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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.

No shop in the area is willing to replace just the TC. It's replace or rebuild, and both cost a lot more than I have.

The rest of the car is in excellent shape. Everything works beautifully.

About a month ago my Accord starting acting very weird at low speeds (25-30mph) and lurching when the TC would normally lock up. It wasn't incredibly noticeable until I got on the highway and it wouldn't lock up at all. After looking up the symptoms, it seems like I've had a worn TC for awhile...

And now people want that same amount for their Ranger with 200k on the odo and a slipping transmission lol.

Well, I would be fine with keeping my current Accord if the tranny wasn't dying. I've already dropped a couple grand into it and it's starting to become a money pit. Combine that with car payments and I am broke lol. Hence why I want a beater with a bed. I don't know why I didn't go for a truck...

Even the slowest 2.3 has almost double the HP as either or those, right? That makes me feel a little better lol. I would love to have an old diesel Merc, though.

I live in western OH, so driving to some southern states is an option. My biggest fear is taking an entire day to drive out to BFE only to be greeted by a steaming pile of Ford, or attempting to drive a 30 year old truck and having it break in 30 year old truck ways, like you said. I'm not...

It's fun when you can wring something out without breaking the speed limit, but it wears thin when you have to do that on every. single. on-ramp lol.

Not sure what happened to the formatting here lol. I drove a Nissan D21 through high school and my granddad had a '98 Ranger 2.5 auto growing up, so tinny little underpowered trucks are not foreign to me. I'm fairly familiar with TIB suspension and it's bump-steering, wandery vagueness, so that...

Every car I have ever owned has had less than 200hp. My expectations are subterranean.

Well, at least I know what to expect haha. I have no illusions about finding some diamond in the rough for $3.50. I know I'm either gonna have to pay for something half-decent or go cheap and get a used up pile. I just need it to last a year or two, like I said.