Things that make you go HUM!
Funny story for sure! A friend of mine parked a old Ford Festiva after almost 200k on the engine when a head gasket blew. It sat in his garage for 4 years, until he had to move to Conneticut for a new job. His company paid to move him out there, so he could take the Festiva, it only had to make it up the truck ramp under power. Well he got the battery charged, filled the fluids, and cranked it over, and dambed if the little car didn't come to life and work just fine. When he got to CT. he only lived about a mile from work, so he used the little FORD that could, for about six months with no leaks. Come winter he switched back to his 4 wheel drive, but alas six months were it for that little Ford Festiva, but by god it amazed us all that this little beater that was surely beat, rose again to drive another day. He still has it(license plate moonbuggy) as he is an aerospace engineer. He keeps flirting with either rebuilding the engine or maybe making it into an electric car! Something about just about every low line economy car ever built, is that they really seem to go the distance with just routine maintenance.