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Old 05-09-2015, 09:54 AM   #1
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Fix it. You'll never find another car that can replace this one for $6K. And then it should be good for another 105,000 miles.
No. It will be good for the distance between the current mileage and maybe 105K miles, maybe more. Total crap shoot.

Installing a used engine it's merely the lowest cost option.
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Old 05-09-2015, 10:41 AM   #2
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No. It will be good for the distance between the current mileage and maybe 105K miles, maybe more. Total crap shoot.

Installing a used engine it's merely the lowest cost option.
The meant that I was joking about it! The sarcasm in the statement was in quoting the exact number of miles that he got out of the current engine - of course he's not going to get that exact number of miles. Sorry if this did come through clearly.
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