Long haul

By ripped off and blown out - 08/06/2017 00:00

Today, I was driving to visit my parents for the first time in two years. After spending about $4000 to make sure my car wouldn't break down on the journey, around the halfway point, the front tire popped and the engine blew out. I'm about 5 states away from both my parents and my home. FML
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iNewKid 20

If you've spend $4000 on repairs, your car already was dead. You can spend as much as you want on your gravestone, but it ain't gonna bring you back to life!

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breecat3 16

Not to be rude op, but why didn't you just fly down and pay for a rental car? It would've been a lot cheaper. A bus or train could've worked if you're scared of flying and still would've been cheaper.

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iNewKid 20

If you've spend $4000 on repairs, your car already was dead. You can spend as much as you want on your gravestone, but it ain't gonna bring you back to life!

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circean 5

If you have insurance, and they total it, you can be reimbursed for the parts for which you paid, if it was recently.

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imagineapc 11

Which insurance company covers mechanical failure? If OP was in a collision, they might be reimbursed if they had the proper coverage. I have NEVER in my life seen a policy that covers any mechanical failure OR reimburses for repairs you've already had done prior to a collision.

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breecat3 16

Not to be rude op, but why didn't you just fly down and pay for a rental car? It would've been a lot cheaper. A bus or train could've worked if you're scared of flying and still would've been cheaper.

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wcbcrs 3

Maybe they were getting their car repaired so they can use it when they get home as well, as a more reliable mode of transportation (which it turned out not to be) I know in the city I live in city transit is incredibly unreliable. They may not have just been getting it done for the trip to their parents house is my point though. Otherwise I do agree with you that a bus train or plane ticket would have been way cheaper.

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voncrane 23

Perhaps OP, like most folks (I'm guilty) has a nice car and enjoys driving it especially for long drives.

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Sheepiebeepie 26

Why wouldn't you just buy a plane ticket with all that money when it would end up costing so much to make it possible for your car to make it?

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RichardPencil 30

With $4000, you should have made a down payment on a low-mileage used car. Pouring that kind of money into a beater is insane.

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Dragonesszena 7

That's exactly what I was going to say. Could have gotten another car for that much to start with. Sentimentality is one thing of course but still.

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Dragonesszena 7

That's exactly what I was going to say. Could have gotten another car for that much to start with. Sentimentality is one thing of course but still.

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Emmereen 29

I'm curious, what did your car need done that cost $4,000?

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praahe 10

It's just a tire. Change it out for the spare and keep going.

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praahe 10

Nevermind, didn't see the engine blew out with it. That sucks.

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pelletman67 16

A plane ticket round trip is a fraction of the cost. Why would you suffer in a car that long.

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