thechoochlyman
Vendor , w/Business number
Came across the car on Craigslist as a "mechanic special" in Cincinnati, 180 miles from where I live. I just so happened to see the ad the very day we were set to leave for Pittsburgh, and since we had to drive through Cincy anyway, I decided to check it out. It was giving a trouble code for a bad knock sensor, and two engine misfire codes. The owners claimed it had a clutch problem and wanted to die while idling. I test drove it, no problems at all. Gave them a $200 deposit through Pay-Pal. I finally got around to driving up to get it yesterday, with a mechanic friend of mine. Gave him the other $1800 I owed him, swapped out the knock sensor in under 10 minutes, and fired it up. Had a really terrible miss, turns out the coil pack wanted to malfunction when it was warm outside, and was only hitting on two cylinders. I called a couple of parts stores, got the new coil pack for $100, swapped it on, and got all the way home with it with no issues. The car has 133k miles with no shakes, noises, or leaks, and tires with 75% tread. The repair shop quoted them about $800 to fix what I took care of with $120 and 20 minutes of work.
I have a list of minor things to take care of (the greatest of which is a P0420/Catalytic Converter high output), but aside from that I'd feel safe driving it anywhere. Now to get my wife learned on it!
I have a list of minor things to take care of (the greatest of which is a P0420/Catalytic Converter high output), but aside from that I'd feel safe driving it anywhere. Now to get my wife learned on it!