Recent content by moblene

How much would it cost to have a welder/welding shop do it?

I'm really not in a position to do that. I'm in-between jobs and money is tight. I know, I know, this car could end up costing me more than it's worth. Doesn't matter, I'm stuck with it. It only has 115k, believe or not. This car has a lot of life left if I can get this fixed.

I've known people to drive far worse than this. I'm just not those people lol.

Yeah it's a pretty bad pic lol. I was running on 5hrs of sleep and freaking out because I am not really in a position to replace this car. The rest of the frame is crusty, but I think I could get it to go for quite a few more years with a lot of fluid film and/or oil coating. It's the...

J.F. Christ... I'm having a hard time deciphering what I'm looking at in those photos, but I think it's in the same general area based on the description. My photo was taken from inside the wheel well next to the driver's door. You're looking at it as if you crouched down and peeked into the...

^ the rot in question. I checked the rest of the underbody and its crusty, but I can't find any other holes or cracks. I'm stuck with the car, so what do I do now? Ride with it? Patch it? It needs front suspension work badly, but I can't see how I can get that done before I fix this.

I was sort of planning on it, but I didn't realize there was that much of a delay for the effect. I'll take it on a good drive down the freeway to get the fluid circulating.

I considered that, but I've heard mixed reviews for situations similar to mine.

I will definitely do this! Thank you!

If I can get it functional enough to sell and get enough money to pay the loan (big if), then that's the plan. I miss having a beater tbh.

No inspections, it's an OH car. I'd like to just dump it altogether. I would need another 1.5 years to pay the loan off and I'm not confident in it to go that long.

I'm not sure if they do, but that's not a bad idea. I guess no lock up is better than slipping and lurching.

Have considered that, probably will. I have no qualms about screwing over a dealer lol.

I've considered dumping it on a dealer, but the trade-in value is half of what I need to pay it off and I'm not interested in another car payment.

I agree that it's a terrible time to buy a new car, but I've already put over $2k into this car (on a college student budget) and I am really struggling to rationalize another 2 or $3k. It's not even paid off.