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Tragedy

by John Cole|  November 18, 20048:46 pm| 7 Comments

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Tragedy in the Cole household this week- my beloved 1983 Chevy Celbrity finally died. I had planned on driving this car for another 5-10 years, but either the head gasket is destroyed or the head is cracked, and it just isn’t worth putting a new engine in the car. Another expense I did not want to deal with.

Joy.

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  1. 1.

    Tony Iovino

    November 18, 2004 at 9:08 pm

    Sorry to hear about your car, but think of your new purchase as helping the economy! And, since anything you get now (except a monster SUV) will pollute less and get better mileage, you are helping the environment.

    Just helping you see the bright side….:)

  2. 2.

    Mike

    November 19, 2004 at 7:47 am

    And there’s this too, John: now you can go out and buy yourself a Ford!

    Remember, real cars don’t wear bowties. ;)

  3. 3.

    CadillaqJaq

    November 19, 2004 at 7:56 am

    A Ford? ;)

    Fix
    Or
    Repair
    Daily

    (I’m from Cadillac but drive a Dodge…)

  4. 4.

    Kimmitt

    November 19, 2004 at 12:43 pm

    That sucks, and I’m sorry to hear it.

  5. 5.

    A. Mechanic

    November 19, 2004 at 7:04 pm

    A head gasket is not a big deal. Fix it!

  6. 6.

    Huck

    November 20, 2004 at 7:39 pm

    Should I send flowers John, or just make a donation?

  7. 7.

    the friendly grizzly

    November 22, 2004 at 9:18 am

    Fine! Blown gasket or cracking. And you are throwing away the car because…? If the body and other parts are rust-free and you never pranged it, put a rebuilt motor in it, touch up the other stuff, and continue to drive it. A neighbor of mine has a really nice Celebrity Sport station wagon with 388K on the clock, and she’s getting a rebuild on the motor next week.

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