I've have that tendency to drive cars until they die to. And, even though we bitch about their creaky, annoying, idiosyncratic ways - it's still a sad day when they finally give out on us.
My last one like that was an '86 MAxima. Had it up to 460,000 on the odometer, and about the only thing still working on it was the engine. Couldn't open the sunroof. The trunk lock was seized (hooray for split-folding rear seats to still make it accessible), one of tha back doors didn't open. The radio sounded as if it were submerged in water. The AC? ha!
But the engine would fire up and run smooth as silk, right to the end.
Of course, when the tranny siezed up, that became rather irrelevant. A smooth engine in a permanently parked car is of little benefit to your morning commute.....
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Date: 2006-11-10 02:49 pm (UTC)My last one like that was an '86 MAxima. Had it up to 460,000 on the odometer, and about the only thing still working on it was the engine. Couldn't open the sunroof. The trunk lock was seized (hooray for split-folding rear seats to still make it accessible), one of tha back doors didn't open. The radio sounded as if it were submerged in water. The AC? ha!
But the engine would fire up and run smooth as silk, right to the end.
Of course, when the tranny siezed up, that became rather irrelevant. A smooth engine in a permanently parked car is of little benefit to your morning commute.....