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Originally Posted by soundtest
I don't have anything to really add to this thread, I just enjoyed reading it. Totally shitty though man, sorry to hear about your truck. Did you get another one?
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I really want another truck, but went for three months without a car before going nuts. I settled in a $2,000 Ford Probe (which is admittedly a girl's car, but my dad and I are natural hagglers and got the price down to $1,600). I someday wish to have another '93 Toyota Pickup like that one, or ANYTHING with a manual.
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Originally Posted by Emu
I'm curious, why did the engine blow up?
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I just got the car that last Christmas, and it was an old truck, which made it harder. My dad used to drive me in that truck when I was five or six years old, going up to West Virginia and I'd fall asleep in it, so I had extra emotional attachment. Anyway, he never really showed me how to take care of it and every time I'd tell him something was going wrong, he'd just give it a once-over and never think about it again, even though he's a mechanic.
On my way to visit Chojin once, the roof of the truck flew up on a crowded highway. I tied it back on with rope and some velcro strips. I never really thought to look at the meters, so it just overheated. I'm still not very knowledgeable about cars but I know it had something to do with a blown head gasket, something that would take thousands of dollars to repair apparently. I know it's mostly my fault but, honestly, as the son of a mechanic, you'd think I'd be more versed in the wizardry of automotive mechanics. He never showed me, my truck blew up and now I have a shitty little girl car with an automatic transmission.
I also forgot to add in my story that one of the nights I slept in my truck, a police officer confronted me. He tapped on the glass while I was asleep, scaring the crap out of me, and asked me what I was doing. I was able to think of something right on the spot (something about her house being "family" and I got there too late so they locked me out) so he didn't do anything, and I just drove away for about an hour and then came back and slept some more. I sleep with my shirt off though so I'm sure it looked weird :=
Anyway, I kinda wanted other people's stories ;(
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