Thread: Gasman's Car Deal and Repair's

(From an earlier thread, Mar 25th)


About a year ago my stepson (32yrs) got a 2005 Chevy Equinox given to him by his grandmother. He replaced the water pump with my direction and all was good. Two days ago he said it overheats and has no heat. I drive a 08 Nissan Altima Coupe and only drive 12 miles to work whereas he drives 110 miles to work. I told him that the blue book value on my car is about 4k but I could sell it for more because of the used market right now. And with the fact that I don't need a car for the next 5 months (according to the doctors), let's trade. So he gave me the Equinox (146k miles, worth 2k on KBB) with overheating issues plus the 4k cash (in payments) for my Nissan.

It took me 5 hours just to clean the grime, gunk, and trash from the Equinox before id think of driving it. I did all the major cleaning before I took pictures so imagine how it would look if you dumped half a soda in the center console. Added a few smokes and trash including french fries and pickles. Then toss in 6 or 7 bucks worth of change and let it get hard over a years time. Spatter coffee and sode onto everything and not remove your trash for a year or so...


I also found a little Coke Spoon under the seat that I'm not going to bring up to him or his mother. Dumb-ass. The Struts and Shocks are shot, trim missing, door panel falling off, a quarter glass shattered, and many other little issues. The overheating problem was a simple fix. Bleed the system as he didn't get all the air out when he replaced the water pump. Dumb-ass again. I warned him about that. Now he is really excited with my Nissan and I know he will trash it soon or demolish the trans being a dumbass but that's on him. I warned him!

I sat up late last night and ordered 800 bucks worth of parts that need replacing or were just torn off (damn kid). Today I'm going to shampoo the hell out of the interior as it's covered in gunk and stains and smells bad. In the end, this gives him a nice little car to drive that is in great condition and me a project to do (being I'm one-handed. One-armed still from surgery, and off work for a few months). I can take my time doing it and will make him help when I need it. I will drive this one to work for a couple of years and then sell it. It won't be worth anything by then but it will drive, be clean and everything will work so what the hell. He gets a nice little car to zoom around in, for now, and I get a little project to spend time on.