When It Rains, It Pours.

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale) 02/16/2016 at 18:24 • Filed to: gto, tears

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How I feel Right Now

So I have posted about my Goat problems here before. Well any way today I decided to get a quote on a few things I need done, including the slave cylinder. Ha Ha Ha, even at employee rates, it is a 5.2 hour job (thank you internal slave). This means almost $400 in labor, $140 slave, and if a clutch is needed, $800 ($290 clutch plate and $520 flywheel/pressure plate combo) . This is of course for factory equipment pricing with my employee discount. Then the tech pointed out my rear tires are almost roasted another $450 and I will probably need new front brake pads by my next oil change. Factory pads are discontinued, so some nice Hawk pads will run around $150 or more. Plus I need to move which is where my tax refund is going. Now I could fund all this with my selling of the 928, but I had other ideas for that money. Fucking damn it. Like really world? Really? I thought I was getting my life back on track here and figuring things out, but apparently you just keep putting me down. I just can’t have one nice thing without 12 more bad things. I’m looking at close to $2k in parts and labor to do all of this. FUCK!

If only I had money to burn

Matt Nichelson > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/16/2016 at 18:31

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That’s just part of the joys of owning a vehicle that is no longer produced by a company that’s no longer in business, right?

CaptDale - is secretly British > Matt Nichelson 02/16/2016 at 18:43

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Right though? I just don’t understand why it all has to be at once...

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/16/2016 at 19:56

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Ain’t that always the way? Sorry to hear it man. But hey, you had a good drive up 1 on Saturday, right? ;)

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench 02/16/2016 at 20:07

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Yeah, it was a good day Saturday. How’d you know that?

Steve in Manhattan > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/16/2016 at 20:08

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I’d suggest tires first - high speed blowout could be catastrophic. Best of luck.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Steve in Manhattan 02/16/2016 at 20:09

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Thanks. The tires aren’t bad, just close to the wear bars

Steve in Manhattan > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/16/2016 at 20:14

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I remember one of my old Volvos ... needed tires, put them on, then the clutch. Money money money ...

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/16/2016 at 20:21

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I was coming south from Cambria, I ended up on a long drive to keep the 3 year old asleep on the way back from Paso.

Matt Nichelson > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/16/2016 at 22:05

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Yeah. I know how it feels man. When it rains it pours and all those other analogies and such. Just have to find a way to be positive.

thebigbossyboss > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/16/2016 at 23:08

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My tires were near the wear bars too. “Just one more month” I said. Then my tire blew out an hour from home and my spare was off the rim. Good times.

pImpOfThePerverse > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/17/2016 at 08:50

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internal slave sounds like the lost work of cg jung.

CaptDale - is secretly British > pImpOfThePerverse 02/17/2016 at 11:08

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Wait what?

CaptDale - is secretly British > thebigbossyboss 02/17/2016 at 11:09

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Thankfully my baby spare is still good

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench 02/17/2016 at 11:15

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Oh ha ha, I was going out to Cambria to surprise someone with lunch lol.

pImpOfThePerverse > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/17/2016 at 13:44

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it sounds like a construct from the infancy of psychology. I think it’s the archetype associated with the will to drive 55 in the left lane. The internal slave has difficulty understanding why anyone would wish to go 56 mph.

thedevilinside > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2016 at 16:34

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I had to sell my GTO because of all at once problems. :-(. But they were different, water leak in rain and diff were the main ones. Not maintenance items.

CaptDale - is secretly British > thedevilinside 02/22/2016 at 19:33

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Ah yeah. It just hard too cause I am making payments on it and honestly they are a little high for me. I am thinking of fixing the car enough and cleaning it and selling it. I really really don’t want to, but at this point it may be more responsible.

thedevilinside > CaptDale - is secretly British 02/22/2016 at 22:27

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I bought an LS1 Camaro to replace it. If you can keep it, I definitely understand doing whatever you can to keep it. They’re awesome cars when maintained well and working.

CaptDale - is secretly British > thedevilinside 02/23/2016 at 11:14

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Yeah, I mean I can fix it and keep it, but then I still have a large car payment. Or I could fix most things, sell it, buy a cheaper car (slk32), and then not have a payment either.