[Shotimes] Woes...

Ron Porter ronporter@prodigy.net
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 14:57:55 -0400


Boy, this sounds familiar!!

My current '95 has had about every one of the "typical" old SHO parts
replaced/repaired over the last two years. You name it, it's had it: clutch,
CPS, tranny, CV joints, fuel pump, blend door, abs controller, etc, etc, to
the tune of about $10K worth (most under the well-worth-it aftermarket
warranty!).

It's the paint/interior/cosmetic stuff that you mention that I can't stand
messing with. I would rather have a perfect body/interior with a rod hangin'
out the block and the diff pins shot than I would messing with the
body/interior stuff. The day during the ice storm, when my power had been
out for a couple of days in the house, THEN the trunk latch fell
off.........I was seriously considering loosening the fuel rail and driving
around until the damn thing caught fire!!!!

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Leigh Smith
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:52 PM
To: David Rosicke
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Woes...


David;

I was in the same boat. I figured my total costs would be lower over the
next 2-5 years if I bought a younger car for a keeper.

Just replaced my 250k mi. 89 after 10 years for maintenance issue
reasons. It was my daily driver, and I just couldn't keep up with the
maint. fast enough. Not the mechanical stuff, which was regularly
addressed by me at home, it has never even been to a shop for that stuff.

It was the the paint, interior and cosmetic items that are much more
time consuming / expensive to fix and finally drove me to replace it.