coachreed
01/01/2004, 06:58 AM
OK, so its been a little while since I last checked in on my motor problems... I have been ripping my house to shreds to find my receipts... not good... went to the auto parts store I usually buy my oil, filter and other parts at... no good. It has been TWO weeks since my car VX was towed into the dealer... no good.
I didn't want to start paying storage on my VX, so I went to pick it up until I can figure out repairs. While there, the dealer asked me if I wanted to trade it in... I told them I don't want anything other than MY VX... they asked how I'd like ANOTHER VX... turns out they took an '01 Proton in trade a few days ago and were trying to move it on me. This was tempting because of two things... ONE... I originially wanted a Proton... TWO... no repairs at this point. The VX has 32K miles on it and is in prertty nice shape... can't find anything wrong with it... I went as far as filling out financing paperwork... unfortunately, I have less than perfect credit... and have only been with my new job for 3-4 months... nothing came back quickly... so I ended up adding oil and driving the 30 miles home... DAMN! Wanna talk about a lot of noise!
Anyway, I am most likely gonna pull my motor myself and see if its worth fixing, or just buy a NEW crate motor. I had looked at the TD option... but its looking like more work than I am able to afford right now as I have a job to do... and a child to raise. So anyway... she sits in my driveway... probably gonna start wrenching on her next Tuesday... I have Tuesday and Wednesday off next week... so maybe I can get the motor ready to pull. Don't guess there's anyone in the Greater Kansas City area who wants to come play doctor on the VX, is there?!
I'll check back again later. TTFN! BTW, if ANYONE is interested in where the Proton is for sale (not even on the lot yet), lemme know... post here or send personal email... I'd be happy to pass the find along... my addy is rreed17@kc.rr.com
Later!
I didn't want to start paying storage on my VX, so I went to pick it up until I can figure out repairs. While there, the dealer asked me if I wanted to trade it in... I told them I don't want anything other than MY VX... they asked how I'd like ANOTHER VX... turns out they took an '01 Proton in trade a few days ago and were trying to move it on me. This was tempting because of two things... ONE... I originially wanted a Proton... TWO... no repairs at this point. The VX has 32K miles on it and is in prertty nice shape... can't find anything wrong with it... I went as far as filling out financing paperwork... unfortunately, I have less than perfect credit... and have only been with my new job for 3-4 months... nothing came back quickly... so I ended up adding oil and driving the 30 miles home... DAMN! Wanna talk about a lot of noise!
Anyway, I am most likely gonna pull my motor myself and see if its worth fixing, or just buy a NEW crate motor. I had looked at the TD option... but its looking like more work than I am able to afford right now as I have a job to do... and a child to raise. So anyway... she sits in my driveway... probably gonna start wrenching on her next Tuesday... I have Tuesday and Wednesday off next week... so maybe I can get the motor ready to pull. Don't guess there's anyone in the Greater Kansas City area who wants to come play doctor on the VX, is there?!
I'll check back again later. TTFN! BTW, if ANYONE is interested in where the Proton is for sale (not even on the lot yet), lemme know... post here or send personal email... I'd be happy to pass the find along... my addy is rreed17@kc.rr.com
Later!