[AT] OT - oil stop leak

[Kenneth Gene Waugh]

This is the same boat I am I with our 120,000 mile 2002 Cavalier—-extremely
dependable and low-cost transportation, but it would get the stop-leak, not
the new seal (proper repair).
Gene
Elgin IL

On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 11:25 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I am not an auto salvage industry insider, but it is my observation that a
> significant percentage of the people who purchase used cars do not have the
> resources to keep them running. Many cars that do not run end up in
> salvage. Often, the people who can best afford to keep a vehicle running
> and benefit from lower costs can also afford a new vehicle.
>
> A possible scenario. Mike sells the car as-is to someone who can just
> scrape up the money. They drive it until it gets run while low on oil. The
> engine then fails prematurely. It stops running alongside the highway and
> the police order a tow.. A towing company tows it away and the then owner
> can't afford to pay the towing and storage fees. Then it ends up in the
> salvage yard. At some point the salvage yard decides they do not have room
> for a car that has had some major good parts sold from so it goes to the
> crusher.
>
> [Henry Miller] A used car that age needs 1000 a year to stay on the road.
> Some years it will be near zero, and other years a few thousand, but you
> should budget 1000 and save up. There is no reason any car today can't make
> 300000 miles, unless the body rusts out first. Most people use the nickel
> and dime excuse to get a different car, which is nearly always more
> expensive than fixing the old.
>
> My advice, look at the body, if there isn't a lot of rust you are money
> ahead in the long run fixing it as needed.
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Gene
Kenneth Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois
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