It had been making a pretty bad, jackhammer like, noise for a couple of weeks and when I got the auto serviced they told me it was because the box was fucked and apparently they found bits of metal and/or brass when doing the service. Quoted 2k+ to recondition it. A few days pass after this and all of a sudden the car stops making the noise. I'm cheering. Thought the service place mighta been talking sh*t as I didn't trust them 100%(vibe + expensive quote + close to 1/4 tank of fuel gone while they had the car).Now we skip to last week, I'm on my way to my game and as I'm going up Dunheved Rd, the car starts revving like crazy. First thought was that I've accidently bumped it into tip mode, so I pull over to check and it turns out I hadn't. So I try returning into the traffic and when I'd accelerate the car would rev but not move. I turn it off to see if this will help any. Nope. Won't start now.
Later my brother(who has ALL the mechanical genes in the family, lol) and a mate with a tow truck came to pick it up. They tried to start it and no luck either, they said the starter motor is fucked and who knows what else. Next day we find a wreckers with both the starter motor and a g/box mount I previously needed(original had snapped a little while back), so my bro goes to change them and apparently discovers that the current starter is turning the fly wheel and converter but not the motor, tells me this is really bad.
Seems to me like this is gonna be pretty expensive to fix, plus I've got the trademark FTO roof rust and the car definitely needs a respray too. It's got me wondering whether it's worth sticking with it, or cutting my losses(how?) and buying another, especially if it's gonna be around the same price. I found one on Carsales that looks alright: http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/pri ... __Qpb=true if I go with the latter option.
Any ideas, advice, etc would be appreciated GREATLY guys!
