Previously I owned a limited edition M-Series Mazda 626 from 1996. Unfortunately the previous owner had beat on it and one of the pistons started to fail before I bought it. I put several thousand dollars into restoring the thing before we finally nailed down that problem, and by that point I couldn't afford the cost of fixing it. I finally sold it to an older gentleman who talked about replacing the engine with something from the junkyard. :'(
Meh. I've had so many cars that ended up not being worth the upkeep. By far the most surprising and enraging was the 1997 Toyota Corolla that I'd just spent a lot of money getting tuned up and ensured that it was properly maintained. The engine died a week later. I never went back to that shop again.
I've had three Corollas. The first one died because I didn't maintain it, and I learned my lesson. My second went from 50k miles to 350k miles (I do a lot of driving; cheaper than flying) and so far as I know is still running. The third was the 97 that died right after I'd done my yearly maintenance. I can't prove the shop sabotaged the car for a "call back" but I'm certainly not going to trust them again.
I've always heard good stories about how reliable they were. I guess you happened on a lemon or the shop did sabotage your car for extra cash. Crooked mechanics are the worst.
My sanity, what little is left of it.
Previously I owned a limited edition M-Series Mazda 626 from 1996. Unfortunately the previous owner had beat on it and one of the pistons started to fail before I bought it. I put several thousand dollars into restoring the thing before we finally nailed down that problem, and by that point I couldn't afford the cost of fixing it. I finally sold it to an older gentleman who talked about replacing the engine with something from the junkyard. :'(
Sounds like that car took a lot of it :)
Meh. I've had so many cars that ended up not being worth the upkeep. By far the most surprising and enraging was the 1997 Toyota Corolla that I'd just spent a lot of money getting tuned up and ensured that it was properly maintained. The engine died a week later. I never went back to that shop again.
I had a 98 Toyota Corolla, you just told my story.
I've had three Corollas. The first one died because I didn't maintain it, and I learned my lesson. My second went from 50k miles to 350k miles (I do a lot of driving; cheaper than flying) and so far as I know is still running. The third was the 97 that died right after I'd done my yearly maintenance. I can't prove the shop sabotaged the car for a "call back" but I'm certainly not going to trust them again.
I've always heard good stories about how reliable they were. I guess you happened on a lemon or the shop did sabotage your car for extra cash. Crooked mechanics are the worst.
Bought a Corolla at auction once for 500 bucks. Served me well for 3 years until the engine died. Was a good car for the cash.
Did you visit a mechanic often? If you haven't, you got some great value out of it.