> Kaleb wrote: > So the 24 year old kid that lives at home ... and his > grandmothers boyfriend gave him a 87 Buick Century... It only > had 80k miles but is ugly because it has rust.
> I guess somehow the idea came about while I was gone for my > father to buy him another car. Somebody on Fakebook ... was > selling this 02 Mercury Cougar for $1200 ... The car has 209k > miles. ...bought a battery for it... I let her know it sounded > like a $400 car ... it cranks and wont start and [she] wants to > know what the cause ... they paid $800 ... never even drove the > car. > ... it shakes real bad on the highway and wants > me to look at it... hear a loud rattle as it starts ... I don't > think I have ever been in a car that shook so bad. ... the > coolant cap it had some pressure ... all 4 tires are bald and dry > rotted, I can smell oil burning, has some sort of consistent > knock from the engine ... I suspect its coming from the bottom > end. ...some sort of weird vacuum sounding noise coming > from the brake booster Oh my. What could you have put together for him for $800? (plus a new battery) Or maybe it would occur to them to ask the opinion of someone in the house who works on cars for a hobby? Or put up with a low mileage, good running rusty car rather than... that? Yet you get to figure out how to work on a car you don't care about to keep peace. What a mess! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
