A fine set of errands

January 12, 2006 15:44:36.018

I was on my way out to add more memory to my Mini when disaster struck - car made a weird noise and then died. One tow from AAA later, and my mechanic informed me that the car's engine was a goner. Not so bad, all things considered - we got over 130,000 miles out of it.

Here's the thing though - I'm probably just going to have a rebuilt engine dropped in. Why? Because that's going to be about $1000, parts and labor. A new car would run me $300 - $500 a month in payments, so I figure, given my driving habits (around 3000 a year), it's wort it to drop a replacement engine.

Certainly better than the debt.

Comments

[Tom Sattler] January 12, 2006 15:47:53.387

Can't you just open a workspace and execute "Engine new install" ?

Re: A fine set of errands

[ Rich Demers] January 12, 2006 17:33:15.280

Comment by Rich Demers

It would have to be ... car install: Engine new.

[] January 14, 2006 19:35:22.043

Let's see

130,000 miles
  3,000 per year
=
     43 years

wow, an antique. What's car make model

Heh

[ James Robertson] January 15, 2006 0:32:01.948

Comment by James Robertson

The car was driven a lot by my wife before we bought a new van in 1998. It's been driven around 3000 miles a tear since then :)