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In reply to the discussion: If you have a car, how old is it? [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,871 posts)Since it was such a small run and it is so old I'm now havong problems finding parts for it. It failed e-check for the first time this year. I was able to find the missing part from a junked car. It has been installed - and I've just now been through enough drive cycles to learn that this was not the only problem (i.e. the check engine light is back on). I'll call the shop on Monday and make another appointment.
But it gets 45-50 mpg (down from 55-60). So it's worth keeping it around. I'd love to buy a replacement, but they stopped making them in 2006 and, among afficionados, they have sort of a cult following so it is hard to find any left running, with a decent body and low enough mileage to make it worth buying. (Mine has ~250,000 miles on it.)