Well... we've been experiencing some problems with our bronco. Whenever you use the clutch it makes this grinding sound, thats sort of reminiscent to the sound of a lawnmower going over a tin can. The breaks squeek. There is a bad oil leak. The break fluid drains out as soon as you fill it up. Smoke billows out from under the hood if its running more than 10 minutes. It makes a weird whining sound. So, yeah, theres a few things going on with the bronco. The other day, we were going on some light house tour with some people from class, and our car wouldnt start, and so we decided we should take it in.
Well.. long story short, everything that could be wrong with the thing IS wrong with it, and the mechanic went out of his way to explain to us just WHY it would be unsafe for us to drive it home. The owner and manager came to talk to us about how he "cant emphasize enough that they dont recomend that we drive it home". The blue book value of our bronco is 1200$ if its in perfect condition... and well as i have explained its far from that. The estimated cost of fixing just the most major things (ie the clutch and the breaks -- which by the way are pretty much totally out), is appz 3500$. So, alas, we now have a 2 ton paper weight sitting in our parking spot, collecting dust. At least we got home ok from the shop.
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Sounds like it just needs to grass. Give it some of that premium California Yellow Hay, we call it CYH down here for short. Stuff works like a charm, he'll be buckin' in no time.....*sigh*
ahh... if only.
that sucks. Well, at least you got a road trip out of it :)
Try parting it out on eBay -- sell a radiator, or wheels, and it might pay for garbage pickup...
yeah thats what were thinking. Im hoping that we can sell the whole thing as a parts car in one go. Technially it will start, theres just no saying if the breaks will work, and if they do, for how long. But, its got a ton of miles on it, so we were happy we got what we did out of her.
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