AmnSF

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Today started off as a normal day. Had to do a few errands and ship some parts off. So my wife, my daughter, and I got in the 'bird today and drove to our errands. Everything was fine. At our last stop, the grocery store, we parked and went inside. Came out, loaded the car and started it up. That's when it happened. Loud knocking. I immediately turned the car off and had it towed. Now, I'm without a car to get to and from work. Being in the military and having no money for the cost of parts/repairs and no money laying around for a new car is frustrating at the least. I have absolutely no motivation to get the car fixed. I'm considering of just letting it go as is.

Paul Bell

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Sorry to hear of your woes.

If you're looking for offers to take this car off your hands, post it in the for sale section-and include details and photos of it.

RockinWs6

Might be nothing, don't worry before you know whats up with it.

AmnSF

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It's not nothing. It's a rod or rod bearing. But there is a 2007 TBSS at a dealership down the road. I will be going to look at it and hopefully have myself another car. Haven't decided if I want to get rid of my T/A or just have it towed to a shop and have them fix it or rebuild it myself.

RockinWs6

How could you spin a bearing starting it? I've seen a lot of knocks be next to nothing, until you really check it out take it easy.

AmnSF

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I have seen stranger things happen and this LS1 was pretty beat on by the previous owner. I didn't expect it to happen at 124k miles.

NC01TA

Sorry for your problems too but this statement above doesn't make sense. I've seen cars 'beat on' with engines that popped with 3,000 miles on them. 124,000 is a miracle in this situation. LS1 engines will fail like any other.

AmnSF

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Well guys.. I couldn't get the TBSS like I wanted since there was something wrong with the title. I took what I could get and got a 2011 Impala LTZ. The 'bird should be up and running by March of next year.

Philbo Baggins

At least your new grocery getter has a little pick up to it. I'm sure that doesn't soften the blow very much though. Bird down, everyone pour one out for the homies

ls1 1990 VN

Being in the military and having no money for the cost of parts/repairs and no money laying around for a new car is frustrating at the least. I have absolutely no motivation to get the car fixed. I'm considering of just letting it go as is.

Glad you managed to miraculously find the money for a 2011 vehicle in a day!

AmnSF

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Putting $0 down and paying $13k for a car with 30k miles on it is more then do-able. Supporting a family of 3 on pay that is below the poverty line is hard to do by any means. Needless to say I did what had to be done to make it work. I appreciate the sarcasm.

NnOoSsSs

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I might have missed it but did you figure out what happened to the T/A

sick_tight

crazy how loans work?

AmnSF

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It's crazy how certain bills like cable can be removed from a budget to make room for other necessities. Your sarcastic comments are appreciated

AmnSF

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It's either a rod or rod bearing.

ls1 1990 VN

You are earning below the poverty line, 3 kids, one car broken & still spend $13k on another car.
Mate you deserve the sarcasm

sick_tight

I was actually being sarcastic to the guy saying you miraculously bought a 13k car in a day if youre broke.

im military as well and i know what its like, chill out

AmnSF

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I think you need a mathematics lesson son. A family with 3 kids would be a family of 5. A family of 3 has one child in it. Do you know how much a $13k car costs over a period of 6 years? Want me to help you do the math "mate"? Ok here we go... let me hold your hand son... 13,000/72=180.55 OH MAN THAT'S DEFINITELY SOME HARD MATH. Again, boss man, I appreciate your sarcasm. Go crawl back in the hole you came out of.

AmnSF

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My apologies then. The last thing I want or need is people over the internet giving me **** about making a call that is best for my family.

sick_tight

i know how it goes, im also a family of 3 (and one on the way) but dont worry about it. im assuming your trans is paid off? if thats the case just wait to save money to rebuild it. worth it in the long run, youll forever kick yourself if you get rid of it. and the mrs will probably give you a hard time whenever you went to get a new one.