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Posted by goldielocks @ 12:40 on January 23, 2018  

I don’t think it was all or totally about turning back the mileage. It was parts too even if you took care of them and mechanic that may have done stuff to them to keep you going back. One of my brothers was a mechanic for awhile till he moved on opened my eyes to that. I remember I was to replace a timing belt once and didn’t want my other to do it because he didn’t want me to work and didn’t trust him either so he took it to a shop and didn’t tell me where. When I got it back I toook off for work on the Fwy and the belt which guessing was too tight snapped and the car just died with a truck behind me. Luckily I had just enough time to cruise to the side. I went straight to the dealers told them what they did and they denied even working on my car in a arrogant way. I’m one for keeping receipts and that’s why. I wanted to jump across that desk lol I told my other those mechanics tried to kill me and what they said. I don’t know what he did but they closed down right after.
Then the foreign cars were getting popular the mechanics or many didn’t know how to work on them came next. Even people who which was pretty common only buying American started saying the Toyota truck was a better truck as far as reliability. At the time I though you got to be kidding.
The thing is now that they can’t put the mileage back you won’t see too many 20 year old American cars on the road but will the Toyotas. It’s not just problems it’s your life. I had to learn to fix carbs and change my own timing and change tires which I think all women should learn how to change a tire case it happens in a isolated place but change them first to lessen that problem.I learned to Hotwire them too case you lose your keys as one of my toddlers lost mine once. Now they’re different. So even when you take care of them things can happen.
The new thing now is they are so computerized and keep adding things that almost anything can turn on the check engine light. You have to get one of those machines you can check what it is or can get ripped off at a mechanic and could be something simple.
Now the new thing is not mileage it’s resetting the check engine light. No matter if the car is 1000 dollars or 30k there should be a bumper to bumper and no deductible. When my youngest bought a used car for something for now thing they didn’t want to give her a ware tee so I negotiated and made them give one for 3 months. Sure enough after 50 miles the check engine light came on and they had to fix some things that would of cost her.
My Grandpa drove Caddys they were very smooth rides but his last was before 1971.
Guess the point is the car be saftey or getting your money’s worth. I used to drive fast but in LA everyone did and my 57 Chevy had trouble turning corners at 50 miles hr. These newer cars handle better although don’t drive that fast usually anymore.I remember LA cops who had a better sense of humors pulling me over saying I can’t believe you took that corner at 50 miles a hour and what I really can’t believe is you passed us to do it. I almost said well I couldn’t go faster because the steering wheel would start to shake but I needed to get out of a ticket, Got tired of tickets.

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