Recent parts suck (LONG!! YOU! WARNED!)

[BaristaTrav]

I was back where I belong today, on the service counter, AKA The Land of Milk and Honey. One of the HVAC techs brings me a repair order for an S10 pickup. I saw this truck pull in, and it was obviously a former fleet vehicle, as the remnants of a company logo were still visible on the door. It needed an AC compressor as well as a few other pieces to make the innards cool again. In all it was about $650 in parts. Customer proceeds to flip out. Apparently he has had nothing but "trouble" with this "piece of shit" since he bought it. He bought it 6 months ago at an auction. It currently has............................






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330,000+ miles on it!!!!

I had my S10 for almost 10 years and sold it when it had almost 300K on it. the engines on those things just never die.. but everything else of course falls apart around the engine after that many miles. I'd like to know how much he bought it for at auction. I actually somehow got $1000 for mine..

[SteeleDragon78]

my baby brothers s10 hit 370k before it threw a rod, the amazing part was we replaced the lifter jbwelded the hole in the valve cover and ran it for another 30k when the crank snapped in 2, thats what they mean by "like a rock"

[karma_gypsy]

"$500 for a truck?! I'll take it! nah, I don't need to look at it, I guess it's in good shape."

My husband sold his Geo for $200. It needed a new engine and trans because the thing was just dead, it barely drove ... When he had it advertised to sell it, people would call and ask if it drove, under the impression that they could use it for a city car.

It's a Geo. It's advertised at $200.

Apparently they honestly thought they could buy a running vehicle with great gas mileage for $200 ... (and this was only a month or so ago).


The person who did buy it was happy, as he rebuilds worn out Geos and resells them at a profit, which is fine by us.

[depechemodefan]

My dad would do some weird stuff to his cars/trucks. Like take out the A/C and/or heater. Here in Houston. When 1/2 the year you need the heat and 1/2 the year you need the AC. Though I understand taking out the heater is impossible since the hot air comes from the engine or something. And he would take out the radio or the tape deck. And duct tape was usually involved.

[Glutton4Punishment]

Inconceivable!!

Ah, yes but we know the secrets of the fire swamp and can live beyond the grasp of the SC.