[V8] I could fix it or buy a different one...

[Kent McLean]

Seamus O'Carey wrote:
> I have a dilemma:  should I fix the car have or buy a different one that
> might be in better shape.
> 
> I'm looking specifically at this car, which seems to be in pretty good shape
> and just had the timing belt done:
> http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/1004074200.html
> 
> I *really* want a black car, but for almost the same price as the above
> black V8, I can get the p&p heads Ron was talking about before (which
> includes all the gaskets needed to do the job) as well a complete timing
> belt/water pump kit.  Even though my car won't be black, it should be a
> rather nice running 120k mi. V8, and to be honest the pearl color is
> starting to grow on me. 

The devil you know it is better than the one you don't know. Let the
color grow on you, like the nuances you find after falling in love.

If you know your V8 is in good shape,t he new heads will make it that
much better. And when you do the timing belt, you'll know is done, and
done right.  It's not rocket science, and there are plenty of how-tos
on the 'net.

I rather like the pearl; it's unusual, and it not really white. Dark
tinted windows (as much as the law allows) would make it perfect.

I just put way to much money into my A4 (used engine to replace the
one I killed), as it's the devil I know.

-- 
Kent McLean
'99 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
'91 200 TQA #3, with mods
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ