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ouch. so the damage for the repairs could be more than i expected, but at the same time it may not be.
the ignition is well and truly broken. in fact, about 1cm of di-cast (or however you spell it) metal is the problem. the stupid rod decided to snap. lucky me!
at the most pessimistic it'll cost anywhere between $800 and $1000 to replace, if it requires that the WHOLE ignition block needs to be junked. however, if all that's needed is the barrel, then i'll be spared about half that. i'm seriously hoping for the latter, but i'm not going to expect a miracle. if i need to have the whole ignition block replaced, then so be it.
the guy who came to fix the car is cool though. we had a few laughs at a few silly silly things and he was generally nice and very helpful and not condescending towards me because i'm a woman. he'll be around on monday or at least early next week to replace what needs replacing and raping my bank account of it's funds.
and here i was hoping the first mechanical repair would be the brakes. how very wrong i was.
now excuse me while i go cry.
til next....
~Kits~ (fed up)
the ignition is well and truly broken. in fact, about 1cm of di-cast (or however you spell it) metal is the problem. the stupid rod decided to snap. lucky me!
at the most pessimistic it'll cost anywhere between $800 and $1000 to replace, if it requires that the WHOLE ignition block needs to be junked. however, if all that's needed is the barrel, then i'll be spared about half that. i'm seriously hoping for the latter, but i'm not going to expect a miracle. if i need to have the whole ignition block replaced, then so be it.
the guy who came to fix the car is cool though. we had a few laughs at a few silly silly things and he was generally nice and very helpful and not condescending towards me because i'm a woman. he'll be around on monday or at least early next week to replace what needs replacing and raping my bank account of it's funds.
and here i was hoping the first mechanical repair would be the brakes. how very wrong i was.
now excuse me while i go cry.
til next....
~Kits~ (fed up)