My GODDAMNED car. Life is a piece of shit.

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Bullets From Tears

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You have a Jeep Cherokee just LYING AROUND? I love those damn cars! It was my first car, and I wrecked it. Now NOTHING compares.

Fuck. I'll take the damn thing. :happysad:
 
It is a '92, with the infamous oil seal leak.

The breaks are squishy and I think there is a voltage regulator problem, but I think I fixed it.

$800 :)
 
*Sketchy eyes* You "think" you fixed it?

Nah, I'm just joking. I wish I were seriously in the market for a car, better yet a Jeep Cherokee (preferably a '96 - '99).
 
You didn't pay but $800 for hte car, maybe he considers that already taking these things into account?

If you can throw $200 at it and get working transportation, that's not doing too bad.

Salvage title means it was probably wrecked/abandoned/sold for scrap/whatever and someone saw it and figured tehy could get it running again without too much investment. It definitely takes away from the resale value of the car, it's a big scarlet letter, but if the car has a salvage title, that should be reflected in the price you bought it for. As long as you're not missing pieces of the frame or something, Iwoudln't worry too much about it. Especially since it's just a commuter car for the most part. If you were intending to drag race it or make a showcar out of it, a tweaked car would be a much bigger deal.

I still wouldn't sweat too much over it if you can get it running for another $150.


I've got a good friend with an older Cherokee. It's a salvage title car, and it was in an accident, but that thing is so easy to work on it's not even funny, at least from what I've seen on it.
 
I actually DID have a list of questions: Are there any leaks? How old are the tires? How old are the brakes? How often did you change the oil? How often did you get tune-ups? There were a few more, but I don't remember.

I actually spent $700 on it. I talked him down from $800.

German cars actually ALSO run forever. Volkswagen parts are comparatively inexpensive.

Everyone that I've talked to, said that I made a good decision, buying an old German car, as opposed to, say, Mazda even.

OH! How could I forget? There is also no fucking sun visor on the driver side. Oh law. :happysad:
 
get off her ass, I get the feeling that you have no idea what your talking about. Any car can last forever, old hondas and civics were always owned by older or more careful people. The ones that weren't were in accidents and on subframe cars, it only takes one.

German cars are expensive to fix, but that is no different from any other car made out side the USA. New front disk on a 87 Trouper 2, 98 dollars. Same thing for my 82 F250 (much bigger mind you) 39 dollars. German cars are mostly just harder to work on, but all compacts are difficult as there is no room to work. You ever had to change the belts on anything that gets more than 40 MPG, your looking at removing the front tire to get it done.

Bottom line, calm down, find the leaks. If it ain't burning a crap ton of oil, and your not getting water in the oil, she should be safe. And I will bet you mdotpandie you can go to a junk yard and get a sun visor for 30 bucks, and in the possess, pull the passenger one off to learn how to do it with out destroying it.
 
On the contrary, I think it is an excellent decision. Through this purchase she has the opportunity to learn that cars are not magical boxes that get people around, that there are mechanics and parts involved that can break down.

If the leaks are not too bad, she can do what I did with my Jeep and just keep adding fluid forever. No offense, but I laugh at the 'Jeep Cherokees are easy to work on!' Maybe the newer ones, but I'll take my truck anyday now. I can get two mexicans and a midget in there to help me if I need.

In my opinion, any car that is cramped under the hood, Jettas included, are a pain in the ass. You short people can probably work with it better than I can though.
 
Quoted for truth.

If the main systems are go, don't worry about the little things much. It's an old car. A sunvisor isnt going to leave you stranded, and an ignition module or coil or distributor isnt going to mean you have to get a new motor. As long as there's no water (or gas) in the oil (It will look like a milkshake), your oil pressure is good, and it's not making any bad noises, and there's not tons of steam coming out of it, it should continue to work fine for commuting purposes.

Seriously, it's a $700 car, no need to sweat hte small stuff, and it's old, things will break, again, don't sweat it because unless it's one of the things I've mentioned, it's nothing terminal. Don't sweat it, it's all right! ;)
 
Thanks, babe. I really REALLY appreciate it. I've been really torn up over this. Pitching fits...the whole nine.

Anyway, you've made me feel 10x better. You and Kich both. Thanks. :D



Dude, you have midgets? Lucky...
 
Some parts for different cars are more expensive than others, it cost me $3700 to replace my axles on my jeep, but I replaced them both by myself in 5 hours front and back.



Any car that is over 10 years old and had some young ass kid try to drive the piss out of is would have ate dirt years ago. Something that has been babied and driven a few times a week will have less miles and show less signs of wear. These are the cars that you find that still run and ain't beyond fixing were taken care of, and it always shows.



She bought a truck for less than $200, and she knew that it wasn't going to last. She knew this was an old car. She had someone else look at it. The only thing was she may have driven it to far or ran it to hard after she got it. She did not make a bad decision IMO. I don't think she has a new lawn ornament that will never move again, just something she is worried about as she was told one thing and now something else is occouring.




Not to get on your case, but I don't think she was in that state of mind.



The fact is that you can add fluids to a car for years. My truck before I put a new engine in it used a quart oil a day. It still started up on one crank every time. Fluid loss is not a big deal as long as you don't run the fluids low.



They are cramped, however, it can get worse. Any front wheel drive car is hard to work on. My escort was a pain in the ass to change oil on as you had to take it off from under the intake manifold, but had to take it out from under the car, and shimmie it through the exhaust. My EXP is that rear wheel drives are the best to repair, as you almost always have more room to work. I have a Jeep wrangler, and I can't think of a task that would take more than 7 hours to do. Hell, I bet I could do a clutch in 6.

The trade off is my Jeep only gets 15 MPG, my truck got 20 MPG, and my escort got 30 MPG. Its funny how the more compact you get, the cheeper it gets to drive.
 
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