1969 VW Bug. I was constantly repairing something on the damn thing. My dad said it was one of the best ways to learn, and after a year of keeping it running (and actually mostly enjoying it) he gave me a newer and slightly less in need of repair car to make up for it.

One of the few things where I can say I think my dad did it totally right.

[ysabel.livejournal.com]

Of course, the newer car promptly lost its oil pump and I had to blow all the money I'd saved over the summer buying a new engine for it, but that part wasn't really his fault...

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Funny. I dumped my Volvo for a new car, and the head gasket blew out every 7500 miles. I'm highly unlikely to ever buy a new car of any sort again.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

My first car was an ancient Volvo 240, which I learned how to do a great deal of maintenance on, and was able to mostly keep running. Eventually, a valve went bad that neither I nor any of the parade of mechanics I visited could diagnose, and I had to trade it in. Very sad, it was a very solid little car and I was getting pretty good with it.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

I keep the old Aerostar for the same reason... you need to top off 5 different fluids every month because they all leak. AND you can learn troubleshooting to figure out which fluid is leaking faster than others. 8-) Besides, if anyone wrecks the van, it has zero trade in value and maybe $400 private sale value? ANYTHING is a trade-up after that.