How many of you have had a car out of commission for more than a week? More than two weeks? I am going on nearly a month without my Gunther, my 1988 Volkswagen Golf MK2.
I'm talking listening to love songs and wanting to drive her, but you cant..
So some of you may know what's going on with my car, but to those who dont..
Gunther's steering rack and pinion snapped. My mechanic found parts and got everything set. She needed an alignment, badly. He said my steering wheel was upside down, haha. My car was sent to a secondary location that specializes in alignments, and as they went to take the tie rods off, they were rusted in place (something that I hear is common of the golf). They told my mechanic that they would take them off $60 a side. My mechanic knowing my financial situation had the car returned to take them off himself. One side came off eventually, but the other would not budge. He had the tie rod glowing red and wound up destroying the tie rod attempting to remove it. Over the past week I had been waiting for the new tie rods to come in, and my mechanic was also serving jury duty (dont know if he is now or not). I hear that I should have her back this coming week and I really hope so.
I feel like I've spent so much time away from my car that I wont remember how finicky the synchro is, that I wont remember my grab point in the clutch.
I MISS MY CAR!
Here's a video if awesomeness, and about 50 feet of air.
Insane Jump by a Buick La sabre - YouTube
I'm talking listening to love songs and wanting to drive her, but you cant..
So some of you may know what's going on with my car, but to those who dont..
Gunther's steering rack and pinion snapped. My mechanic found parts and got everything set. She needed an alignment, badly. He said my steering wheel was upside down, haha. My car was sent to a secondary location that specializes in alignments, and as they went to take the tie rods off, they were rusted in place (something that I hear is common of the golf). They told my mechanic that they would take them off $60 a side. My mechanic knowing my financial situation had the car returned to take them off himself. One side came off eventually, but the other would not budge. He had the tie rod glowing red and wound up destroying the tie rod attempting to remove it. Over the past week I had been waiting for the new tie rods to come in, and my mechanic was also serving jury duty (dont know if he is now or not). I hear that I should have her back this coming week and I really hope so.
I feel like I've spent so much time away from my car that I wont remember how finicky the synchro is, that I wont remember my grab point in the clutch.
I MISS MY CAR!
Here's a video if awesomeness, and about 50 feet of air.
Insane Jump by a Buick La sabre - YouTube
They were a bunch of cheap ass jag bags
) to tow it back to home, I went to the dealer by school. The car went back to them numerous times to fix lazy/shitty work from the motor install. The car was under warranty too, so I skated through that whole mess on the cheap...which also explains the cheap work. 
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