Well, it still runs and has oomph. But it burns oil, has no air conditioning, the paint is fading, the clear coat peeling, the upholstery falling off the interior in little flakes, and there’s this sort of misfiring(?) hesitation that ends with the car either nearly dying in traffic or me throwing it in a lower gear and pushing the engine to nearly 4k RPM to “clear its throat.” It idles rough. It’s getting worse mileage. The motors in the rear passenger doors no longer move the windows up and down, and the one on the driver’s side will inch downward until you get out and shove it up by hand. It will cost upwards of $4000 to fix the things that ail it, and that’s a conservative estimate.
I was informed of a rough estimate to rebuild the engine over the phone - and I said … never mind what I said. It isn’t fit to repeat. Anyway, I’m thinking a Corolla. And I’m so not looking forward to a car payment, but oy, this cannot continue, this oil burning thing, and the windows are driving me crazy, and the vibration at stoplights is worrying me.
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