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I too had a car from that era: a 1986 Buick Skyhawk. It was a trouper, with some body damage, rust spots, jury-rigged hoses, lousy interior. (Think of that "p.o.s. car" song by Adam Sandler...) Anyway, despite looking worse and worse, and me not being able to afford maintenance on it, it just kept going. 142k miles with no work from me at all. Finally the brakes went out and rather than pay $700 to fix it all, I gave to a guy for a demolition derby. So get this: the guy tuned up the car and I saw the derby. He got more horsepower out of the car that night than I got integrated over the previous year! He told me all the things he did to fix the car, none of which seemed difficult, and that day I resolved to work on my own cars and keep them in good shape rather than make them live most of their service lives in some 30% effective shape. And I have... Every time a tt.net person posts that their car has 300k miles or 200k miles or whatever, it just gives me more resolve.
- John
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