A 'quickie' before I go to Poopville...
(aka as the 'milking parlor...)
First of all, I'm about to go milk some cows for a while. This completely figures, seeing how I just reinstalled half inch fingernails for the first time in months two nights ago....lol. Second, whatta ya do when ya have this Firebird that likes to blow up more regularly than I do? Well, the first time, you replace the engine.The second time (like...a YEAR later), first thing ya do is drag a dead, beatup, ugly car to yer front yard and begin to remove it's engine. The deeper ya go, the more sure you are it won't work, because it's sideways and your car isn't. (Front-wheel drive does not play well with non-front wheel drive, which is what my 'Bird is...sigh.) Then, ya decied to tear it down completely and just kinda rebuild your engine from the bottom up. THEN, you discover the snapped crank shaft that is currently in your engine and that it has deposited a buncha metal pieces throughout the rest of the engine. Then, you decide to just get a 'crank replacement kit' with the bearings and other assorted goodies included. You call around a few (thousand) places and finally settle on buying it from a 'speed shop', from a guy who builds race-engines. While there, y'all get into a discussion about this make of GM engine and it's propensity to frickin' break every 14 seconds and the guy will then mention, in passing ya understand, that he has this Firebird.... Then, ya come home and tell the chick who said just the previous evening that "If you guys can find me a decent Ford pickup or something, I'll junk the 'Bird in a skinny minute..." about this other 'Bird.
And, ya hand her the guys card, her cell phone and give it about a minute. So, whatta ya do with a Firebird needing engine #3? Buy a different one for less than a grand from a guy who builds race engines and has documented proof at least a foot thick of the maintenence this 'Birds had done to it.
That's what ya do. And, ya get to get the ugly-assed pop-art outcho front yard, drop all the pieces of crap offa yer insurance and start over. Thanks Big Guy.
I know a 'break' when I see one.
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