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...heading north on a six lane segment of US 75 out of downtown Dallas, running about 85 MPH in the left lane. Suddenly the car screamed, began vibrating like crazy, and lost almost all of its forward momentum. The unmistakable sound of a connecting rod punched through the block along with lots of blue smoke signaled my 185K miles super dependable daily driver '99 Camry had done blowed up.
I cut across the traffic lanes and made the next exit. It ran long enough for me to park it in a pay lot. I called my buddy John to come get me, then I called a We Buy Cars Running or Not. John and I emptied the car of my junk, the rollback showed up a few minutes later, and I accepted $325 for my dead steed.
That car was killer. I drove it hard. Last year I made the trip from Plano to Albuquerque averaging 79 MPH and 23 MPG. It ran 105 MPH for hours effortlessly, and had the coldest A/C of any car I've owned. It never failed me until today.
I've been looking for a 2 or 3 year old F-150 or Silverado the last few weeks. I guess it's time to spend upwards of $40K for one now. I still have my 4WD V-10 Excursion, but 11 MPG ain't very attractive.
Note the blood on the ground:
I cut across the traffic lanes and made the next exit. It ran long enough for me to park it in a pay lot. I called my buddy John to come get me, then I called a We Buy Cars Running or Not. John and I emptied the car of my junk, the rollback showed up a few minutes later, and I accepted $325 for my dead steed.
That car was killer. I drove it hard. Last year I made the trip from Plano to Albuquerque averaging 79 MPH and 23 MPG. It ran 105 MPH for hours effortlessly, and had the coldest A/C of any car I've owned. It never failed me until today.
I've been looking for a 2 or 3 year old F-150 or Silverado the last few weeks. I guess it's time to spend upwards of $40K for one now. I still have my 4WD V-10 Excursion, but 11 MPG ain't very attractive.
Note the blood on the ground: