Tuesday morning 7:05am I get a call. Its my little brother. (25 years old) Tells me he broke down on the way to work. He is in the emergency lane of one of our big bridges. So I asked him what happened. He drives a 97 Honda CIVIC LX. Manual. So He tells me that all of a sudden the car makes a weird screeching noise and stalls. He cant get it started. So I'm off to get him to work while the tow truck tows his car to a friends mechanic shop.
To understand this story I have to tell you that my brother graduated from the USF Honors program top of his class. I do not remember him ever getting anything but A's in school. So needless to say he is a smart guy. Just seems to have never developed common sense?
I had a scary feeling about what happened, and I was correct. I got a call from my friend and he told me that my brother ran the car with practically NO OIL. That's what I was afraid of. For some reason my brother has never checked or changed his oil in his life. He is not a car guy at all. He just wants a car to get him from point A to B. Every time me or my father would go see him one of the things we would do is check all the fluids and ask him when was the last time he had the oil changed.
He lived in Fort Walton Beach until a few weeks ago. When he moved back here we forgot to check his car out.
So do you guys think its worth getting a used engine and replacing it ? Or is it time for a used car? He does not have the money for either one of those things so it looks like my father is going to have to fork over the money. I am just trying to figure out what would be better??
Just goes to show, "Book Smarts" is not the only thing you need in life!
thanks!!
To understand this story I have to tell you that my brother graduated from the USF Honors program top of his class. I do not remember him ever getting anything but A's in school. So needless to say he is a smart guy. Just seems to have never developed common sense?
I had a scary feeling about what happened, and I was correct. I got a call from my friend and he told me that my brother ran the car with practically NO OIL. That's what I was afraid of. For some reason my brother has never checked or changed his oil in his life. He is not a car guy at all. He just wants a car to get him from point A to B. Every time me or my father would go see him one of the things we would do is check all the fluids and ask him when was the last time he had the oil changed.
He lived in Fort Walton Beach until a few weeks ago. When he moved back here we forgot to check his car out.
So do you guys think its worth getting a used engine and replacing it ? Or is it time for a used car? He does not have the money for either one of those things so it looks like my father is going to have to fork over the money. I am just trying to figure out what would be better??
Just goes to show, "Book Smarts" is not the only thing you need in life!
thanks!!
