Motorhead Lawyer
At the time that I owned the car, I was living in an apartment building, and my entire tool collection fit into a (very heavy) steel toolbox, the kind you'd set on top of a roll cabinet. Doing suspension work myself was simply Not An Option.
I priced out the modified driveshaft to which you refer; that alone made up about 25% of the value of the car. It just wasn't worth it to limp it along; plus, I was living in Ohio and knew I would be moving to a state that had safety inspections very soon. I didn't mention that the "plant" was bad, and that the car had some kind of intermittent sensor issue that would stop it dead after about 20 minutes of driving. Also the TRX tires were near bald, and I was having serious issues finding a tire shop that was willing to sell me 14" tires for the wheels I'd procured. I'd also quite simply gotten sick of pumping money into it... In short, it was a once-proud vehicle that previous-owner neglect had turned into a beater.
Yeah, I still kinda miss it... was a pretty gunmetal grey with a dark red leather interior too, and the sound of the exhaust at the top of second gear would give any car guy instant wood. *sigh* ah well, such is life.
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