"Tony Goetz" wrote

It had 156,000+ miles on it
and had been used since '91 to drive LA freeways and side streets on a
daily
basis.

So obviously, it was
pushing the end of its useful life and had been driven hard. It was meant
to
be an economy car.

Maybe the failure was a fluke, maybe it was perfectly reasonable given the
car's life. But when I hear about Geo conversions for homebuilts now, I
tend
to look the other way. Sure it can be done, but it was enough to keep me
away from them.

That is about like flying a lycosarus 3500 hours, or more. Not a good idea,
if you life may depend on the engine.

Most people would have overhauled the airplane engine, way before then.
--
Jim in NC