Devolution wrote:oh there's LOTS wrong with the car i was driving, but the mileage was primarily due to an extremely weak automatic transmission, and a complete lack of maintenance on the part of the old owners. they never checked the fluid level or condition, and never replaced the filter, so when i got it all you could smell when you popped the tranny dipstick was burnt transmission fluid. it took 2 quarts of fluid and a full bottle of Lucas Transmission Fix before it would shift without hesitating. i've put the minimum amount of work into it to get it running reliably enough that it won't kill itself anytime soon. but for the price i paid for it(180$ safetied and on the road), and the condition the body is in(PO fixed the rocker panels with newspaper and fiberglass :S they were nonexistent beforehand), i'm not willing to invest any more money into it than i have to, so i just put up with shit city mileage and didn't drive it very often.
hence why i'm so happy that i get to drive something else
I never understood how people could let their vehicle get into that kind of state. If you're paying thousands of dollars for a vehicle, the least you can do is take care of it. It'll save you thousands more down the road (no pun intended).






