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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2015-05-26 1:24 PM, wrote:

>> I would have sold that Buick years ago but my wife loved it and did not
>> want to give it up. Even when the front end was rotted she thought I had
>> coached the mechanic to say that. Three years ago I had a problem with
>> the transmission slipping. I took it to my mechanic to check it out and
>> went looking for a replacement. Then he called me and said it was a
>> leaking line. With parts and labour it was only $150 to get it fixed.
>> Last year I had to replace the fuel tank. She is retired and didn't put
>> a lot of miles on the car, so it was cheaper to spend $100-200 on
>> repairs 2-3 times a year than to make payments on a new car.
>>
>
> The other thing I had against that was spending time getting it fixed,
> there's only me and I find it boring as hell sitting around in a
> waiting room, generally with blaring television on a sports channel
>

You can always drop it off for repairs and go home until it is ready.