Savage_Messiah
05-04-2009, 11:47 AM
So the trans in the mercedes is starting to slip. bad. I just did the ball joints cuz one seperated, then did all the brakes, then a wheel bearing went bad so I replaced that whole knuckle & have a spare for the other side in case it goes bad.
Now I do have some options
1) junk/sell the car, put all effort into the camaro being 100% streetable (which now is just fixing an exhaust leak, fixing an exxhaust rattle, replacing/repairing a leaky heater core hose, installing the wideband and tuning it, and going over everything for anything that may have been overlooked or misplaced/miswired/misrouted [car runs fine though so thats just more of a double checking to be safe thing]). Use it as a DD for a month or so which I don't want to do but probably could if I had to, then i wont have to worry about driving for 7 months or so
2) a friend found a trans for 250 with a warranty - buy that and put it in, and hope that the car doesnt decide to have another issue now that this ones fixed. keep using this as dd for a month or so, then have 7 months or so where i dont need a car and can sell it or fix it.
Other thing with this car is, the engine doesnt have too much life left IMO and spits oil everywhere (wierd as hell pcv system on it), and the car needs: shocks, blower motor, tires. Car could also use a bunch of rear control arm bushings (theres 5 arms), motor mounts, body work in the front if i want it to pass inspection in december, and a new muffler (the old one broke so its off the car for now, didnt change the volume and i couldnt take the rattling anymore)
I've also wanted to get rid of the car for a while because it needs at least 92 octane, gets 18-21 mpg, and doesnt have cupholders. At the same time though money's getting a little tight for a new beater, and this car does take a beatng and then some.
Actually, after typing this out it's pretty clear in my mind that I should just cut my losses on this car... but wth, I'll post the poll anyway :lol:
Now I do have some options
1) junk/sell the car, put all effort into the camaro being 100% streetable (which now is just fixing an exhaust leak, fixing an exxhaust rattle, replacing/repairing a leaky heater core hose, installing the wideband and tuning it, and going over everything for anything that may have been overlooked or misplaced/miswired/misrouted [car runs fine though so thats just more of a double checking to be safe thing]). Use it as a DD for a month or so which I don't want to do but probably could if I had to, then i wont have to worry about driving for 7 months or so
2) a friend found a trans for 250 with a warranty - buy that and put it in, and hope that the car doesnt decide to have another issue now that this ones fixed. keep using this as dd for a month or so, then have 7 months or so where i dont need a car and can sell it or fix it.
Other thing with this car is, the engine doesnt have too much life left IMO and spits oil everywhere (wierd as hell pcv system on it), and the car needs: shocks, blower motor, tires. Car could also use a bunch of rear control arm bushings (theres 5 arms), motor mounts, body work in the front if i want it to pass inspection in december, and a new muffler (the old one broke so its off the car for now, didnt change the volume and i couldnt take the rattling anymore)
I've also wanted to get rid of the car for a while because it needs at least 92 octane, gets 18-21 mpg, and doesnt have cupholders. At the same time though money's getting a little tight for a new beater, and this car does take a beatng and then some.
Actually, after typing this out it's pretty clear in my mind that I should just cut my losses on this car... but wth, I'll post the poll anyway :lol: