I agree that there should be a newer version K car & Wagon. Only because most shops don't want to work on older vehicles. I have only 1 arm, so I can just change filters,oil & plugs on my 87 K Wagon 2.5, column mounted auto trans, bucket front seats, 5 bolt wheels. It has lost its headliner & upholstery shops laugh when I ask for a quote on replacing it with a vinyl to match its Orange Coast Guard paint. They tell me its not worth their time. There's only 101,000 miles on it. I bought it at 45,000 miles. The Gov't had replaced the Rad, & Grill & surround, because a guy in a 4x4 with manual trans ,on a hill at a stop light couldn't heel & toe when the light changed to green, so he stalled & rolled back into the poor K wagon. They had just replaced the rear brakes & shoes & rear hubs & bearings & wheel cylinders & rear shocks & fr. brake hoses & calipers & pads, & fuel injector & computer motherboard. A few weeks later a stone chip caused the windshield to crack vertically exactly in the middle so they put it up for auction. I Got it in 1995 for $1,001.oo & found out I could have got it for $800.oo. I still haven't changed the windshield. I had to replace the timing belt at 50,000 miles & the head gasket at 92,000 miles. Other than, battery, tires, rotor & cap, wires & plugs & filters,& wiper blades, I just change the oil & put in gas. I cruise at 65/70 & get 27 mpg. I had to replace the fuel filter a month ago, but the car still won't start when the operating temp is at normal running temp. It will only start when the temperature goes back down to the lowest white mark on the temperature scale. The shop "mechanics ??' say that they can't find anything to blame this on & tell me to just sit & wait the 20/30 minutes for the coolant to cool down. OR TO BUY A NEWER VEHICLE !!!! arrrrgh !!!! Danno.
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