My money pit made me money.
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My money pit made me money.
This week we laid to rest Mick. He was a 2003 jaguar x-type with all the trimmings. Power heated seats, garage door openers, trip computer. I originally purchased him with 170,000 miles for $2000. The seller claimed there was a problem with the transmission. I ran codes and came up with only air leaks codes, so I took a chance. After a $40 trip to the auto parts store, he was up and running great.
Running great until my son hit a raccoon and took out the radiator and transmission cooler. They totaled my car and offered me a check for $1800 if I wanted to keep it. I thought, of course, I want to keep it. A good Saturday and $400 later he was back on the road and going strong. Last winter my son slid again and the lower A-arm in the front got a little messed up but nothing we could not deal with. I mean really, we were only into the car $640. Not a bad car for that kind of money. Then last week I was rear-ended in a rainstorm. The other insurance company was amazing and paid me $2665 to take it off my hands.
When all was said and done we were able to drive a wonderful car for three years and we got paid $2000 to do so. It does not get better than that. Thank you Mick for your time and service to our family. May you rest in peace.
Running great until my son hit a raccoon and took out the radiator and transmission cooler. They totaled my car and offered me a check for $1800 if I wanted to keep it. I thought, of course, I want to keep it. A good Saturday and $400 later he was back on the road and going strong. Last winter my son slid again and the lower A-arm in the front got a little messed up but nothing we could not deal with. I mean really, we were only into the car $640. Not a bad car for that kind of money. Then last week I was rear-ended in a rainstorm. The other insurance company was amazing and paid me $2665 to take it off my hands.
When all was said and done we were able to drive a wonderful car for three years and we got paid $2000 to do so. It does not get better than that. Thank you Mick for your time and service to our family. May you rest in peace.
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