$1,500+ is what it will cost to fix my $2,700 car

[HEyHEY]

That's it. I'm outta this town. Can't be a reporter without a car. I'm gonna get on the horn with every place I can think of to get a job in Vancouver today. We'll see.
Even if my folks lend me dough to fix it..... I can't take the financial hit.

So dies the day

[Book Lover]

1. What about a kicky moped

or motorcylce? Chicks dig guys on bikes.

[HEyHEY]

2. Um, yeah that'll seem like a good idear come winter

;-)

[Book Lover]

3. Hey, a little while ago

you were all man about swatting that fly! What's a little snow? ;-)

[HEyHEY]

4. quiet you fool!

This is my excuse to leave here guilt free! :-)

[Book Lover]

12. Far be it for me

to induce guilt. Besides, you'll be happier in Vancouver. After you visit flamingyouth, come down to San Francisco and we'll have a minibrew!

[Worst Username Ever]

5. I'm in the same boat

every repair to my 95 leaky/rusty undrcarriage saturn costs 500-1000. At this point I would imagine the car is worth about $1000 ($35,000 Canadian). But I do it, 1000 bones a year and only having to pay for liability insurance is less than a new car or car payment would be.

[demnan]

6. Well I wish you luck

It's not easy having to make that kind of decision for monetary necessity.

[HFishbine]

7. What's wrong with it?

I'm not a mechanic, but I play one on the Internet.

[HEyHEY]

10. Engine is kaput in the most kaput way

[HFishbine]

13. Ahhh.

If' she's kaput, she's kaput. $$1,500 sounds like a good deal for a new engine, installed. Depending on the car, the actual cost of a rebuilt engine may only be around $500. Do you have a community college or vocational high school near you where they teach automotive mechanics? If you buy the engine, they might install it for free as a class project.

[HEyHEY]

14. Nope, nothing like that

I have grease monkey buds back home though! All I need to do is get the car there...rent a trailer and tow it back most likely, which would bring the cost to about $700.

[flamingyouth]

8. Sorry, Jeremy

You'll be much happier back in Vancouver. You can start working on your book on crazy small towns in Western Canada. :hug:

Come down to Seattle and I'll buy you a beer. You can take the train. ;)

[Jack_Dawson]

9. Maybe the drunk barber will sell you his?

[HEyHEY]

11. COuldn't afford to buy it anyway

[hunter]

15. $1500 Canadian, or Seventy Six cents on the Dollar...

I was walking my dog today and I saw a nice car for $1500 U.S.

But I live in California, where many people have friends who will fix old cars for the fun of it and a case of beer.

Good luck.

My wife and I are still driving a truck I bought in 1987. I don't wash it, except for the windows, and we grow a nice crop of lichen on the faded paint.

I hope it passes the smog test again this year, but it always has, so I'm not much worried.

[HEyHEY]

16. Ha

Yeah, I've luckily got buddies in Van that'll do it for beer, I just gotta get it there

[hunter]

17. If everything goes to hell in the United States

I would be very proud to be your new neighbor in Vancouver.

Me and my wife score high on Canada's immigration quiz.

[BigMcLargehuge]

18. I can't believe you can't find a Tercel in a local boneyard with a decent

engine in it... can't you do the junkyard thing and try to find a working replacement on the cheap?

[HEyHEY]

19. That IS the junkyard thing!

$850 for a motor, plus installation

[BigMcLargehuge]

20. ZAZOOSH!

[GalleryGod]

21. Been there. Done that.

:hurts: No friggin' choice!