It was an emotional day. My car, my car since I graduated, through a timing belt and we were coming to terms with finally having to give up on it after 290,000 miles. The mechanic said the engine was ruined. The engine specialist said they don't make a replacement engine for it. So it looked like risking a lot of money on junkyard replacement or donating it to the VA were my options. With the VA already on their way to claim it, Mayette convinced me to hold off. I took it to another mechanic and it turns out, all it needed was the timing belt because there was no engine damage. It's fixed now and runs like new. I don't even have the engine noise or vibration I was experiencing before. I couldn't be happier about it!
